{"id":72374,"date":"2026-05-11T22:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/galaxy-digital-and-sharplink-launch-125-million-institutional-defi-yield-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:38:44","slug":"galaxy-digital-and-sharplink-launch-125-million-institutional-defi-yield-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/galaxy-digital-and-sharplink-launch-125-million-institutional-defi-yield-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Digital and Sharplink Launch $125 Million Institutional DeFi Yield Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Galaxy Digital and Sharplink formed a $125M fund, moving DeFi to institutional treasuries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Holding 870K ETH, Sharplink proves large firms can safely access onchain market yields.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Next, Galaxy will manage the $125M pool to generate risk-managed ETH returns for investors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Sharplink and Galaxy Partner To Deploy $125M <span>DeFi<\/span> Ecosystem <span>Liquidity<\/span> Fund<\/h2>\n<p> <span>Decentralized finance<\/span> has shifted from a retail-based, low <span>liquidity<\/span> niche sector to an industry that can be leveraged by institutional investors to diversify their treasury management.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Digital and Sharplink, one of the largest Ethereum treasury platforms, announced a non-binding agreement to launch an institutional onchain yield fund to deploy capital across <span>DeFi<\/span> and onchain yield-generating protocols.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Galaxy, that will manage the fund, will contribute $25 million, while Sharplink will allocate $100 million in commitments towards the initiative. The fund is part of Sharplink\u2019s actions to put its treasury to work, as it recently stressed that it is always looking for the best ways to earn yield on its permanent capital.<\/p>\n<p>While details are still scant, Sharplink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/galaxy-and-sharplink-plan-to-launch-first-of-its-kind-institutional-onchain-yield-fund-with-125-million-in-commitments-302767912.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">specified<\/a> that these funds will be allocated with a long-term alignment in mind and leveraging \u201conchain opportunities generating risk-managed, ETH-denominated yield,\u201d hinting at a broader commitment to the Ethereum ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Sheffield, Sharplink\u2019s Chief Investment Officer, stressed that the company aims <strong>\u201cto preserve our core staked Ethereum exposure while generating excess returns that accrue back to our shareholders.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy, highlighted the relevance of Sharplink\u2019s onchain diversification. <strong>\u201cInstitutional capital is moving onchain, and the infrastructure to support it has matured to a point where allocators can access yield, <span>liquidity<\/span>, and risk management with the same rigor they expect in traditional market,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharplink registered a positive Q1 2026, reaching over 870K <a href=\"https:\/\/branch.wallet.bitcoin.com\/news-contextual-eth\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETH<\/a> in its total holdings, and is the second-largest Ethereum digital asset treasury (DAT) behind Bitmine Inmersion, which holds over 5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/branch.wallet.bitcoin.com\/news-contextual-eth\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETH<\/a>. The company also registered 16,436 <a href=\"https:\/\/branch.wallet.bitcoin.com\/news-contextual-eth\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ETH<\/a> obtained in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-staking\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staking<\/a> rewards, while disclosing $12.1 million in total revenue and unrealized losses of over $685 million due to market conditions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/galaxy-digital-and-sharplink-launch-125-million-institutional-defi-yield-fund\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Galaxy Digital and Sharplink formed a $125M fund, moving DeFi to institutional treasuries. Holding 870K ETH, Sharplink proves large firms can safely access onchain market yields. 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