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Led · Seed · Dec 2025

Pye Finance is developing a Solana-based marketplace where time-locked staking positions can be traded, restructured, and tokenized. The platform targets Solana’s roughly 414 million staked SOL (about $75 billion), aiming to unlock liquidity and give validators greater control over parameters such as lock-up periods and reward flows. Pye plans to split each locked position into two tokens: a principal token redeemable for the underlying SOL at maturity and a rewards token representing the future staking yield, enabling users to sell or leverage future rewards while maintaining staked status for DeFi strategies. Co-founders Erik Ashdown and Alberto Cevallos describe the project as financial infrastructure that lets validators operate more like asset managers with predictable returns and enhanced transparency. An initial closed-alpha test ran earlier in 2025, and the company expects to launch a private beta in Q1 2026. Beyond its core marketplace, Pye is also working on validator tools that allow customizable lock-ups and reward structures. The recent $5 million seed financing provides its primary capital base; no revenue or user metrics have yet been disclosed.