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Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp. saw shares pop after announcing it was increasing its share repurchase program to $100 million.

DeFi Development Corp has unveiled plans to raise $100 million through a private offering of convertible senior notes to strengthen its Solana-focused treasury strategy as anticipation for potential U.S. approval of Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ramps up. DeFi Development Corp. said proceeds will be used partly to repurchase its own shares through a prepaid forward […] The post DeFi Development Corp. to raise $100M for Solana treasury acquisitions ahead of ETF launches appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The company’s CEO described the stock tokenization as a “DeFi Lego block,” suggesting it serves as a foundational piece for decentralized finance adoption. Update (June 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM UTC): This article has been updated to state that Backed created the xStocks platform. DeFi Development Corp., a Solana treasury company formerly known as Janover, announced plans to tokenize its shares through a partnership with crypto exchange Kraken. According to a Monday announcement, the company will use xStocks, a tokenization platform created by Backed, to bring its shares onchain. Kraken announced a partnership with xStocks in May, promising to offer investors tokenized shares of US-listed companies such as Apple, Tesla and Nvidia to users in other regions. The platform is built on the Solana blockchain. Read more