
Solend
Solend is a DeFi protocol that allows for lending and borrowing on Solana.

What is Solend?
Solend is a DeFi protocol that allows for lending and borrowing on Solana, allowing users to earn interest on deposits. With Solend, Borrowers can leverage long and short crypto assets. The protocol boasts cheap transaction fees and high throughput which make it a preferred DeFi platform and allows users to earn interest and borrow up to 16 assets on more than 40 pools. Solend also has a governance token (SLND), which allows users to buy into the protocol.
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Developer resources from Alchemy

What is the Solana Geyser Plugin? A 2026 guide for builders
Learn what the Solana Geyser Plugin is, how it relates to Yellowstone gRPC, and when to use streaming over RPC. Updated for 2026.

Banking on blockchain: How TradFi and Fintech are racing to embrace crypto
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While Polymarket was scaling their business on Alchemy, our team completely rebuilt our infrastructure from the ground up to elevate our customers to the next level.
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