Abra selects Kiln to power Solana staking for institutional and private clients
< BlogAbra Capital Management, LP (ACM), an SEC-registered investment adviser, provides digital asset wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutions in the United States. ACM manages the investment strategy, while custody, execution, position management, and reporting are provided by applicable qualified custodians and service providers, so clients get exposure to onchain strategies and rewards without running any infrastructure themselves.
That model only works if every strategy underneath it is subject to ACM's diligence and operational standards. Clients look for institutional grade custody, staking rewards, and liquidity characteristics. Staking has to clear all three.
Through this partnership, Kiln operates the validator infrastructure behind Abra's staking offering. Abra can offer validator infrastructure to its clients without building or maintaining it in-house, and clients stake assets they already hold through their existing custody arrangement.
The first investment product activated through this partnership is Solana staking.
Staking inside Abra, starting with Solana
Abra clients can now stake SOL through Kiln's validators and earn rewards paid directly by the Solana protocol. Protocol staking rewards are variable, not guaranteed, and may be reduced by validator/provider fees and other factors.
As of August 2026, Kiln has around $617 million of SOL delegated to its validators, roughly 1.6% of all staked SOL. For the period through July 2026, Kiln's validators ran a stake-weighted skip rate of 0.13% against 0.24% for the network, and voting effectiveness of 99.6% against 99.5%, according to Kiln performance reports and network data.
For Abra clients, the integration means:
Delegation flow. SOL is delegated, not transferred. Kiln operates the validators and does not take possession of client SOL solely as a result of delegation.
Rewards that compound on their own. Solana credits staking rewards to the stake account at the end of every epoch – roughly every two days, about 180 times a year. There is nothing to claim and nothing to manually restake.
Liquidity on a known clock. Unstaking is a protocol operation with a defined cooldown, not a lock-up negotiated with a counterparty. Actual timing and availability of assets may vary or be delayed depending on epoch and network conditions.
Reporting and visibility. Position-level reward data through Kiln Connect, providing Abra clients with balance and reward reporting.
Where Solana staking rewards come from
Solana funds staking rewards out of new issuance. The protocol mints new SOL on a fixed schedule – as of August 2026, the issuance rate is around 4% a year, according to Solana protocol documentation, and distributes it to stake accounts. Holders who are not staked receive none of it.
So for a long-term SOL holder, an unstaked position experiences relative dilution compared to holders who are staked. Staking carries risks and costs which must be balanced against these potential rewards.
A 10,000 SOL position, held flat, illustrated at a 7% reward rate:*
| Held unstaked | Staked | |
| Today | 10,000 SOL | 10,000 SOL |
| Year 1 | 10,000 SOL | 10,700 SOL |
| Year 3 | 10,000 SOL | 12,250 SOL |
| Year 5 | 10,000 SOL | 14,026 SOL |
| Year 10 | 10,000 SOL | 19,672 SOL |
Hypothetical illustration only. Assumes a constant 7% annual staking reward rate compounded in kind and does not reflect actual client results or future performance. Actual staking rewards vary with network conditions, validator performance, fees, and protocol changes. This illustration excludes changes in the market value of SOL, taxes, and other client-specific effects.
The five-year gap is just over 4,000 SOL. Taking the rewards out each year instead would have produced 3,500, because staked rewards from year one go on to earn for the following four.
The second effect is supply. Over those five years, issuance adds roughly 16% to the total SOL supply. The unstaked position is still exactly 10,000 SOL, but it represents about 14% less of the network than it did on day one. The staked position represents about 21% more.
Because protocol issuance is scheduled to decline over time, realized staking reward rates are also expected to decline. Actual reward rates also depend on network participation, validator performance, fees, and other protocol factors.
Abra's clients hold serious positions and expect serious operational standards. Our job is to deliver validator infrastructure for this partnership, built to perform reliably at the standard institutions demand. Providing services to a wealth platform like Abra is exactly what we're built for.
Ernest Oppetit, Co-founder and CPO of Kiln
Our clients have held Solana for years and some seek to optimize returns through staking. This belongs in a managed portfolio when supported by institutional-grade validator diligence. Kiln met our operational standards, allowing our clients to access rewards while managing infrastructure risk.
Bill Barhydt, Founder and CEO, Abra
Learn about Kiln's Solana staking infrastructure here and monthly performance reports here.
About Abra
Abra is a leading crypto-native products and wealth management platform, offering institutions and individual investors a suite of digital asset services including custody, trading, yield, lending, and advisory services through its SEC-registered investment advisor. Abra was founded in 2014 with headquarters in California.
About Kiln
Kiln is an institutional onchain asset and yield management platform. As of 2025, Kiln had over $18 billion in assets delegated across 25+ PoS networks.
Kiln provides services to industry leaders and offers a suite of yield products with real-time reporting tools. The platform enables custodians, wallets, and asset managers to streamline onchain operations. Kiln has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination.
*Illustrative only, at a fixed 7% annual reward rate held constant for simplicity. Actual reward rates fluctuate with network conditions and decline as Solana's issuance schedule disinflates; fees may be deducted from gross rewards. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Not investment advice.
Staking Risks
Staking involves risks in addition to changes in the market value of SOL, including validator and operational risk, protocol and technology risk, reward-rate variability, fees, and delays associated with activation or unstaking. Staking rewards are not guaranteed and may not offset losses from declines in the value of SOL.
About Kiln
Kiln is the leading staking and digital asset rewards management platform, enabling institutional customers to earn rewards on their digital assets, or to whitelabel earning functionality into their products. Kiln runs validators on all major PoS blockchains, with over $11 billion in crypto assets being programmatically staked and running over 5% of the Ethereum network on a multi-client, multi-cloud, and multi-region infrastructure. Kiln also provides a validator-agnostic suite of products for fully automated deployment of validators and reporting and commission management, enabling custodians, wallets, and exchanges to streamline staking or DeFi operations across providers. Kiln is SOC2 Type 2 certified.
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