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Save (formerly Solend): What Changed and Current Yield Opportunities
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Save (formerly Solend): What Changed and Current Yield Opportunities

Solend was the first lending protocol on Solana and the one that nearly broke DeFi's decentralization story in 2022. It rebranded to Save, survived, and now runs about $71M in TVL. Here are the live supply rates, the pool structure, and where it fits in Solana lending today.

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BTC ETF Flows and Solana DeFi: The Indirect Connection
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BTC ETF Flows and Solana DeFi: The Indirect Connection

Bitcoin ETFs lost $4.5B in June and $2B in the past week alone, then broke a 10-day outflow streak with a $221M inflow on Thursday. Solana ETFs absorbed over $1B in three weeks during the same stretch. Here is how a Bitcoin product's flows end up moving Solana lending rates.

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Marinade Finance: Native Staking, mSOL, and the Decentralization Thesis
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Marinade Finance: Native Staking, mSOL, and the Decentralization Thesis

Marinade runs two staking products on Solana. mSOL pays 6.08% with full DeFi composability. Marinade Native pays slightly more with zero smart contract risk but no liquidity. Here is the yield, the risk, and why Marinade's validator set matters for Solana itself.

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Jito Beyond jitoSOL: MEV, Tips, and the Full Yield Stack
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Jito Beyond jitoSOL: MEV, Tips, and the Full Yield Stack

Most people know Jito as the highest-yield liquid staking token on Solana. That is the visible layer. Underneath sits an MEV market, a validator tip economy, the JTO token, and a restaking network. Here is where the yield actually comes from, and which parts of it are real.

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Jupiter on Solana: DEX Volume, Lending Rates, and Where the Yield Comes From
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Jupiter on Solana: DEX Volume, Lending Rates, and Where the Yield Comes From

Jupiter routes more swap volume than any aggregator on any chain and now runs an $877M lending market on the side. Here are the live supply rates, the jupSOL and JLP yields, the security scores, and where the money actually comes from.

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MarginFi on Solana: Current Yields and What Changed After Relaunch
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MarginFi on Solana: Current Yields and What Changed After Relaunch

MarginFi was a top-three Solana lender at $811M TVL in 2024. After a leadership blowup, a year of airdrop limbo, and a rebrand to Project 0, it now runs $29M. Here are the live supply yields, the security score, and what the relaunch actually changed.

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Protocol Pages: Every Solana DeFi Protocol in One Place
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Protocol Pages: Every Solana DeFi Protocol in One Place

We built a page for every Solana DeFi protocol with TVL over $1M. 132 of them, each with live yields, a 10-factor security score, audit history, and the risk profile of its category. Here's what's inside and why we built it this way.

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Loopscale: How Order-Book Lending Changes Solana Rates
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Loopscale: How Order-Book Lending Changes Solana Rates

Loopscale replaced the liquidity pool with an on-chain order book. Fixed rates, isolated risk, and $100M in deposits later, it is reshaping how Solana users think about lending yields.

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Sanctum Validator LSTs: Custom Staking on Solana Explained
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Sanctum Validator LSTs: Custom Staking on Solana Explained

Sanctum powers 1,300+ validator LSTs on Solana with $1.4B in TVL. Its Infinity pool, zero-slippage swaps, and staking-as-a-service model have turned liquid staking into programmable infrastructure. Here is how it works and what the yields look like.

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Drift Protocol: Perpetual DEX Yields on Solana
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Drift Protocol: Perpetual DEX Yields on Solana

Drift was Solana's largest perpetual futures DEX with $550M in TVL. Then a $285M exploit hit on April 1. Here is what the yield landscape looked like, what went wrong, and where the protocol stands now.

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Concentrated Liquidity on Solana: Orca Whirlpools Deep Dive
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Concentrated Liquidity on Solana: Orca Whirlpools Deep Dive

Orca's Whirlpools run $258M in TVL with zero hacks in four years. Here's how concentrated liquidity works, what the real yields look like, and where the risks hide.

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Meteora DLMM: Concentrated Liquidity Yields on Solana
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Meteora DLMM: Concentrated Liquidity Yields on Solana

Meteora's DLMM bins changed how LPs earn on Solana. $287M TVL, dynamic fees, zero slippage within bins. But concentrated liquidity cuts both ways. Here's the full yield and risk breakdown.

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Yield Aggregators on Solana: Lulo, Tulip and Beyond
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Yield Aggregators on Solana: Lulo, Tulip and Beyond

Solana's yield aggregator landscape has changed fast. Lulo routes $86M across lending markets. Tulip is a ghost town. Kamino blurs the line between lender and aggregator. Here's where things stand in May 2026.

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Flash Trade FLP: Perpetual LP Yields on Solana
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Flash Trade FLP: Perpetual LP Yields on Solana

Flash Trade turns perps traders into your yield source. Its FLP vault pays LPs from trading fees, margin costs, and liquidations. Around 15% APY, but the risks are real. Here is what the data says.

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Raydium on Solana: Yield Opportunities and Risk Analysis
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Raydium on Solana: Yield Opportunities and Risk Analysis

Complete breakdown of Raydium's yield options. CLMM pools, standard AMM, AcceleRaytor farms. What pays, what's risky, and what to avoid.

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DeFi Lending on Solana: Kamino vs Jupiter Lend vs Save
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DeFi Lending on Solana: Kamino vs Jupiter Lend vs Save

Head-to-head comparison of Solana's top lending protocols. Rates, risk, TVL, security practices, and which one fits your strategy.

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What Is Impermanent Loss? A Practical Guide for Solana DeFi
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What Is Impermanent Loss? A Practical Guide for Solana DeFi

Impermanent loss explained with real numbers. How it works, when it hurts, and how Solana LP providers can minimize it.

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JitoSOL vs mSOL vs bSOL: Which Liquid Staking Token Wins?
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JitoSOL vs mSOL vs bSOL: Which Liquid Staking Token Wins?

Comparing the top three Solana liquid staking tokens — JitoSOL, mSOL, and bSOL. We analyze APY, security, adoption, liquidity, and DeFi composability to find the best LST for your strategy.

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Kamino vs Jupiter Lend: Where to Put Your USDC
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Kamino vs Jupiter Lend: Where to Put Your USDC

A head-to-head comparison of Kamino Finance and Jupiter Lend for USDC yields. We break down APYs, risk profiles, features, and which platform fits your strategy.

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