Jito Foundation announces it will bring back its headquarters to the USA, after years of offshore operations

Jito Foundation, one of the key validators on Solana, will return to the USA. The organization will rebuild as a US-based legal entity, boosting its reputation for mainstream Solana adoption. 

Solana’s Jito Foundation has greeted the improved US regulatory climate and announced its return as a US-based legal entity. Jito Foundation announced it would move its operations to the USA, rebuilding partnerships with a new launch. 

Jito Foundation has been hampered from building US operations by unclear rules, bans on banking, and refusals to engage due to the risks of crypto. The failure of FTX further undermined the trust in the Solana ecosystem.

After over a year of in-the-trenches policy work from Jito and a decade of lobbying and education from industry allies, we are bringing core Jito Foundation operations back to the U.S. 🇺🇸

Jito is coming home, and we’re throwing a party to celebrate. pic.twitter.com/60kOHbSftT

— buffalu (@buffalu__) December 17, 2025

During the previous cycles, Jito stayed away from the USA and even US-based users. The JTO token airdrop excluded US-based wallets in late 2023. 

Now, Jito Foundation is preparing to relaunch on January 8 with a gathering in Washington, D.C. The event will mark the return of Jito’s core operations on US soil. 

Both SOL and JTO are considered ‘Made in USA’ digital assets, though the network’s reputation has been hurt during the 2022-2023 bear market. Despite the news, native JTO tokens traded near an all-time low of $0.34. SOL retreated to $123.54. 

Jito Foundation to promote its products in the USA

The Jito Foundation is driving the adoption of the key Jito Network products, including the liquid staking token JitoSOL. Jito is the fourth-largest Solana protocol, with $1.85B in total value locked. 

Jito has another key role, the creation of fair inclusion blocks. The Jito Foundation also promotes BAM, a platform for neutral block building. Previously, Jito was one of the sources of Solana’s list of pending transactions, the closest thing the network had to a mempool. 

Jito stopped sharing the pool with third parties, aiming to decrease sandwich attacks. Over the years, Jito has been key in promoting safer block-building for Solana. 

Jito has no worries about impending lawsuits against Solana

Jito moved into the USA with confidence in the favorable regulations for blockchain projects and platforms. The move happens during the ongoing class action lawsuit against Solana and Pump.fun. 

Jito has been mentioned as the source of tools to front-run Solana orders and snipe tokens before the launch becomes public knowledge. However, Jito has been neutral throughout the process, only offering its usual services of block building. 

Jito itself has observed and logged some of the front-running attacks, although the problem remains, and more SOL is extracted from DEX trading. 

The services of Jito are also key for Solana transactions. The platform makes most of its earnings from tips for priority transactions. Jito is used by a handful of validators to drive faster transactions. 

Jito’s liquid staking may also gain importance with the launch of a staking ETF for SOL tokens. Digital asset treasury companies are also staking SOL with selected validators, boosting demand for Solana’s infrastructure. 

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