The Solana ecosystem continues to evolve, and one protocol is standing at the forefront of this transformation: Solayer (@Solayer ). By merging restaking, liquid restaking, hardware acceleration, and new financial primitives, Solayer is creating an entirely new paradigm for scalability, yield, and adoption.
Restaking Reimagined
At its foundation, Solayer is a restaking and liquid restaking protocol. Users can stake their SOL or Solana-based liquid staking tokens (LSTs), such as mSOL, jitoSOL, or bSOL, and then restake them to support Actively Validated Services (AVSs) like oracles, bridges, and security layers. This dual model enhances both the yield potential for stakers and the shared security of the Solana ecosystem. By issuing liquid restaking tokens such as sSOL or sUSD, Solayer ensures that capital remains productive, composable, and usable across the broader DeFi landscape.
InfiniSVM: Infinite Scale and Ultra-Low Latency
Solayer is not only redefining staking. Its innovation, InfiniSVM, is a hardware-accelerated Solana Virtual Machine capable of delivering over one million transactions per second, near-instant finality, and ultra-low latency. By leveraging cutting-edge hardware technologies like FPGAs, SmartNICs, and GPUs, InfiniSVM pushes Solana into a new category of performance. This positions Solayer as the pioneer of a hardware-accelerated Layer 1 capable of supporting institutional-grade trading engines, AI-driven finance, and high-frequency transactions without compromise.
Real-World Applications of InfiniSVM
InfiniSVM makes possible applications that were previously unachievable on-chain. High-frequency trading platforms can now operate with the speed and transparency of blockchain settlement. AI agents can execute, rebalance, and hedge strategies on-chain in real time without latency bottlenecks. Global payment networks can process transactions instantly with settlement and reward distribution occurring natively on-chain. By providing the performance guarantees required by enterprises, Solayer is opening the door to serious institutional adoption of Solana-based DeFi.
The Emerald Card: Seamless Global Payments
The Emerald Card represents the practical, everyday application of Solayer’s innovations. It allows users to spend their SOL, LSTs, or sUSD globally with the speed and reliability of InfiniSVM. Every transaction is seamless, efficient, and linked directly to on-chain infrastructure. With the Emerald Rewards program, cardholders not only spend but also earn instant on-chain rewards. This unites the benefits of blockchain with the usability of traditional finance in a way that is simple and accessible.
sUSD: Yield-Bearing Stability
Solayer introduces sUSD, a new category of stablecoin. Fully backed by U.S. Treasury bills and pegged 1:1 to the dollar, sUSD generates a native yield of four to five percent. Unlike conventional stablecoins, sUSD is productive by design. It can be held, deployed into DeFi strategies, or restaked to generate additional yield. This positions sUSD as both a stable store of value and an engine of passive income within the Solana ecosystem.
Endogenous AVSs and Cross-Chain Liquidity
A unique feature of Solayer is its focus on endogenous AVSs—services that are built directly on Solana and draw their security from Solayer’s restaking layer. This makes it easier and cheaper for developers to build secure applications without having to establish separate validator networks. In addition, Solayer enables cross-chain liquidity through synthetic assets such as stLAYER, allowing restaked capital to reach beyond Solana and expand its yield potential across multiple ecosystems.
Smart Yield Layering
Solayer introduces a yield model that aggregates multiple streams into one. Stakers can earn five to eight percent from proof-of-stake rewards, three to five percent from MEV strategies, and two to four percent from AVS restaking. Combined, this layered system creates potential returns of ten to seventeen percent, transforming staking into a highly efficient financial strategy.
Governance and the Role of $LAYER
At the center of the ecosystem lies $LAYER, the native token that drives governance and coordination. Token holders can vote on protocol upgrades, reward distributions, and AVS integration. Beyond governance, $LAYER aligns incentives across validators, users, and developers to ensure the long-term growth and decentralization of the protocol.
Why Solayer Matters
Solayer is not just another staking platform. It combines restaking, liquid restaking, hardware acceleration, stablecoins, and global payments into a cohesive ecosystem. It empowers stakers with layered yield, equips developers with performance and composability, and offers institutions the throughput and reliability they require. By introducing InfiniSVM, sUSD, and the Emerald Card, Solayer is bridging the gap between blockchain scalability and real-world usability.
Solayer is shaping the future of finance on Solana. Fast, secure, and infinitely scalable, it is creating a financial ecosystem where capital is always productive and blockchain performance matches the world’s most advanced systems. The next wave of adoption will not only be decentralized, it will be #BuiltonSolayer.