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Bitcoin staking platform Solv Protocol is preparing to launch its token, SOLV, on Hyperliquid, a blockchain network. The details of when this will occur have not yet been announced. Hyperliquid, which launched in May, restricts new tokens to one per 31 hours and selects them through an auction process. Solv paid approximately $130,000 to secure its listing. Currently, Solv manages over $3 billion in value and plans to launch an “onchain MicroStrategy” to bring Bitcoin reserves into DeFi, according to co-founder Ryan Chow.

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Solv Protocol, a Bitcoin staking platform, is getting ready to launch its homegrown token, SOLV. This launch is planned to happen on Hyperliquid, a premier blockchain network that focuses on spot and derivatives trading. This announcement from Solv Protocol took place on December 19.

With this move, SOLV token becomes one of the early bird tokens to debut on Hyperliquid’s spot exchange. This platform started operations in May and, as of December 19, has around a dozen tokens listed.

Solv has got the green light to list its token on the exchange. When exactly this will happen is yet to be announced. When approached for further comments, notably on SOLV token’s use and value-accumulation methods, Solv Protocol did not get back immediately.

Now, talking a little about Hyperliquid’s spot exchange. Known to provide a top-notch trading experience similar to a centralized exchange, Hyperliquid launched in May and has already attracted over $2.5 billion in locked-in value. The platform not just deals in leveraged perpetuals trading but also hosts around a dozen spot trading markets for tokens as diverse as Bitcoin and PENGU (the new homegrown token of the Pudgy Penguin NFT project).

Hyperliquid limits new token entries to its spot exchange to just one every 31 hours. It selects tokens for listing through an open auction process, with the proceedings going towards its liquidity pool. Solv paid something around $130,000 to bag a listing spot through Hyperliquid’s “Dutch auction” process.

In terms of futures, Hyperliquid’s platform allows traders to go long or short on an asset’s future price with no expiration date. And for some tokens, this platform even enables traders to leverage their positions by up to 50 times.

Now, let’s shift focus back to Solv Protocol. As mentioned before, it is a Bitcoin staking platform that offers several yield strategies across over a half-dozen blockchain networks. The platform generates yield by staking Bitcoin to Bitcoin layer-2s like Babylon and CoreChain in addition to DeFi protocols like Jupiter and Ethena.

At present, Solv manages more than $3 billion in locked-in value. Looking forward, the platform intends to release an “onchain MicroStrategy” to bring Bitcoin reserves that earn yield to DeFi, as revealed by the co-founder of Solv, Ryan Chow, in November. According to Chow, the aim of Solv is to create a strategically managed “Bitcoin reserve that not just preserves wealth but also generates yield and amplifies returns.”