Restaking on Solana is in its early stages, with Solayer as the only current restaking project, holding a Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $206 million USD. The primary tokens restaked on Solayer are mSOL and JitoSOL, indicating a strong connection between restaking, liquid staking, and Solana's staking model.

Solayer recently raised $12 million in funding from Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, and others, and is collaborating with Open Eden to introduce the yield-bearing stablecoin $SUSDC. Additionally, Jito is working on infrastructure to simplify restaking on Solana, facilitating the creation of liquid restaking tokens like fragSOL and ezUSDC.

Solana’s staking ecosystem holds over $59 billion in SOL, ranking behind only Ethereum. However, Solana’s liquid staking TVL stands at $5.5 billion USD, significantly lower than Ethereum's $49 billion. Despite this, liquid staking on Solana is growing rapidly, with new products like Binance's BNSOL, which attracted $62 million in SOL within its first month.

Restaking optimizes capital use by allowing users to leverage staked tokens for additional services. Technically, while Solana aims to be robust enough without layer 2s, some layer 2 and appchain developments, like Bullet by Zeta and Pythnet by Pyth Network, are emerging on the network.

Restaking also carries systemic risks due to its leveraged nature; a failure in one project could trigger broader impacts across the ecosystem. In summary, Solana's restaking ecosystem is growing but remains small compared to Ethereum. Nonetheless, the potential for capital optimization could attract more investment over time.

Restaking on Solana is in its early stages, with Solayer as the only current restaking project, holding a Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $206 million USD. The primary tokens restaked on Solayer are mSOL and JitoSOL, indicating a strong connection between restaking, liquid staking, and Solana's staking model.

Solayer recently raised $12 million in funding from Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, and others, and is collaborating with Open Eden to introduce the yield-bearing stablecoin $SUSDC. Additionally, Jito is working on infrastructure to simplify restaking on Solana, facilitating the creation of liquid restaking tokens like fragSOL and ezUSDC.

Solana’s staking ecosystem holds over $59 billion in SOL, ranking behind only Ethereum. However, Solana’s liquid staking TVL stands at $5.5 billion USD, significantly lower than Ethereum's $49 billion. Despite this, liquid staking on Solana is growing rapidly, with new products like Binance's BNSOL, which attracted $62 million in SOL within its first month.

Restaking optimizes capital use by allowing users to leverage staked tokens for additional services. Technically, while Solana aims to be robust enough without layer 2s, some layer 2 and appchain developments, like Bullet by Zeta and Pythnet by Pyth Network, are emerging on the network.

Restaking also carries systemic risks due to its leveraged nature; a failure in one project could trigger broader impacts across the ecosystem. In summary, Solana's restaking ecosystem is growing but remains small compared to Ethereum. Nonetheless, the potential for capital optimization could attract more investment over time.