TLDR
- SOL Strategies signed a deal to acquire Darklake Labs assets for $1.2 million.
- The deal includes $200,000 in cash and $1 million in common shares.
- Darklake built Zyga, a Solana zero-knowledge proof system for private execution.
- The acquisition brings Darklake’s founders and research lead into SOL Strategies.
- SOL Strategies held 533,040 SOL in treasury in its March 2026 monthly update.
SOL Strategies buys Solana privacy startup Darklake as it expands beyond treasury operations. The company said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Darklake Labs assets for $1.2 million.
The deal includes $200,000 in cash and $1 million in common shares. The share portion will remain locked up for four months. The move adds privacy-focused execution tools and a new research team.
SOL Strategies moves further into protocol development
SOL Strategies has focused on staking, treasury operations, and validator services. Now, it is taking a wider role inside the Solana network. The Darklake purchase marks that shift.
The company said Darklake brings technology built for private transaction execution. That technology aims to reduce front-running and sandwich attacks. These attacks often affect trade execution in decentralized finance.
Darklake built Zyga, a zero-knowledge proof system designed for Solana. The product is meant to support privacy at the point of execution. SOL Strategies said the system also supports more secure transaction flow.
The company framed the deal as more than a small team hire. It said the acquisition supports deeper product and research work. That places SOL Strategies closer to protocol development inside the Solana economy.
Darklake team and technology join the company
The acquisition also brings Darklake’s core team into SOL Strategies. Darklake chief executive and technical founder Vitor Py Braga is expected to join. The company said he previously worked in infrastructure engineering roles at Meta and IBM.
Co-founder and chief operating officer Amber Hales is also expected to join. SOL Strategies said she has compliance experience from Coinbase and Coincover. Tiago Alves, Darklake’s head of zero-knowledge research, is also part of the move.
SOL Strategies said Darklake placed second in the DeFi track of the Solana Radar Global Hackathon. It also said Darklake joined the Colosseum Accelerator. In addition, the startup has academic research partnerships in Brazil.
The company added that a patent application tied to the work is in process. That gives the deal a research and product angle. It also adds structure to SOL Strategies’ broader Solana strategy.
The deal comes as SOL Strategies expands its Solana base
The timing stands out because SOL Strategies has been growing its Solana position. In its March 2026 monthly update, it reported treasury holdings of 533,040 SOL. That figure included liquid staked SOL.
The company valued those holdings at about $43.9 million using SOL’s April 1 price. The same update showed 3,813,468 SOL in assets under delegation. It also reported 768,022 SOL staked in STKESOL.
STKESOL is the company’s liquid staking product. These figures show that SOL Strategies already has a large operating base in Solana. The Darklake deal adds a new layer to that base.
The company has also expanded access to its staking infrastructure. In March, Balance integrated SOL Strategies’ validator for custody clients. SOL Strategies also said ARK Invest’s Digital Asset Revolutions Fund selected it as a Solana staking provider.
Together, these moves show how SOL Strategies is adding new business lines around Solana. The Darklake acquisition gives it privacy technology and research talent. At the same time, it keeps building on its existing staking and treasury platform.
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