Stakin by The Tie Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit

Stakin by The Tie, The Tie's institutional staking and infrastructure business, has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type II audit following a 90-day observation period covering its non-custodial staking service.

The audit provides independent assurance that Stakin's security controls are appropriately designed and operate effectively over time. Alongside Stakin's recently renewed ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, it places The Tie's staking operations under two of the most widely recognised security frameworks in institutional finance.

Why this matters to institutions

The Tie is where institutions meet digital assets. Funds, trading desks, exchanges and protocols work with The Tie across market intelligence, capital raising, compliant communications, staking, and events. Each of those relationships rests on the same foundation: institutions need to know the partners they rely on meet the standards they hold themselves to.

That is especially true in staking, where institutions are trusting a provider with the infrastructure that secures their assets and generates their rewards. For asset managers, custodians and ETP issuers, that responsibility extends to their own clients, boards and regulators. SOC 2 has become a baseline requirement in their due diligence because it gives them:

• Security: independent verification that client assets and data are protected by rigorous, tested controls.
• Reliability: evidence that those controls hold up consistently across live operations.
• Accountability: a third-party assessment institutions can present to their own stakeholders and regulators.
• Confidence: a shorter, clearer path through vendor review, so institutions can begin staking sooner.

Strengthening The Tie's institutional offering

Stakin by The Tie has operated Proof-of-Stake infrastructure for more than eight years, with more than $1B in assets under delegation across 30+ networks. Its service is non-custodial by design, so clients retain control of their assets at all times.

Completing SOC 2 Type II adds independent assurance to that track record and strengthens what The Tie offers institutions. A fund using The Tie for market intelligence, or a protocol working with The Tie on institutional access, can now stake through infrastructure from the same company that meets the security and compliance standards they require.

Learn more about Stakin's SOC 2 Type II audit in the Stakin Trust Center. To discuss institutional staking, contact the Stakin team.