Playbooks

Strategies written like recipes: what you need, the exact steps, where the yield comes from, what can go wrong and how to get out. Sorted from lowest to highest risk.

4.8% APY

Earn on idle SOL with liquid staking

The simplest yield on Solana. Turn SOL you'd hold anyway into an LST that earns about 5% a year and stays usable.

Low risk·Beginner
6.2% APY

Earn on stablecoins

Put USDC to work in Solana's largest lending markets, spread across protocols, without taking price risk.

Low risk·Beginner
Fixed, by maturity

Lock a fixed rate

Use principal tokens on Exponent, or fixed-term lending on Loopscale, to know exactly what you'll earn and when.

Low to medium risk·Intermediate
11.0% APY

Real-world yield

Earn from reinsurance premiums and business payment credit with ONyc and PST, yields that don't depend on crypto prices.

Medium risk·Intermediate
Trading fees, varies

Be the house with JLP

Provide liquidity to Jupiter Perps and earn trading and borrow fees, while holding a basket of SOL, ETH, BTC and stables.

Medium risk·Intermediate
Borrow, don't sell

Borrow against tokenized stocks

Hold xStocks like SPYx or NVDAx, supply them on Kamino and borrow stablecoins without selling your shares.

Medium risk·Intermediate
Varies, check the app

Hylo: stable yield or leverage without liquidation

Mint hyUSD and stake it as sHYUSD for yield, or hold xSOL for leveraged SOL that can't be liquidated.

Medium risk·Intermediate
11.2% APY

Provide concentrated liquidity on SOL-USDC

Earn trading fees on Solana's busiest pair with a managed price range on Orca, Raydium or Meteora.

Medium to high risk·Advanced
~6–9% at 3x

Leveraged staking (the SOL loop)

Multiply your staking yield by looping an LST against SOL debt on Kamino or Jupiter Lend, and how to keep it from unwinding on you.

High risk·Advanced
Points, not yield

Farm points without getting wrecked

A safe setup for airdrop farming: a separate wallet, a budget, apps you'd use anyway, and the habits that keep scammers out.

Medium risk·Beginner

APYs are DefiLlama snapshots from Oct 18, 2026 and change constantly. Risk scores are our judgment, from 1 (lowest) to 5. Nothing here is financial advice.

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