The ‘MicroStrategy of Dogecoin’ Launches DOGE Yield Strategy, Eyes Bitcoin and Solana Expansion

A agency that has tailored MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin reserve technique with the meme coin Dogecoin has revealed plans to earn yield on its DOGE cash, with future ambitions to doubtlessly supply merchandise based mostly on different main cryptocurrencies as buyers search for new methods to get larger returns on their tokens.

Canadian funding agency Spirit Blockchain Capital said Thursday in a press release it intends to leverage its Dogecoin holdings by the brand new yield-generating technique. The publicly traded firm mentioned the transfer will allow it to ship worth to its shareholders, along with increasing its treasury effectivity and enhancing the decentralized monetary product adoption.

The initiative will function the bedrock for the corporate to launch potential yield-bearing methods for different property equivalent to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether and Solana sooner or later, Spirit CEO Lewis Bateman mentioned in a press release.

“We purpose to unlock a beforehand untapped income stream whereas concurrently positioning ourselves as a market chief in yield era for not solely Dogecoin, however the broader digital asset area,” Bateman mentioned. 

How precisely the corporate plans to generate yield on its DOGE treasury is unclear, nevertheless, and the agency didn’t reply to Decrypt’s requests for remark. Spirit Blockchain Capital didn’t announce a precise date for its yield-bearing technique’s rollout.

The corporate’s announcement comes a couple of months after it acquired Dogecoin Holdings, a agency that’s amassing DOGE as a treasury reserve asset. Spirit beforehand declined to disclose the dimensions of its Dogecoin treasury to Decrypt, citing regulatory pointers for its acquisition.

Yield-bearing monetary devices equivalent to stablecoins have gained steam throughout this newest crypto market rally, with a number of main corporations rolling out new tokens in latest months to fulfill sky-high investor demand.

Crypto buyers can even earn yield on property by such measures as staking—or locking up property inside a proof-of-stake community to earn interest-like token rewards—or pledging property to crypto lending providers.

Edited by Andrew Hayward