Blockdaemon

Blockdaemon is an institutional blockchain infrastructure provider offering dedicated nodes, MPC wallets and staking for banks and exchanges. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles.

Products The company lists Blockdaemon Institutional Vault (self-hosted MPC), dedicated validator and RPC nodes, the Ubiquity API and staking. The vault line comes from Sepior, the Danish cryptography pioneer that the company acquired, which lets it offer hybrid or on-premise key storage.

Customers and coverage Stated customers are banks, custodians, crypto exchanges, PSPs and funds. Geography is described as global.

Commercial model Blockdaemon is licensed on an enterprise basis. Licence fees, supported networks and the split between self-hosted and managed components are agreed with the vendor, so an institution comparing custody options should ask for these terms early.

Pairing nodes with MPC custody in one vendor is the main practical argument: an exchange or bank can run validators, RPC access and key storage under a single contract.