Validator Operators Approved: Tiger Tiger, ChainUp, Vedanta, Global Blockchain Innovations, Pink Finance, Solios Digital Energy, Bitrise Capital, Elabify, Noah, Sunchain Investments, DAIC INFRA FlexCo
- The following (11) Validator Applications have passed:
Name of Applying Institution: Tiger Tiger
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://tigertiger.tech
Short description of Applying Institution:
Software development company building fintech apps, including consumer crypto, with experience deploying at scale.
Why self-operate:
To ensure infrastructure control, security, and reliability for the apps we develop.
How did you hear about us?: Jan Willem Veldhuis
How do you plan to contribute?: Build applications
Country of Incorporation: Netherlands
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: ChainUp
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.chainup.com/
Short description of Applying Institution:
ChainUp is a B2B digital asset solutions provider specializing in custody, tokenization, staking, compliance tooling, and infrastructure services for institutional clients.
Why self-operate:
To provide institutional-grade validator services, manage BTC restaking, contribute ecosystem tooling, and onboard global partners.
How did you hear about us?: Industry partners and research conferences
How do you plan to contribute?: Provide infra, governance participation, institutional onboarding, and app development
Country of Incorporation: Singapore
Sponsor: BitSafeName of Applying Institution: Vedanta
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://vedanta7.com
Short description of Applying Institution:
Spiritual blockchain company focused on ethical finance and conscious innovation.
Why self-operate:
To maintain control over governance and ethical alignment in validator operations.
How did you hear about us?: News
How do you plan to contribute?: Educational content, governance participation, mission-aligned onboarding
Country of Incorporation: USA
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Global Blockchain Innovations
URL to website of Applying Institution: Not provided
Short description of Applying Institution:
Blockchain R&D firm building transparent and secure solutions across multiple sectors.
Why self-operate:
To align infrastructure operations with internal strategy and accelerate ecosystem growth.
How did you hear about us?: Conferences and blockchain forums
How do you plan to contribute?: Build dApps and introduce new developers and projects
Country of Incorporation: China
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Pink Finance
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://pinkfinance.io/
Short description of Applying Institution:
Bitcoin-native NFT liquidity protocol delivering cross-chain liquidity-as-a-service and compliance-oriented NFT infrastructure.
Why self-operate:
Control infrastructure for high-availability, participate in governance, and support RWA NFTs
How did you hear about us?: BitSafe
How do you plan to contribute?: NFT infra for RWA, cross-chain bridges, DAO tools, and onboarding
Country of Incorporation: Japan
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Solios Digital Energy
URL to website of Applying Institution: Not provided
Short description of Applying Institution:
Issuer and marketplace for tokenized crude oil ($OILI) targeting spot oil trading on-chain.
Why self-operate:
To meet institutional client demands for privacy and infra control.
How did you hear about us?: Proof Group and Obsidian
How do you plan to contribute?: Deploy oil token and marketplace for institutional liquidity
Country of Incorporation: BVI
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Bitrise Capital Ltd.
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://www.bitrisevc.com
Short description of Applying Institution:
Blockchain venture capital firm managing $200M+, investing in 120+ projects, providing DeFi and asset services.
Why self-operate:
To ensure control, integrate infra with internal strategies, and contribute to decentralization.
How did you hear about us?: Through iBTC
How do you plan to contribute?: Onboard developers, offer liquidity and strategic support
Country of Incorporation: British Virgin Islands
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Elabify LLC
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://elabify.com
Short description of Applying Institution:
Blockchain infrastructure provider offering node and staking operations plus DAML solution advising.
Why self-operate:
To extend validator operations and DAML services to clients
How did you hear about us?: HSBC
How do you plan to contribute?: DAML developer outreach and validator operations
Country of Incorporation: USA
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Noah
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://noah.com
Short description of Applying Institution:
Payments infra company building stablecoin rails and compliance-ready crypto-fiat services.
Why self-operate:
Operate validator for privacy-sensitive apps and reconciliation stack
How did you hear about us?: Referred by banking partner
How do you plan to contribute?: Onramp infra, regulatory support, public product integration
Country of Incorporation: USA
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: Sunchain Investments
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://sunchaininvestments.com
Short description of Applying Institution:
Real estate platform for fractional property investing using blockchain
Why self-operate:
Control latency and uptime guarantees for real estate dApps
How did you hear about us?: Internet research
How do you plan to contribute?: Launch projects and onboard users
Country of Incorporation: USA
Sponsor: GSFName of Applying Institution: DAIC INFRA FlexCo
URL to website of Applying Institution: https://daic.capital/
Short description of Applying Institution:
Enterprise validator securing $450M+ across 40+ networks, partnering with Coinage Media
Why self-operate:
Use own high-availability servers in Vienna for decentralized infrastructure
How did you hear about us?: Twitter and validator friends
How do you plan to contribute?: Validator operations and Coinage Media community outreach
Country of Incorporation: Austria
Sponsor: GSFCongratulations on having your validator approved! We're very excited to have you spin up your validator node and join MainNet. Please find the next steps below. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Deploy your validator on DevNet/TestNet:
- Set up your own node using the public docs. Reach out to your Sponsor on slack to get whitelisted
- Alternatively, ask one of our partners to spin up your validator node today. Reach out via email to any of them for more information.
- We currently have a waitlist for deploying to MainNet.
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- Spin up your node on DevNet
- On Slack, share the fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on DevNet for your Validator node, ping your sponsor.
- Spin up your node for TestNet
- Request a DevNet onboarding secret - via API call (curl)
- Spin up your node on Mainnet
- On Slack, share your fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on MainNet for your Validator node
- Spin up your node on MainNet
- Reach out directly on Slack DM to request a MainNet onboarding secret
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