Crouton Digital: Institutional-Grade Blockchain Infrastructure for Web3 Ecosystems
Riga, Latvia, December 26th, 2025, Chainwire
The funding represents a significant step in Crouton Digital’s transition from a validator-focused operator into a full-spectrum Web3 infrastructure provider serving protocols, funds, and institutional participants across more than 45 blockchain ecosystems.
Engineering-First Infrastructure Built for Reliability
As part of its growth strategy, Crouton Digital is expanding its product suite to include public and private RPC endpoints, archive nodes, and Node-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions. These services are designed to support high-throughput, low-latency workloads required by decentralized applications, governance systems, and protocol teams.
All infrastructure is monitored through internal:
- Dashboards
- Telemetry systems
- Performance tracking tools
All infrastructure is built on bare-metal, multi-region deployments, enabling high availability, fault tolerance, and stable performance during network congestion, protocol upgrades, and peak usage periods.
Validator Operations and Early-Stage Network Alignment
Crouton Digital operates a reliable validator and node infrastructure across 45+ networks and actively participates in early-stage and invited validator alignment programs for next-generation protocols, including:
- 0G
- Monad
- Starknet
- Somnia Network
- Story Protocol
- IOTA
- Walrus
Participation in these programs reflects strong operational credibility, technical maturity, and long-term alignment with protocol foundations. Crouton Digital supports networks throughout critical phases such as incentivized testnets, mainnet launches, and governance activation, delivering consistent validator performance and stable network participation during periods of rapid growth.
RPC, NaaS, and Institutional Staking Solutions
Beyond validation, Crouton Digital provides public and private RPC endpoints, archive nodes, and Node-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions built to support high request throughput and mission-critical workloads. These services power decentralized applications, governance systems, and internal tooling for protocol teams and enterprises.
The company also offers institutional and retail staking programs tailored for funds, custodians, and treasury operators. Solutions include delegation infrastructure, white-label validator setups, and operational reporting designed to meet the expectations of institutional stakeholders.
Security, Trust, and Proven Track Record
Security and operational reliability remain core pillars of Crouton Digital’s infrastructure strategy. The company operates hardened, bare-metal environments with strict access controls and high-availability architecture designed to meet institutional operational standards.
Crouton Digital holds a verified AAA reliability and security rating (VSP) from Staking Rewards, reflecting consistent validator performance and long-term operational stability across multiple blockchain networks.
In line with its expansion into institutional-grade infrastructure services, Crouton Digital has initiated the process of obtaining SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications. These efforts are intended to formalize internal security, compliance, and governance frameworks in response to increasing demand from funds, custodians, and enterprise partners.
Strategic Growth and Roadmap
In 2025, Crouton Digital raised $1 million in strategic funding to support the expansion of its global infrastructure footprint, the rollout of RPC, node infrastructure, and institutional staking services, and continued investment in internal tooling.
Looking ahead, the company plans to scale multi-region validator operations, expand its enterprise-grade Node-as-a-Service (NaaS) and staking offerings, and further develop observability and automated reliability systems to support the next phase of institutional Web3 adoption.
Building the Backbone of Web3
Crouton Digital’s mission is to make decentralized networks as reliable and accountable as traditional financial systems. By combining engineering precision, operational discipline, and long-term ecosystem alignment, the company continues to build infrastructure that protocols, funds, and institutions can trust with their capital, reputation, and critical operations.
About Crouton Digital
Riga, Latvia 2025 — Crouton Digital, an institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure provider, announced it has raised $1 million in strategic funding to accelerate infrastructure expansion and launch new RPC, node, and institutional staking services. The company also confirmed the initiation of SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 certification processes, reinforcing its focus on security, compliance, and enterprise-grade reliability.