Jupiter partners with BitGo to launch institutional validator for SOL

BitGo clients can now stake SOL natively through a Jupiter-run validator without moving assets out of custody Jupiter and BitGo have launched a validator that lets BitGo’s institutional clients stake SOL straight from their custody accounts. The assets never leave the vault. For institutions, that matters a lot. Earning yield on Solana usually means handing tokens to someone new. This setup skips that step, which removes one of the more awkward conversations a compliance officer can have. How the Jupiter x BitGo validator works The partnership was announced on October 28, 2026. It pairs Jupiter, the DeFi aggregator that also runs a high-performance Solana validator, with BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. The product is called the Jupiter x BitGo validator. BitGo clients can delegate SOL to it directly from their regulated custody accounts for native staking. Clients who delegate earn two kinds of rewards. The first is inflation rewards, which are newly issued SOL paid to stakers for helping secure the network. The second is MEV, or maximum extractable value. This is the extra revenue validators collect from how they order transactions in a block. Some of it flows back to stakers. Meanwh...