Jito Foundation and Solana Company partnered to expand institutional SOL staking infrastructure across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Korea.
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Jito Foundation and Solana Company announced a partnership on May 6 to build institutional-grade validator and staking infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The two firms said the collaboration aims to expand Solana (SOL) adoption among regulated financial institutions in the region. Asset managers and wealth managers based in Asia are the primary target clients.
Validator Network To Span 4 Asian Markets
The partnership will operate Solana validator servers through Pacific Backbone, Solana Company's institutional infrastructure network. Pacific Backbone currently runs nodes across Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. Both firms will jointly set up and manage those servers as part of the agreement.
The companies will also develop SOL staking products built on JitoSOL, the liquid staking token issued by Jito. Those products are intended to give institutional clients a compliant path into Solana staking yield. Jito operates as the central liquid staking and maximum extractable value (MEV) platform within the Solana ecosystem, supporting both validators and traders.
Marc Liew, Jito Foundation's head of APAC, said the partnership combines Jito's market layer technology with Solana Company's regional expertise and institutional network. He described the result as a foundation for scalable, compliant participation in the Solana ecosystem.
Solana Company is a publicly listed digital asset treasury that holds approximately $180 million worth of SOL. The firm brings an established institutional network in Asia that the partnership will use to accelerate validator deployment across the region.
Venture firm a16z invested $50 million in Jito through a strategic private token sale in 2025. The APAC expansion builds on that capital as both firms move to capture institutional staking demand across Asian financial centers. JitoSOL-based staking products are positioned as a structured entry point for institutional capital into Solana, a market that has had limited regulated access for Asian asset managers.
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