diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
index c52b350f..28e7bc70 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export { BaseAccount } from "./accounts";
 export { decodeAny } from "./any";
 export { Coin } from "./msgs";
+export { cosmosField } from "./decorator";
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/types/index.d.ts b/packages/proto-signing/types/index.d.ts
index c52b350f..28e7bc70 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-export { BaseAccount } from "./accounts";
 export { decodeAny } from "./any";
 export { Coin } from "./msgs";
+export { cosmosField } from "./decorator";
diff --git a/packages/stargate/package.json b/packages/stargate/package.json
index 647c715b..0617276f 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/package.json
+++ b/packages/stargate/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@cosmjs/encoding": "^0.22.0",
+    "@cosmjs/launchpad": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/math": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/proto-signing": "^0.22.0",
     "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc": "^0.22.0",
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/accounts.ts b/packages/stargate/src/query/accounts.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/proto-signing/src/accounts.ts
rename to packages/stargate/src/query/accounts.ts
index c13d6728..8c48497b 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/accounts.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/query/accounts.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { cosmosField } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 import { Message } from "protobufjs";
 
-import { cosmosField } from "./decorator";
-
 export class BaseAccount extends Message {
   @cosmosField.bytes(1)
   public readonly address?: Uint8Array;
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/query/allbalances.ts b/packages/stargate/src/query/allbalances.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..396aeb12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/query/allbalances.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { Coin, cosmosField } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
+import { Message } from "protobufjs";
+
+import { PageRequest, PageResponse } from "./pagination";
+
+// these grpc query types come from:
+// https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/69bbb8b327c3cfb967d969bcadeb9b0aef144df6/proto/cosmos/bank/query.proto#L40-L55
+
+export class QueryAllBalancesRequest extends Message {
+  @cosmosField.bytes(1)
+  public readonly address?: Uint8Array;
+
+  @cosmosField.message(2, PageRequest)
+  public readonly pagination?: PageRequest;
+}
+
+export class QueryAllBalancesResponse extends Message {
+  @cosmosField.repeatedMessage(1, Coin)
+  public readonly balances?: readonly Coin[];
+
+  @cosmosField.message(2, PageResponse)
+  public readonly pagination?: PageResponse;
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/query/pagination.ts b/packages/stargate/src/query/pagination.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ffca347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/query/pagination.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { cosmosField } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
+import { Message } from "protobufjs";
+
+export class PageRequest extends Message {
+  // TODO: implement
+}
+
+export class PageResponse extends Message {
+  // next_key is the key to be passed to PageRequest.key to
+  // query the next page most efficiently
+  @cosmosField.bytes(1)
+  public readonly nextKey?: Uint8Array;
+
+  // total is total number of results available if PageRequest.count_total
+  // was set, its value is undefined otherwise
+  @cosmosField.uint64(2)
+  public readonly total?: Long | number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
index a376253c..484a1eb8 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { StargateClient } from "./stargateclient";
-import { pendingWithoutSimapp, simapp, unused } from "./testutils.spec";
+import { nonExistentAddress, pendingWithoutSimapp, simapp, unused } from "./testutils.spec";
 
 describe("StargateClient", () => {
   describe("connect", () => {
@@ -52,5 +52,41 @@ describe("StargateClient", () => {
 
       client.disconnect();
     });
+
+    it("returns null for non-existent address", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+
+      const response = await client.getBalance(nonExistentAddress, simapp.denomFee);
+      expect(response).toBeNull();
+
+      client.disconnect();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("getAllBalancesUnverified", () => {
+    it("returns all balances for unused account", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+
+      const balances = await client.getAllBalancesUnverified(unused.address);
+      expect(balances).toEqual([
+        {
+          amount: unused.balanceFee,
+          denom: simapp.denomFee,
+        },
+        {
+          amount: unused.balanceStaking,
+          denom: simapp.denomStaking,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("returns an empty list for non-existent account", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+      const balances = await client.getAllBalancesUnverified(nonExistentAddress);
+      expect(balances).toEqual([]);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index ec23473c..4c9094f7 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import { Bech32, toAscii, toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
-import { BaseAccount, Coin, decodeAny } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
+import * as proto from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 import { Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
 import { assertDefined } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import Long from "long";
 
+import { BaseAccount } from "./query/accounts";
+import { QueryAllBalancesRequest, QueryAllBalancesResponse } from "./query/allbalances";
+
 export interface GetSequenceResult {
   readonly accountNumber: number;
   readonly sequence: number;
@@ -15,6 +19,15 @@ function uint64FromProto(input: number | Long): Uint64 {
   return Uint64.fromString(input.toString());
 }
 
+function coinFromProto(input: proto.Coin): Coin {
+  assertDefined(input.amount);
+  assertDefined(input.denom);
+  return {
+    amount: input.amount,
+    denom: input.denom,
+  };
+}
+
 export class StargateClient {
   private readonly tmClient: TendermintClient;
 
@@ -33,7 +46,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
     const accountKey = Uint8Array.from([0x01, ...binAddress]);
     const responseData = await this.queryVerified("acc", accountKey);
 
