BOCA RATON, FL, January 5, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq:DFDV) (the “Company”), the first public company with a treasury strategy designed to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today announced the release of a comprehensive analysis detailing Solana’s industry-leading performance across the most important onchain metrics in 2025. The full report is available here:
With 2025 now behind us, the smart contract war has entered its second decade. For a second year in a row, Solana not only outperformed all major smart contract platforms, but also extended and increased its lead in real demand and economic activity. Data shows that Solana has a decisive lead over Ethereum, BNB Chain and all other competitors in terms of usage, growth and economic severity.
Key highlights of the report include:
• Transactions and debit: Solana processed approximately 33.1 billion transactions in 2025, an increase of 28% year-on-year, more than all other major blockchains combined. Solana also averaged over 1,100 transactions per second, a 34% increase from 2024.
• User Growth: Solana added approximately 1 billion new wallets in 2025, an increase of approximately 50% year-over-year and more than all other major chains combined.
• Developer ecosystem: Solana hosted approximately 10,753 active developers in 2025 (+41% from the previous year), surpassing the number of Ethereum developers.
• Chain economic activity: Decentralized exchange (DEX) volume on Solana jumped to $1.57 trillion, up 126% year-over-year, and eclipsed Ethereum’s total of around $946 billion.
• Network revenue: Solana generated approximately $1.41 billion in onchain fees, surpassing Ethereum even though fee levels remained significantly lower.
• Fee stability: Using DeFi Development Corp.’s Fee Stability Ratio (FSR), Solana scored around 743, reporting astronomically lower median transaction fees and median transaction fee volatility than its peers.
• Tokenized markets: In just six months since the launch of tokenized stocks on Solana, the network has processed approximately $2.9 billion in tokenized stock volume, more than any other chain.
The Solana Dominance 2025 report is data-driven and transparent, drawing on publicly available metrics across transactions, wallet growth, throughput, developer activity, economic volume, revenue, fee reliability, and emerging markets such as tokenized securities.
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About DeFi Development Corp.
DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) has adopted a treasury policy under which the principal interest in its cash reserve is allocated to SOL. Through this strategy, the Company provides investors with direct economic exposure to SOL, while actively participating in the growth of the Solana ecosystem. In addition to holding and staking SOL, DeFi Development Corp. operates its own validation infrastructure, generating rewards and staking fees from delegated participation. The Company is also engaged in decentralized finance (“DeFi”) opportunities and continues to explore innovative ways to support and benefit from Solana’s expanding application layer.
The Company is an AI-powered online platform that connects the commercial real estate industry by providing data and software subscriptions, as well as value-added services, to multifamily and commercial real estate professionals, as the Company connects the increasingly complex ecosystem that stakeholders must manage.
The company currently serves more than 1 million web users annually, including multifamily and commercial real estate owners and developers seeking billions of dollars in debt financing annually, professional service providers, and thousands of multifamily and commercial real estate lenders, including more than 10% of U.S. banks, credit unions, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), debt funds, multifamily lenders Fannie Mae® and Freddie Mac®, FHA multifamily lenders, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”). lenders, Small Business Administration (“SBA”) lenders, and more. The Company’s data and software offerings are generally offered on a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) subscription basis.
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