Company
BlockDaemon
1 interview on Crypto Coin Show
Blockdaemon is a blockchain infrastructure provider for financial institutions, founded by Konstantin Richter and established in San Francisco in October 2017.
It offers validator staking, dedicated and self-service node deployment, data APIs, and MPC-based wallet and vault technology across more than 60 protocols. The company reports more than 110 billion dollars in assets secured, over 10 billion dollars staked on its validators and more than 400 institutional customers, with offices in New York, Newcastle, Galway, London and Singapore.
It is privately held and has raised about 390 million dollars, most recently a 207 million dollar Series C in January 2022 that valued it at 3.25 billion dollars. Blockdaemon has grown partly through acquisitions, including Lunie, Anyblock Analytics, Gem, Sepior and the DeFi API provider expand.network.
16:33Interview · Jul 8, 2020BlockDaemon makes it easier for developers to run blockchain nodesAshton Addison interviews Konstantin Richter, CEO & Founder of BlockDaemon, a Blockchain infrastructure platform. BlockDaemon is a complete Blockchain infrastructure platform built for developers and enterprises to spin up their own nodes easily. BlockDaemon mainly works with public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum but also…Watch the episode →People we’ve interviewed
About BlockDaemon
- Type
- Blockchain infrastructure (nodes, staking, wallets)
- Founded
- 2017
Funding and backers
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What BlockDaemon told us
2 moments · 1 interviewIn their own words on Crypto Coin Show. Tap Watch to jump to that exact moment.
“A note that works 80% of the time isn't really what you need. You need a node that is only functional if it's functional all the time.”
KRKonstantin RichterFounder and CEO · Jul 2020▶Watch at 3:06- KRKonstantin Richter · BlockDaemon makes it easier for developers to run blockchain nodes
“The next big step is to allow people to deploy and manage nodes on any infrastructure in the world and use block Damon plugins, which will be a lot cheaper and lead to a lot more nodes to be run in the world.”
▶Watch at 14:56
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- Node infrastructure and APIs
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Timeline
- Joins the Fireblocks staking marketplace; wins Best Service Provider for Staking at the Future of Finance Awards 2026
- Partners with Taurus on institutional staking
- Appoints Alex Zinder as Chief Product Officer
- Agrees to acquire DeFi API provider expand.network, its fifth acquisition
- Acquires crypto on-ramp company Gem
- Raises 207 million dollar Series C at a 3.25 billion dollar valuation
- Raised $207M (Series C)
- Raises 28 million dollar Series A
- Raised $28M (Series A)
- Raised $155M (Series B)
- First interview on Crypto Coin Show Watch
- Blockdaemon Inc. established in San Francisco
- BlockDaemon founded
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