Solana Receives Two Institutional Boosts: $1 Billion Fundraising and Liquidity Staking

Solana (SOL) has recorded two major strides in attracting institutional investors this week as two public companies announced notable initiatives related to this blockchain ecosystem: one focused on liquidity staking, while the other plans to raise up to 1 billion USD for direct investment.

Sol Strategies, a publicly listed company in Canada, has just filed a preliminary prospectus to offer securities ( including stocks and bonds ) with a maximum value of 1 billion USD to expand its investment portfolio in Solana. Although there are no immediate specific plans for fundraising, this filing provides the company with the flexibility to take advantage of future opportunities. Previously, Sol Strategies successfully raised 500 million USD in the form of convertible bonds, and has used the first 20 million USD to purchase over 122,000 SOL.

At the same time, DeFi Development Corp. ( Nasdaq code: DFDV) announced that it is deploying liquidity staking infrastructure (LST) developed by Sanctum, becoming the first public company to invest in liquidity staking tokens on the Solana platform. With the new product called dfdvSOL, users can stake SOL through DeFi Dev's validators while still retaining liquidity to participate in DeFi or withdraw funds at any time.

These two moves reflect the growing confidence of institutional investors in the staking ecosystem and validator infrastructure of Solana, and could be a sign of the beginning of a larger wave of investment from institutions into this blockchain network.