-    const { typeUrl, value } = decodeAny(responseData);
+    const { typeUrl, value } = proto.decodeAny(responseData);
     switch (typeUrl) {
       case "/cosmos.auth.BaseAccount": {
         const { account_number, sequence } = BaseAccount.decode(value);
@@ -49,13 +62,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
     }
   }
 
-  public async getBalance(
-    address: string,
-    searchDenom: string,
-  ): Promise<{
-    readonly denom: string;
-    readonly amount: string;
-  } | null> {
+  public async getBalance(address: string, searchDenom: string): Promise<Coin | null> {
     // balance key is a bit tricker, using some prefix stores
     // https://github.com/cosmwasm/cosmos-sdk/blob/80f7ff62f79777a487d0c7a53c64b0f7e43c47b9/x/bank/keeper/view.go#L74-L77
     // ("balances", binAddress, denom)
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
     const bankKey = Uint8Array.from([...toAscii("balances"), ...binAddress, ...toAscii(searchDenom)]);
 
     const responseData = await this.queryVerified("bank", bankKey);
-    const { amount, denom } = Coin.decode(responseData);
+    const { amount, denom } = proto.Coin.decode(responseData);
     assertDefined(amount);
     assertDefined(denom);
 
@@ -80,6 +87,20 @@ export class StargateClient {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Queries all balances for all denoms that belong to this address.
+   *
+   * Uses the grpc queries (which iterates over the store internally), and we cannot get
+   * proofs from such a method.
+   */
+  public async getAllBalancesUnverified(address: string): Promise<readonly Coin[]> {
+    const path = "/cosmos.bank.Query/AllBalances";
+    const request = QueryAllBalancesRequest.encode({ address: Bech32.decode(address).data }).finish();
+    const responseData = await this.queryUnverified(path, request);
+    const response = QueryAllBalancesResponse.decode(responseData);
+    return (response.balances || []).map(coinFromProto);
+  }
+
   public disconnect(): void {
     this.tmClient.disconnect();
   }
@@ -107,4 +128,18 @@ export class StargateClient {
 
     return response.value;
   }
+
+  private async queryUnverified(path: string, request: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+    const response = await this.tmClient.abciQuery({
+      path: path,
+      data: request,
+      prove: false,
+    });
+
+    if (response.code) {
+      throw new Error(`Query failed with (${response.code}): ${response.log}`);
+    }
+
+    return response.value;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/testutils.spec.ts b/packages/stargate/src/testutils.spec.ts
index 1abc4554..5570c79b 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/testutils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/testutils.spec.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ export const unused = {
   balanceStaking: "10000000", // 10 STAKE
   balanceFee: "1000000000", // 1000 COSM
 };
+
+export const nonExistentAddress = "cosmos1p79apjaufyphcmsn4g07cynqf0wyjuezqu84hd";
diff --git a/packages/stargate/tsconfig.json b/packages/stargate/tsconfig.json
index 167e8c02..c605e918 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/stargate/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "build",
     "declarationDir": "build/types",
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "rootDir": "src"
   },
   "include": [
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/types/accounts.d.ts b/packages/stargate/types/query/accounts.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/proto-signing/types/accounts.d.ts
rename to packages/stargate/types/query/accounts.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/stargate/types/query/allbalances.d.ts b/packages/stargate/types/query/allbalances.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e418fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/types/query/allbalances.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
+import { Message } from "protobufjs";
+import { PageRequest, PageResponse } from "./pagination";
+export declare class QueryAllBalancesRequest extends Message {
+  readonly address?: Uint8Array;
+  readonly pagination?: PageRequest;
+}
+export declare class QueryAllBalancesResponse extends Message {
+  readonly balances?: readonly Coin[];
+  readonly pagination?: PageResponse;
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/types/query/pagination.d.ts b/packages/stargate/types/query/pagination.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..472b205d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stargate/types/query/pagination.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference types="long" />
+import { Message } from "protobufjs";
+export declare class PageRequest extends Message {}
+export declare class PageResponse extends Message {
+  readonly nextKey?: Uint8Array;
+  readonly total?: Long | number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts b/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
index 85cafca9..0503db45 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 export interface GetSequenceResult {
   readonly accountNumber: number;
   readonly sequence: number;
@@ -7,13 +8,15 @@ export declare class StargateClient {
   static connect(endpoint: string): Promise<StargateClient>;
   private constructor();
   getSequence(address: string): Promise<GetSequenceResult>;
-  getBalance(
-    address: string,
-    searchDenom: string,
-  ): Promise<{
-    readonly denom: string;
-    readonly amount: string;
-  } | null>;
+  getBalance(address: string, searchDenom: string): Promise<Coin | null>;
+  /**
+   * Queries all balances for all denoms that belong to this address.
+   *
+   * Uses the grpc queries (which iterates over the store internally), and we cannot get
+   * proofs from such a method.
+   */
+  getAllBalancesUnverified(address: string): Promise<readonly Coin[]>;
   disconnect(): void;
   private queryVerified;
+  private queryUnverified;
 }