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Solana DeFi ecosystem is firing on all cylinders.

TVL sitting at over $8.6B, with 400B+ transactions processed onchain, and daily volumes rivaling Ethereum's peaks.

If you pay attention, onchain activity screams adoption: restaking primitives are exploding, LSTs are composable across DEXs, lending, and a memecoin frenzy is fueling LP yields.

But amid the noise, the big question has been:

—> Where is the alpha for yield hunters?

To satisfy this question, I've sifted Dune dashboards, DeFiLlama pools, and protocol audits to spotlight protocols delivering 10-40%+ APYs.

With my focus on:
- Sustainable mechanisms
- TVL depth, and
- Risk-adjusted returns.

And here are the High Return Protocols You should Consider for Yield on Solana

□ Stabble
@stabbleorg offers 36% APY on its USDT-USDC pool (supply USDC only). TVL is $50M, low impermanent loss risk. Ideal for stable yield stacking.

Frictionless LST layer with auto-rebalancing; TGE imminent + points for airdrop.

□ Raydium
@Raydium offers 40%+ APY in JitoSOL-RAY CLMM with POPCAT-USDC at 12-21%, on 30 average.

It's a battle-tested AMM with dual pools (classic/CLMM); deepest SOL pairs, 0.25% fees. And it also has over $2B in TVL.

□ Orca
@orca_so gives SOL-USDC pool at 10.66% APY, with over $520K in TVL. As a $1B+ ecosystem, its also integrates with Jito/Marinade for compounded yields.

Orca concentrated liquidity minimizes slippage; whale friendly for large deposits.

□ Marinade Finance
@MarinadeFinance offers 11.8% liquid staking APY in mSOL pool, and it auto-delegates to over 100 validators.

As a $500M+ TVL protocol, it is DeFi composable, pair with Raydium for 20%+ blended.

□ Jito
@jito_sol gives up to 15% APY via MEV-boosted LST, base at 7.46%, with $1B+ TVL making it a restaking edge for core DeFi users.

Jito maintain fair MEV distribution, and deep integrations like lending and perps.

□ Kamino Finance
@KaminoFinance offer users a fair 8-12% supply APYs on USDC/SOL lending; automated vaults optimize across pools.

Kamino is a yield aggregator with $600M TVL. It borrow rates is competitive but under 5%.

UI gold standard for multi strategy.

□ Meteora
@MeteoraAG gives 15-25% in dynamic vaults (like SOL-USDC DLMM). Its auto allocates to lending for idle capital; customizable ranges.

$400M in TVL, Jito/Kamino synergies; high efficiency.

□ Sanctum
@sanctumso here offers 10-14% via LST reserve (Reserve token); $112M TVL. Sanctum is a solid yield optimizer for staked SOL; multi LST pooling reduces fragmentation.

See it as emerging restaking hub, for EigenLayer-like composability.

—> LST market cap has grown to over $2B, with 30% of staked SOL liquid up from 15% in 2024.

This is more than a bullish view, it is a solid signal to milk from these protocols for high return yields.

I'm more bullish on Solana sub-second finality enabling real-time yield farming.

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@solana is quickly becoming the EVERYTHING chain, with strong growth metrics across multiple venues & sectors this year. Sunrise, the token listing gateway, is a key player.

I met with @rachit to talk about their vision and what’s next 👇

00:00 Intro & What is Sunrise?
01:28 From venture to Wormhole to Sunrise
02:10 Wrapped tokens vs native minting, why it matters
04:28 Sunrise as a listing gateway, not just a bridge
09:00 The MON listing that started it all
13:50 $500M in monthly volume and growing demand
18:45 What criteria Sunrise uses to pick listings
22:00 From crypto native tokens to RWAs and IPOs
27:45 Sunrise is Solana only. Any plans to expand?
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35:30 Biggest misconception about Sunrise
38:03 Biggest milestone for 2026

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