
The dYdX Foundation has successfully completed its latest DYDX stake delegation rebalance (“Foundation Delegations”) as of July 16, 2025. This process reflects the Foundation’s continued commitment to strengthening the decentralisation, security, and performance of the dYdX Chain validator set.
This update was carried out in accordance with the new selection criteria outlined in a previous blog post.
Rebalance Objectives
The July 2025 delegation rebalance was designed to:
- Improve the distribution of stake weight across the active validator set
- Support validators demonstrating operational excellence, compliance with network rules, and active governance participation
- Align delegation decisions with infrastructure best practices as recommended by the MEV Committee Validator Guidelines
Approximately 7 million DYDX was available for Foundation Delegation as part of this cycle, including an additional 1.5 million DYDX staked in July.
Eligible Validators
Based on the updated criteria, the following validators have qualified for consideration in this delegation cycle:
- Allnodes
- AutoStake
- Blockdaemon
- Chorus One
- Citadel.one
- Coinhall
- Cosmic Validator
- Cosmostation
- Crosnest
- CLC
- CryptoCrew x DeFi Dojo
- DELIGHT
- DragonStake
- Enigma
- Imperator.co
- Informal Systems
- Interstellar Lounge
- Kahuna
- Kingnodes
- Lavender.Five Nodes
- Ledger by Meria
- Luganodes
- Meria
- Nansen
- Nodeplus
- Nodes.Guru
- OWALLET
- polkachu.com
- PRO Delegators
- RHINO
- Silk Nodes
- Smart Stake
- Stakecito
- TTT VN
Delegation decisions remain at the sole discretion of the dYdX Foundation and are made in accordance with its Stake Delegation Principles and any applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Not all eligible validators are guaranteed to receive delegation, and allocations may be adjusted at any time without prior notice.
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