Meria joins Luminary and Colossus to deliver institutional-grade staking infrastructure

We’re pleased to announce our partnership with Luminary Bank to support their staking solution across several networks. Through this collaboration with Colossus Digital, Meria provides the validator infrastructure powering Luminary’s staking services for institutional users. Together, Luminary’s regulated banking platform, Colossus’ staking HUB layer, and Meria’s validator operations enable businesses to access staking in a secure and compliant way.

1. What are Luminary and Colossus?

Luminary Bank is a modern banking platform offering electronic money services and financial infrastructure to businesses worldwide. The platform enables companies to manage crypto and fiat payments, access on- and off-ramps, and operate in a compliant global environment.

Colossus Digital provides the technical layer that connects institutional custody solutions to on-chain staking and yield opportunities.Through the Colossus Hub, institutions can delegate assets directly from their custody providers to a network of professional validators across more than 30 Proof-of-Stake blockchains.

A key element of this architecture is that assets always remain under the client’s custody. Instead of depositing assets into pooled liquidity or liquid staking protocols, Luminary leverages Colossus’ delegation mechanisms to allocate staking while maintaining full asset ownership.This structure removes several risks typically associated with yield products, such as rehypothecation or liquid staking token exposure.

2. The role of Meria in this partnership

As a validator operator, Meria is responsible for running and maintaining the validation infrastructure supporting staking within the Luminary and Colossus ecosystem.

Key characteristics include:

High availability and secure backup: Resilient infrastructure with 24/7 monitoring, secure backup procedures, and recovery mechanisms designed to ensure uninterrupted validator operations.
Security: Anti-slashing protections, infrastructure aligned with ISO 27001 standards, and auditable operational processes.
Operational reliability: Commitment to transparency, auditability, and strict adherence to defined Service Level Agreements (SLA).
Multi-network expertise: Meria operates validators across multiple Proof-of-Stake networks and already works with major institutional players such as Ledger and Taurus.

Through this collaboration, Luminary users benefit from the combined strengths of the Colossus Hub architecture and Meria’s validator expertise.

3. Benefits for Luminary users

This partnership enables businesses using Luminary to access staking in a way that aligns with institutional security and compliance requirements.

Key advantages include:

Non-custodial yield generation: Assets remain in the client’s custody solution at all times.
Institutional-grade security: Professional validator infrastructure and enterprise-level operational standards.
Diversified staking strategies: Access to a wide set of networks and validators via the Colossus Hub.
Risk-aware architecture: No exposure to liquidity pool structures or liquid staking token risks.

4. Accessing staking through Luminary

Through its integration with Colossus Digital, Luminary Bank enables businesses to access staking directly from their existing custody setup.

Clients can allocate a portion of their digital assets to staking while keeping full control and ownership of their funds. The Colossus Hub connects Luminary’s infrastructure to a network of professional validators including Meria, allowing institutions to participate in Proof of Stake networks in a secure and efficient way.

5. Key takeaways

The collaboration between Luminary Bank, Colossus Digital and Meria brings together regulated financial infrastructure, staking orchestration technology, and professional validator operations.

This partnership enables institutions and businesses to generate yield from their digital assets while maintaining full custody and operating within a compliant and secure framework. By connecting traditional financial infrastructure with on-chain validation, Luminary, Colossus, and Meria are helping make institutional staking more accessible across multiple blockchain networks.