Solstice Tops $400M TVL as NYSE-Listed Bullish Joins Its Institutional Allocator Base

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Solstice Tops $400M TVL as NYSE-Listed Bullish Joins Its Institutional Allocator Base

New York, United States, May 22nd, 2026, Chainwire


NYSE: BLSH allocation marks a new threshold for regulated capital moving onchain through Solana’s yield infrastructure, joining more than 30 existing institutional allocators deploying capital through Solstice's protocol. The allocation cements Solstice as Solana's yield-as-a-service layer, the infrastructure regulated capital relies on to access onchain returns, and pushes total value locked past $400M ahead of the protocol's token generation event.

Solstice Finance , the yield-as-a-service layer powering institutional capital on Solana, today announced a capital allocation from NYSE-listed crypto exchange Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), adding one of the most recognized names in regulated digital assets to its allocator base days ahead of its token generation event.

Bullish has deployed capital into eUSX, Solstice's onchain delta-neutral yield strategy. The allocation places one of the most recognized names in regulated digital assets into Solana's institutional yield infrastructure.

The commitment builds on a relationship already in place. Solstice and Bullish are both founding members of the Global Dollar Network (GDN), the Paxos-led consortium of more than 100 institutions building a regulated digital dollar. USDG, the network's digital dollar, is among the collateral assets backing USX, the overcollateralized stablecoin that underlies the Solstice ecosystem. For Bullish, the allocation extends that relationship from shared infrastructure into deployed onchain capital.

eUSX has run for three years with positive monthly returns across every quarter since launch, a record regulated allocators can audit directly. Total value locked across Solstice products now exceeds $400 million as of May 20, 2026. With this allocation, Bullish joins an institutional base of more than 30+ allocators deploying across Solstice's onchain products, including Bitcoin Suisse AG, Fasanara Capital, and RockawayX, a roster that signals where institutional capital is moving as yield goes onchain on Solana.

"Bullish continues to look for ways to bring institutional standards to onchain markets, and allocating to a strategy with a multi-year operating record is consistent with that approach. Our existing work with Solstice through the Global Dollar Network made this a natural extension," said Tarun Kapoor, VP of Bullish. "The Solana DeFi ecosystem has matured into the venue where regulated participants can run capital at scale, and Solstice has been building the framework for that the entire time. Allocating to the their strategy is consistent with our work to bring institutional standards to onchain markets."
"Three years ago, we made a bet that onchain yield would have to meet institutional standards before institutional capital would ever trust it. So we built for that future first: audited returns, qualified custody, regulated entities, daily NAV reporting, none of it at the expense of what makes DeFi worth building," said Ben Nadareski, CEO of Solstice. "That capital is arriving now. When an NYSE-listed exchange like Bullish allocates onchain, it confirms that participation from institutions like Bullish reflects how onchain yield is maturing.”

Bullish’s commitment to Solstice reflects increasing institutional engagement with onchain protocols. With Bullish and Paxos participating in the GDN, Solstice is positioned at the intersection of institutional dollar infrastructure and Solana DeFi.

About Solstice

Solstice Finance , a Deus X Capital invested company, is reimagining financial asset management for the on-chain era. Key products include USX, Solana's largest native stablecoin, and YieldVault, a democratized yield-bearing protocol offering institutional-grade yields. Solstice also operates Solstice Staking, securing over $1 billion in assets across 8,000+ validator nodes.

About Bullish

Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides regulated market infrastructure and information services. This includes Bullish Exchange – an institutionally focused digital assets spot and derivatives exchange, integrating a high-performance central limit order book matching engine with automated market making to provide deep and predictable liquidity. Bullish Europe is regulated under MiCAR as a crypto asset service provider offering spot trading and custody services for digital assets.Bullish is the parent company of CoinDesk, a leading provider of digital asset media and information services. CoinDesk's offerings include: CoinDesk Indices – a collection of tradable proprietary and single-asset benchmarks and indices that track the performance of digital assets for global institutions in the digital assets and traditional finance industries; CoinDesk Data – a broad suite of digital asset market data and analytics, providing real-time insights into prices, trends and market dynamics; and CoinDesk Insights – a digital asset media and events provider and operator of coindesk.com, a digital media platform that covers news and insights about digital assets, the underlying markets, policy and blockchain technology.



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