Balance and P2P.org Tackle Canada's $5B Staking Opportunity Where Assets No Longer Need to Leave the Country

John Murray -

At a Glance:

  • Over $5B in Canadian staked digital assets are held with U.S. custodians, outside our jurisdiction.
  • Canadian solutions are expensive and introduce regulatory complexity.
  • The Balance and P2P.org integration offers a pathway for Canadian institutions to stake Ethereum while maintaining their assets in Canada, with full legal title and control throughout.

For years, Canadian institutions wanting to stake digital assets at scale faced a complex trilemma: use Canadian platforms and lose legal asset title, move assets out of Canadian custody and into U.S.-controlled platforms, or miss out on staking rewards entirely.

In time, over $5 billion of staked Canadian digital assets ended up sitting with U.S. custodians. Starting today, they can come home and enjoy consensus rewards without sacrificing security or sovereignty.

Balance and P2P.org have integrated their platforms to enable institutions to stake within a Canadian custody framework, with Ethereum as the choice asset to start and more to follow. This brings together Balance's world-class safekeeping technology with P2P.org's $10+ billion staking infrastructure.

Through this integration, Balance’s clients can stake ETH securely from their existing offline or warm custody wallets via P2P.org, without taking needless operational risk or compromising on compliance.

The Northern Gateway: Why Canadian Institutions Are Switching

 While Canadian institutions hold billions in crypto, the reliance on U.S. custodians for getting access to a diverse array of staking providers results in high fees, increased regulatory complexity, and brings about concerns around sovereignty. Balance changes this equation.

 As a qualified Canadian custodian with a fully proprietary technology stack, Balance offers what U.S. and even some local custodians can't: true safekeeping of staked assets on Canadian soil and under exclusive Canadian jurisdiction.

P2P.org brings the performance:

  • 99.9% uptime across 90,000+ validators
  • Zero slashing events recorded so far. 
  • Currently securing $10+ billion across 40+ blockchain networks.
  • Constant top 3 efficiency on Rated.network's RAVER metric — ahead of 98% of global validators.

Balance has been a pioneer in Canada’s digital asset space since its inception, setting the standard for security, regulatory compliance, and institutional trust. As staking is an essential part of Ethereum, Canadian institutions need a tried and tested, compliant way to secure its consensus and earn rewards.

P2P.org operates one of the highest-performing Ethereum validator infrastructures globally, consistently ranking in the top 5 on Rated.network’s RAVER efficiency metric. Our platform is non-custodial by design, meaning validator nodes cannot access client funds, mitigating operational and security risks.

Together, Balance and P2P.org are unlocking ETH staking at true institutional scale.

Stake ETH Without Leaving Secure Custody

For many institutions, secure custody is the cornerstone of their journey in digital assets. Moving assets outside of custody to participate in staking often introduces unacceptable operational and compliance risks.

This integration changes that.

  • No asset movement: Stake directly from your Balance offline or warm wallets.
  • Retain control and title: Assets remain in direct client control, with their full legal title at all times.
  • Battle-tested infrastructure: P2P.org’s validators secure billions in ETH and are trusted by funds, DAOs, and treasuries worldwide.

Built for Institutional Performance

This is more than just staking access. It’s staking at the highest performance levels:

  • Consistent top 5 efficiency among Ethereum validators (Rated.network)
  • Geographically distributed infrastructure to reduce correlated downtime risk
  • Active participation in Ethereum protocol upgrades to stay ahead of operational best practices

The Leadership Viewpoint 

"Canadian institutions have long faced trade-offs between maintaining domestic custody and participating in protocol-level staking. Through this integration with P2P.org, our clients can now initiate ETH staking from within a Canadian-first custody framework, aligning operational security with jurisdictional clarity. This represents a meaningful step forward in building digital asset infrastructure rooted in true institutional sovereignty."
— George Bordianu, co-founder and CEO - Balance

”Balance didn't just want another staking integration, but to redefine what's possible for Canadian institutions. Their proprietary stack combined with our validator performance creates something unique: institutional-grade staking that's genuinely Canadian-controlled. When a large portion of institutional ETH holders globally are staking, Canadian institutions should have equal opportunities.”
— Artemiy Parshakov, VP of Institutions - P2P.org 

Get Started

The integration is live. No waiting list. No complex onboarding.

Balance’s clients can stake in as little as 1-2-3:

  1. Enable P2P.org as an Ethereum staking provider through your account manager.
  2. Initiate staking directly from your Balance wallets.
  3. Drag a slider to select your staking amount (minimum 32 ETH as per the protocol rules).

About Balance Custody

Balance connects its clients to top-tier providers such as Attestant, BlockFills, DARMA and P2P.org  through its digital asset rails, enabling them to stake, lend, and liquidate billions of dollars’ worth of assets directly from the comfort of Balance Trust Company, its qualified custodian. www.balance.ca/disclaimer

About P2P.org

P2P.org is one of the world’s leading staking infrastructure providers, operating validators across more than 50 networks with a focus on performance, security, and decentralization. We are trusted by top funds, DAOs, and treasuries to provide non-custodial, institutional-grade staking solutions.