{"id":495357,"date":"2025-08-25T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=495357"},"modified":"2025-09-25T23:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:14:27","slug":"wall-street-giants-plot-1-billion-solana-treasury-as-dex-volumes-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wall-street-giants-plot-1-billion-solana-treasury-as-dex-volumes-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street giants plot $1 billion Solana treasury set to close in weeks shaking market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Galaxy Digital, Multicoin Capital, and Jump Crypto are seeking about $1 billion to assemble a Solana treasury through a public company vehicle, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-25\/galaxy-jump-multicoin-seek-1-billion-for-buying-solana-token\">Bloomberg<\/a>, with Cantor Fitzgerald engaged as lead banker and a takeover of a listed entity contemplated for the structure.<\/p>\n<p>The effort, described as ongoing talks, would create what the report characterizes as the largest dedicated <a href=\"\/coins\/solana\">SOL<\/a> treasury.<\/p>\n<p>The contemplated wrapper mirrors <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/market-reports\/bitcoin-treasury-companies-hedge-or-house-of-cards\/\">familiar corporate-treasury mechanics<\/a>, using public equity and financing tools to scale crypto exposure that can later be supported by converts or PIPEs.<\/p>\n<p>Recent activity around Cantor-backed crypto treasuries shows the pathway exists in traditional markets, including a Nasdaq listing plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-standard-to-go-public-on-nasdaq-with-30021-bitcoin-treasury-following-cantor-merger\/\">Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company<\/a> through a Cantor-affiliated SPAC, which if completed would list a balance sheet with more than 30,000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Timing remains a key variable. Bloomberg\u2019s account, as relayed in same-day trade press summaries, points to an early September closing goal and a green light from the Solana Foundation, while noting that details could change and the parties declined to comment. These elements underline that the plan is pre-closing and subject to market and regulatory execution risk.<\/p>\n<p>The choice of Solana aligns with how on-chain trading has shifted this year. OKX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okx.com\/learn\/okx-state-of-dex-2025\">State of DEX 2025<\/a> found Solana accounted for roughly 48 percent of decentralized exchange volume, with activity skewed to smaller retail trades, while Ethereum and its Layer 2s continued to dominate tickets above $50,000. That split helps explain why an equity-listed SOL aggregator might target breadth and liquidity on Solana while acknowledging that institutional block flow often retains an ETH bias.<\/p>\n<p>The firms named in the Bloomberg report already have touchpoints with the ecosystem. Galaxy launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galaxy.com\/newsroom\/galaxy-digital-announces-launch-of-solana-funds-and-bloomberg\">Solana index-tracking funds in 2021<\/a> alongside the Bloomberg Galaxy Solana Index, establishing an early institutional product set tied to SOL pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Multicoin has publicly articulated a multi-year Solana thesis focused on throughput and vertical integration. These histories provide context for why they would coordinate on a larger balance-sheet approach today.<\/p>\n<p>The prospective vehicle would also enter a field of emerging SOL treasuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/upexi-shares-skyrocket-over-600-after-revealing-solana-treasury-strategy\/\">Upexi<\/a> disclosed purchases of discounted locked SOL and said its holdings surpassed $100 million this spring, part of a pivot toward a SOL-centric treasury strategy that includes validator operations and financing via equity and convertibles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/defi-development-corp-to-raise-100m-for-solana-treasury-acquisitions-ahead-of-etf-launches\/\">DeFi Development Corp<\/a>., which has framed itself as a SOL accumulator, reported crossing 846,000 SOL and reiterated its intent to compound via staking yields. These moves signal how listed companies are operationalizing SOL on balance sheets.<\/p>\n<p>If the Cantor-advised SOL vehicle closes on the timeline described, it would formalize a public-markets route for consolidated SOL acquisition, potentially creating an equity proxy for investors that cannot hold the token directly and a repeatable template for future altcoin treasury structures.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the initiative sits in the discussions stage, with the size target, banker role and public-company takeover framework outlined in Bloomberg\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galaxy Digital, Multicoin Capital, and Jump Crypto are seeking about $1 billion to assemble a Solana treasury through a public company vehicle, according to Bloomberg, with Cantor Fitzgerald engaged as lead banker and a takeover of a listed entity contemplated for the structure. 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