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ksUSD

Solana staking yield, as a dollar.

Deposit USDC, hold one token. Delta-neutral, fully on-chain.

−0.27%

Max drawdown · 24-mo

0.00%

Net APY · 24-mo backtest

5.1–7.0%

Bear year → bull year

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How it works

It earns, or it parks.

ksUSD holds staked SOL and hedges SOL's price to near zero, leaving the staking yield in dollars. When that costs too much, it parks in lending.

01

Deposit

Add USDC, get ksUSD.

02

It earns

Yield accrues into the share price.

03

Redeem

Swap back to USDC anytime.

EARNING· Most of the time

Staking yield reaches you as dollars. When funding is positive too, you earn more — that's the bull-market upside.

PARKED· When it doesn't

ksUSD sits in USDC lending instead. No performance fee those days — you keep the lending rate.

Backtested performance

SOL fell 94%. ksUSD still returned 5.5%.

$100 → $112.13 over 24 months

−0.27% max drawdown · ~190 bps vs. USDC lending

ksUSD
USDC Lending
SOL ATH100105110Jul '24Jan '25Jan '26Jun '26$112.13$108.33

2022SOL's worst

SOL −94%

ksUSD +5.5%

2023

SOL +920%

ksUSD +6.2%

2024

SOL +86%

ksUSD +7.0%

2025

SOL −34%

ksUSD +5.3%

Simulated backtest, net of fees. Calendar years above; the weakest rolling 12‑month stretch on record (May 2022 – Apr 2023) still returned +5.08%. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Why ksUSD

Not another T-bill dollar.

RWA dollars pay the interest rate. ksUSD earns from Solana staking, which doesn't move with it — so it diversifies rather than doubling down on rates.

RWA / T-bill dollars

Earn whatever T-bills earn, so the yield falls when the Fed cuts. A bet on the rate cycle, settled off-chain.

ksUSD

Earns mostly from Solana staking, which tracks network activity rather than interest rates. Uncorrelated to the Fed, and verifiable on-chain.

Non-custodialAudit pendingFully on-chainPrice-hedgedNo lockups
Devnet live · Mainnet pending audit

Hold the dollar that earns.

Put your dollars to work, with SOL's price hedged to near zero.