H HITTINCORNERS Guides

Understand Solana DeFi
before you use it.

Plain-English explanations of how swaps, lending, liquid staking, and yield farming actually work on Solana — what the real risks are, and which protocols are worth knowing about. No hype, no invented numbers.

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Guides

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Guide 01

Cross-Chain Bridge Security, Explained

Why bridges are historically the most-hacked category of crypto infrastructure, and how to reduce your risk when moving assets across chains.
02 Guide

Getting Started with Solana DeFi

The essentials before you connect a wallet to your first Solana DeFi protocol: setup, terminology, and a sane first move.

03 Guide

How Airdrop Farming Actually Works (and Its Real Risks)

An honest look at how airdrop farming works on protocols like Bulk Exchange, and why it carries real risk of wasted effort.

04 Guide

How to Lend USDC on Solana

A practical guide to supplying USDC to a Solana lending market to earn yield, without borrowing.

Reviews

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Review 01

Backpack

A Solana wallet with a built-in exchange, positioned around xNFTs and an integrated trading experience.
02 Review

BlazeStake

A Solana liquid staking protocol issuing bSOL, with a focus on supporting smaller independent validators.

03 Review

Bulk Exchange

A Solana-native perpetuals DEX for leveraged derivatives trading.

04 Review

Drift

One of the most established Solana perpetuals DEXs, also offering spot trading and lending.

Categories

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Decentralized Exchanges

Swap tokens directly from your wallet without a centralized order book or custodian.

02

Lending & Borrowing

Supply assets to earn yield, or borrow against collateral, through on-chain money markets.

03

Liquid Staking

Stake SOL and receive a liquid token representing your stake, usable elsewhere in DeFi.

04

Yield Farming

Provide liquidity or stake LP positions to earn trading fees and incentive rewards.

05

Wallets

Self-custody software and hardware wallets for holding and interacting with Solana assets.

06

OTC Marketplaces

Over-the-counter venues for negotiating larger trades directly between counterparties, outside a public order book.

07

Index Platforms

Products that bundle multiple assets into a single token or position, similar to a traditional index fund.