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This Wednesday, it was reported that Jupiter, an infrastructure provider on Solana, is joining with Bitwise to establish an exclusive lending market. The initiative seeks to attract institutional capital through a curated and segregated lending environment within the DeFi ecosystem.
我们成功引入了百亿级加密资管巨头 @Bitwise ，在 Jupiter Lend 协议上部署机构级借贷市场。
Bitwise 将作为策展人管理 @ethena 资产池。这标志着链上借贷市场进入了新的转折点！pic.twitter.com/KGKUuLRx9o
— JUP ZH 中文 (@JUP_Chinese) May 13, 2026
The new lending market will run on the decentralized Fluid protocol, responsible for providing the technical architecture for collateral and credits. The company’s official report indicates that this design allows for discrete risk parameterization, facilitating large-scale capital deployment without exposure to the cross-volatility of other assets in Jupiter Lend.
Jonathan Man, Head of DeFi Strategies at Bitwise, indicated that the combination of deep liquidity and risk mitigation features presents a solid foundation for the USDe market on Solana. The structure allows Bitwise to act as a curator, applying traditional financial oversight methodologies to the on-chain environment.
Unlike shared liquidity markets, this isolated model protects institutional depositors from potential liquidity crises in less stable assets. Technical data reveals that the market’s capacity is designed to scale up to levels of billions of dollars as adoption grows.
The USDe asset, issued by Ethena Labs, is presented as a synthetic savings product that uses derivative strategies to maintain its value. In mid-2025, USDe positioned itself as the third-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, exceeding $6 billion in circulation according to historical sector records.
However, the asset’s trajectory has not been without volatility. During the systemic crypto market crash on October 10, 2025, USDe experienced significant decoupling risks. Data from CoinShares points out that, at the most critical point of that massive $19 billion liquidation, the asset temporarily traded below its parity on some exchange platforms.
Guy Young, CEO of Ethena Labs, stated that the integration with Jupiter and Bitwise creates an efficient market prepared for institutional adoption. The current proposal seeks to restore confidence through total transparency in collateral and the backing of managers with a track record in regulated markets.
At the close of the day this Wednesday, the implementation of the lending market marks the first time an institutional asset manager has assumed the role of direct curator in Jupiter’s infrastructure
