DeFi Development Plans to Raise $1 Billion to Buy More Solana

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What to know:

  • DeFi Development Corp. (JNVR) has filed a registration statement with the SEC to offer up to $1 billion worth of securities.
  • The company plans to used the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including SOL purchases.
  • The firm has adopted a treasury strategy centered around Solana, having already acquired $48.2 million worth of SOL.

In the manner of restless souls forever in quest of fresh ventures, the company called DeFi Development Corp., bearing the sober alias of JNVR—before the dawn, Janover—has resolved to plunge once more into the arms of Solana, the digital siren who attracts both fools and financiers alike. With an aim to amass a treasury swelling to the tune of one billion dollars, they have communed with the stern regulators of the SEC, presenting their designs as though to a solemn assembly of wary elders.

Once devoted to the somber art of lending in brick and mortar realms, this company now casts its fortunes upon intangible ledgers and shimmering tokens, declaring that these raised funds shall serve “general corporate purposes,” a phrase as vague and promising as a Russian winter is long—though certainly involving the acquisition of Solana, that mercurial muse.

Already they possess in their coffers a sum of $48.2 million in SOL, and their ambitions stretch further still, planning to operate the very machines—validators—that keep Solana’s blockchain spinning, harvesting staking rewards like bees at a springtime feast.

It is whispered, with a knowing smile, that this strategy has borrowed a page from the celebrated Michael Saylor, a man whose devotion to bitcoin seems as relentless as a babushka’s embrace. The trend swells as other companies, eager to entice the more traditional investors (sometimes affectionately dubbed TradFi), choose to don the shining armor of Solana on their balance sheets.

The vanguard of this cause is a company named SOL Strategies, marshaled by the resolute Leah Wald—a lady who once co-founded Valkyrie Investments and now commands a legion rallying to the Solana banner. News came that they secured a convocation of funding—up to half a billion in convertible notes—to fuel their marches further into this blockchain realm.

Remarkably, this renewed crusade by DeFi Development unfurled amid the flurry of a leadership upheaval. Former knights of Kraken’s order, Joseph Onorati and Parker White, have ascended to helm and strategy, while John Han, a seasoned warrior from Binance and Kraken, steps forth as treasurer of the realm. Together, they pledged a treasury strategy entwined with Solana’s fate.

Noting that, besides the billion-dollar offering, they have sought to register a modest 1.24 million shares to appease early patrons such as Pantera Capital, Payward—the Kraken’s progenitor—and Arrington Capital, one might see in this a tale both grand and shrewd.

Shares of this curious enterprise soared as if lifted on the wings of a gust, rising nearly tenfold after the new captains took charge, and continuing their ascent with modest zeal in after-hours dealings, now standing proudly at fifty-four dollars per share. One must wonder, in this grand theater of finance and fortune, whether the play is tragedy or comedy—or rather the delicious tragedy of comedy, embroidered with emojis, of course. 😂💰

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2025-04-26 20:29