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In a bold move to modernize institutional finance, Mercurity Fintech has secured a $200 million equity line from Solana Ventures to launch a next-generation digital treasury strategy built on the SOL blockchain. This move could serve as a template for how publicly traded companies can align with Web3 ecosystems while tapping into the full spectrum of decentralized financial tools.

MFH Joins Growing List Of Institutions Building Directly On Solana

Crypto Coin Show reported a press release on X that Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: MFH) has secured a $200 million equity line from SOL Ventures to launch a Solana-based digital treasury strategy. Mercurity will purchase SOL tokens, generate yield through staking, and operate a validator node on the Solana blockchain. The company plans to invest in tokenized finance and real-world assets within the Solana ecosystem.

This initiative positions MFH as a long-term institutional participant in the SOL ecosystem, advancing beyond fintech infrastructure. Through its newly announced $200 million equity line agreement with Solana Ventures, MFH is launching a bold on-chain treasury strategy that embeds the company directly into SOL’s high-performance blockchain network.

The MFH SOL strategy focuses on accumulating a large position in Solana-based (SOL) to build a high-value treasury, generating long-term yield through staking, validator nodes, and SOL decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. Meanwhile, it will be investing in Solana-based projects, such as real-world assets and tokenized finance products.

MFH is evolving beyond fintech infrastructure to engage directly in the value creation and utility of decentralized networks, said Wilfred Daye, the Chief Strategy Officer of MFH. SOL is emerging as a high-performance blockchain layer for tokenized assets, with its unmatched transaction speed, low costs, real-time payments, institutional-grade DeFi applications, and growing regulatory acceptance.

How Solana Is Redefining Decentralized Infrastructure

In a post shared by TBPN on the X platform, Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, has explained what decentralization means for the network and where it truly matters. SOL has always been about decentralizing how blocks are made, how transactions are ordered, and where it counts, Yakovenko said.

The validator requires more robust hardware because the network is built for high throughput and real-time performance. Anyone meeting the hardware technical requirements can join the network.

In the meantime, the founder stated that SOL Labs is not employing anyone who builds the protocol anymore. Rather, the team is now focused on building Solana Sage phone and pushing toward mobile-first Web3 access. This signals a shift toward true decentralization in governance and development.

Legal expert Bill Morgan has commented on accusations that Ripple would dump its XRP escrow holdings at some point. He explained why that won’t happen and noted how the escrow strategy is good for the altcoin’s price. 

Ripple’s Escrow Will Buttress XRP Price Not Deflate It

In an X post, Bill Morgan noted that even the SEC recognized that Ripple’s escrow was intended to buttress the XRP price and not deflate it. He added that even the Commission considered this to be one of the factors that would give investors an expectation of profit from the crypto firm’s efforts. 

The legal then remarked that this is just one of the points that clearly debunks the ‘dump theory’ around Ripple’s escrow. His response was in reply to a crypto community member who criticized XRP holders who think that the escrow is good for their holdings. He then indicated that the crypto firm would at some point dump its holdings on these investors. 

Meanwhile, Bill Morgan had earlier noted how there hasn’t been a stark difference between Ripple’s escrowed funds in 2017 and now. He revealed that the crypto firm had 55 billion XRP in escrow in late 2017 while it now has 35 billion in escrow. Ripple unlocks 1 billion XRP monthly. As such, these escrowed funds should have reduced drastically since 2017. 

However, Ripple typically relocks a significant portion of these coins following the monthly unlocks, which explains why the crypto firm’s holdings haven’t flooded the market. Notably, the firm uses these coins for its on-demand liquidity (ODL) services. As such, the coins that are left unlocked are in demand, which also provides a boost for the XRP price. Ripple is also looking to expand its operations, which could further boost the altcoin’s adoption. 

Reason For the Escrow ‘Dump Theory’

In response to the accusations against Ripple, Bill Morgan suggested that many of these crypto community members have been simply sidelined on the recent XRP price rally. As such, he believes this is why they are trying to spread Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD). In an X post, he asked a particular critic if they missed out on XRP when it was still trading at $0.20.

Indeed, the XRP price had traded around this level in 2023 and remained stuck in the $0.50 range for most of 2024 before finally taking off in the last quarter of the year, recording a rally of over 500%. The altcoin has continued this run this year and last week rallied to a new all-time high (ATH) of $3.65. 

At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $3.50, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.