# Institutional staking

Institutional staking is the participation in proof-of-stake network validation using client or treasury assets, under custody-grade controls: keys remain in certified hardware, delegation and withdrawal follow quorum governance, and rewards, slashing risk, and lockups are tracked and reported like any other position.

## Staking from custody, not around it

The institutional test is whether staking happens without assets leaving governance: validator keys and withdrawal credentials under the same HSM and policy controls, slashing risk assessed per network, and accounting for rewards and lockups integrated with custody records.

Taurus-PROTECT provides staking and asset servicing on supported networks from within custody, so yield generation never weakens key sovereignty.

FAQ:

- What is the main risk in staking? Slashing, the protocol-level penalty for validator misbehavior or downtime, plus lockup and exit-queue liquidity. Institutional setups mitigate through validator selection, insurance where available, and treating lockups as a liquidity constraint in treasury planning.

Related: https://www.taurushq.com/protect/ https://www.taurushq.com/glossary/warm-wallet/

Learn more: https://www.taurushq.com/glossary/institutional-staking/