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Puffer Finance named Google Cloud as an infrastructure partner for Puffer UniFi, its self-building layer, in an announcement that was also shared in Chinese via Puffer's regional account. Google Cloud will operate as a registered gateway on Puffer Preconf, Puffer's preconfirmation infrastructure for Ethereum rollups — receiving transactions, applying ordering policies, and delivering sub-second execution preconfirmations before final settlement on Ethereum.
Google Cloud's enterprise-grade, globally distributed infrastructure now sits inside UniFi's execution path, a step Puffer says targets high-frequency applications from payments, perps, and institutional order flow to AI agents transacting onchain.
Puffer Finance debuted a fresh visual identity for Puffer Unifi, its self-building layer, sharing the new mark with a note that the mission is unchanged with "bigger things ahead."
The change comes as Puffer continues pushing its Unifi ecosystem alongside the Institutional staking offering rolled out recently.
Puffer Finance introduced Puffer Institutional, a product enabling institutions to spin up their own liquid staking tokens (LSTs) and liquid restaking tokens (LRTs) instead of joining the shared staking pool. Per @AmirOnchain, the offering supports custom KYC parameters, custody, and redemption flows tailored to each institution's needs.
Puffer Finance has announced its bug bounty program on Sherlock DeFi is now live, offering rewards of up to $100,000 for critical vulnerabilities across its protocol. The program invites all security researchers to identify and report flaws as part of Puffer's ongoing security efforts. Puffer described security as a continuous process and encouraged researchers to help strengthen the protocol.
Puffer launched its PUFFER governance token (total supply 1 billion) and initiated a two-season airdrop campaign (running to January 14, 2025) that distributed approximately 7.5% of the total supply to the community.
Puffer launched its Ethereum mainnet, enabling users to deposit ETH, stETH, or wstETH and allowing node operators to run 2 ETH validators via its Secure-Signer technology and Validator Tickets, with validators restaked to EigenLayer AVSs.
Puffer announced an $18M Series A round co-led by Brevan Howard Digital and Electric Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Franklin Templeton, Lemniscap, and Fidelity-affiliated Avon Ventures, ahead of its mainnet launch.
The Ethereum liquid staking/restaking project closed a $5.5M seed round co-led by Lemniscap and Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, Bankless Ventures, and Animoca Ventures, among others.
