Jupiter and BitGo have launched a validator that allows BitGo's institutional clients to stake SOL directly from their regulated custody accounts, with the assets remaining in cold storage. The partnership, announced on October 28, 2026, pairs Jupiter, the DeFi aggregator that also operates a high-performance Solana validator, with BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A.
How the Jupiter x BitGo validator works
The product, called the Jupiter x BitGo validator, lets BitGo clients delegate SOL to it natively from their custody accounts. Clients who delegate earn two types of rewards: inflation rewards, which are newly issued SOL paid to stakers for helping secure the network, and MEV (maximum extractable value), the extra revenue validators collect from transaction ordering, some of which flows back to stakers.
The SOL itself remains in BitGo's cold storage, where private keys are kept offline. BitGo's custody setup includes up to $250 million in insurance and features designed to make client assets bankruptcy remote, a legal structure that aims to keep client assets separate from the custodian's own balance sheet so creditors cannot claim them if the custodian fails.
Validator performance
Jupiter's validator is already regarded as one of the top validators on Solana. As of a recent snapshot, it posted 100% uptime over 30 days and a skip rate of 0.008% over the same window. Skip rate measures how often a validator misses its assigned slot to produce a block; on Solana, each validator gets scheduled turns, and a missed turn means lost rewards for everyone delegating to it. The validator has historically supported somewhere between roughly 9.71 million SOL and more than 12.5 million SOL in stake.
Jupiter's growing validator business
Jupiter is best known as an aggregator that routes trades across Solana's decentralized exchanges to find users better prices. Over time, it has built out a validator business that previously offered two paths: native staking and JupSOL. JupSOL is a liquid staking token representing a staked position plus rewards, which can be used elsewhere in DeFi while still earning staking yield. While liquid staking works well for crypto-native users, institutions often cannot move assets into smart contracts or hold new tokens without extensive review; native staking from custody addresses that problem.
The BitGo deal follows another expansion: a day earlier, Jupiter added Twinstake to its validator set. BitGo has a history of integrating multiple staking partners, and adding Jupiter extends its roster on Solana specifically.
What this means for institutions and the Solana staking market
The most important feature is that clients do not have to transfer custody. For Jupiter, the partnership broadens its institutional offering without asking clients to leave BitGo, turning BitGo's existing client base into a potential pipeline for its validator. For BitGo, the integration gives clients access to a validator with a strong performance record.
Risks remain. Staking rewards on Solana vary with network inflation and MEV activity, so yields are not fixed. Validator performance can also change over time, even for top operators. Concentration is another issue to watch: a single validator already supporting millions of SOL could grow larger through institutional inflows, and Solana's decentralization depends on stake being spread across many operators.
