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DeFi Development Corp. Partners with Harmonic to Optimize Solana Validator Revenue and Network Participation
BOCA RATON, FL, Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) (the “Company”), the first public company with a treasury strategy built to accumulate and compound Solana (“SOL”), today announced it has begun integrating and running the open block-building infrastructure provided by Harmonic across its Solana validator operations. Harmonic introduces competition and choice into Solana’s block-building pipeline. Instead of relying on a single builder, validators can select
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