Marinade Finance—Solana’s oldest and most innovative staking provider—shares insights on their recent milestones, including being selected as the exclusive staking provider for the newly proposed Canary Marinade Solana ETF. This ETF is the first of its kind to name a staking provider in its SEC filing, marking what Marinade calls “a major milestone for Solana” and “a defining moment for institutional staking”.Topics Covered Plus More!Institutional Momentum: How the ETF structure and Marinade’s role could unlock billions in institutional capital, accelerating Solana’s growth and adoption among large-scale investors.Network Impact: The surge in native staking, up nearly 28% year-to-date, and how Marinade’s Stake Auction Marketplace is driving sustainable, high-yield staking across the Solana ecosystem.Market Outlook: Paul and the Marinade team analyze Solana’s current $90 billion market cap, the growing total value locked (TVL), and the strong institutional demand reflected in record-high futures and derivatives activity~This episode is sponsored by Tangem~Tangem ➜ https://bit.ly/TangemPBNUse Code: "PBN" for Additional Discounts!Guest: Hadley Stern - Chief Commercial Officer of Marinade Marinade Website ➜ https://marinade.finance00:00 Intro00:18 Sponsor Tangem01:33 Institutional ETF demand rising03:21 xStocksFi05:00 What is Marinade?07:05 Staking09:15 no JITO?10:41 Marinade Select13:10 Growth14:23 Retail vs Institutional staking16:00 CLIP - Coinbase Institution: Thoughts on Big tech buying crypto companies?18:30 CLIP - Coinbase Institution: Public companies buying DeFi protocols20:35 KYC dilemma23:23 Outro⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺⎺Join our community! Diamond Circle (FREE): https://www.paulbarronnetwork.com/storeForge Membership: https://www.paulbarronnetwork.com/forge-membershipPrivate Telegram Group (FREE): https://t.me/+nISqoMxrok40NTcxSubscribe on YouTube ✅ https://bit.ly/PBNYoutubeSubscribeTwitter 📱 http://bit.ly/PBNtwitterGet official PBN merch! ➜ https://metapaul.com/~ The Best Self Custody Wallet ➜ https://tangem.com/en/ Use Code PBN for Additional Discounts!~ The Best Crypto Exchange ➜ Coinbase, get up to $200 in crypto - coinbase-consumer.sjv.io/BARRON~ Looking for the best tax havens for Crypto? Free Month with iTrust Capital ➜ Use PROMO CODE - PAUL BARRON https://rebrand.ly/PAULBARRONJoin our community!Diamond Circle Email (FREE)➜ https://bit.ly/pbnmembershipPrivate Telegram Group (FREE) ➜ https://t.me/+nISqoMxrok40NTcxSubscribe on YouTube ✅ https://bit.ly/PBNYoutubeSubscribeX/Twitter 📱 http://bit.ly/PBNtwitterGet official PBN merch! ➜ https://merch.paulbarronnetwork.com/~ The Best Self Custody Wallet ➜ https://tangem.com/en/ Use Code PBN for Additional Discounts!~ The Best Crypto Exchange ➜ Coinbase, get up to $200 in crypto - coinbase-consumer.sjv.io/BARRON~ Looking for the best tax havens for Crypto? Free Month with iTrust Capital ➜ Use PROMO CODE - PAUL BARRON https://rebrand.ly/PAULBARRON

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