Blockdaemon Named “Best DeFi Infrastructure Platform” in 2025 FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program

Prestigious Annual Awards Program Recognizes Standout Financial Technology Products & Companies Around the World

/EIN News/ -- LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market, today announced that Blockdaemon, the leading U.S. headquartered institutional-grade crypto infrastructure company, has been selected as winner of the “Best DeFi Infrastructure Platform” award in the 9^th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program.

Blockdaemon allows businesses to quickly deploy and iterate innovative blockchain applications. The infrastructure platform is a foundational layer to the blockchain industry, enabling participants to transact, stake and earn via nodes in one simple interface with institutional-grade security, scalability and reliability. The company supports 60+ blockchain networks.

Blockdaemon’s DeFi API offers a single access point to a wide range of DeFi services. Institutional customers benefit from the company’s focused and scalable solutions, enabling them to build or enhance DeFi-related products and services. More information about Blockdaemon’s Defi API offerings can be found at https://www.blockdaemon.com/api/defi.

This news follows Blockdaemon’s announcement that it is acquiring leading API provider expand.network. With the acquisition, Blockdaemon will add significant value to its clients by providing a unified API for transacting in DeFi and sourcing on-chain data. This complements Blockdaemon’s comprehensive suite of institutional blockchain infrastructure, which includes a full ‘node stack’ designed to help businesses transform into blockchain-driven enterprises.

“By integrating Blockdaemon users gain blockchain access, including scalability, industry-leading SLAs, and all you need in one access point. As the digital asset class continues to grow in both demand and credibility with financial services and publicly traded companies, the challenge is now increasing demand for enterprise-grade infrastructure to enable secure, compliant and scalable DeFi,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. “We’re thrilled to award Blockdaemon ‘Best DeFi Infrastructure Platform’ or their commitment to the future of decentralized finance, providing secure, stable and regulatable on-and off ramps that help grow the entire blockchain ecosystem.”

The FinTech Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the FinTech innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a range of categories, including Digital Banking, Personal Finance, Cryptocurrencies, Lending, Payments, Investments, RegTech, InsurTech and many more.

“Running nodes almost a decade ago really drove home the lack of viable existing infrastructure at the time. I’m proud of the Blockdaemon platform and our team for delivering and enhancing a platform that exists to support the growing market for blockchain services,” said Konstantin Richter, CEO and Founder of Blockdaemon. “Thank you to FinTech Breakthrough for this incredible recognition.”

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About Blockdaemon
Blockdaemon is the institutional gateway to Web3, securing over $110B in digital assets for 400+ institutions, including exchanges, custodians, crypto platforms, and financial enterprises. The company offer institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure spanning nodes, APIs, staking, MPC wallets and vaults. Since 2017, our globally distributed infrastructure ensures unrivaled security, compliance, and scalability. For more information visit: www.blockdaemon.com

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