Dear SafePal Community,
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the SafePal Solana Builders Grant, a $3 million initiative designed to help Solana ecosystem projects and builders scale sustainably throughout 2026.
Since 2021, SafePal has integrated the Solana network and supported the ecosystem by supporting and implementing important features for users. Recent and existing features include:
-A dedicated Solana DeFi hub in SafePal’s mobile and hardware wallets
-Native support to buy, swap, trade, and stake $SOL and SPL tokens
-Access to emerging verticals such as tokenized stocks and other trending on-chain assets
While user needs and security has always been a key priority for SafePal, long-term and meaningful Web3 growth also comes from empowering other builders with the right tools to better serve users. The success of pilot Walletdrop campaigns with DeFi protocols such as Jumper Exchange, 1inch, and Morpho have proven that growth strategies focused on ownership, security, and real users outperform hype-driven approaches, serving as a strong impetus for the creation of a larger scale initiative and launch of the grant.
The grant program will run across the full year of 2026 and consists of:
1. $2 million worth of SafePal hardware wallet sponsorships: a meaningful and effective growth mechanism:
As the crypto industry matures, more innovative projects are emerging especially on high-activity ecosystems like Solana. However, teams still struggle with sustainable and relevant user growth.
Token airdrops are widely used, but they often create short-lived momentum, attract mercenary users and bots, and sometimes divert focus away from long-term product value and finding actual product market fit.
Hardware Walletdrops offer a different path, offering stronger user retention, higher-quality engagement, and significantly less bot abuse.
2. $1 million in marketing and growth resources to help projects reach, onboard, and engage 30 million crypto native users
While initiatives like InfoFi have emerged to offer channels for projects to build rich and engaging users, the accuracy, effectiveness and sustainability remain inconsistent. Projects and builders still need cost-efficient, high-impact growth tools that deliver meaningful and relevant results.
This section of the grant will offer resources to boost user retention and brand image, such as premium listings in the SafePal Dapp center and homepage, the opportunity to collaborate and create in-depth customized tasks to drive actual product usage and track conversions, filtering relevant users by whitelisting based on asset and behavior to combat bot farmers and more.
Solana ecosystem projects can apply for the grant via the official SafePal website here.
Applications will be evaluated based on criteria such as the length of time the project has been live, monthly active users (MAU), total value locked (TVL), community size and engagement, ecosystem contributions (e.g. hackathons, workshops, developer events), and more.
Commemorating the grant launch: Limited-Edition Solana x SafePal Hardware Wallets
To commemorate the launch of the grant, SafePal has produced 1,500 limited-edition Solana branded hardware wallets. These wallets will be distributed during Solana Accelerate APAC to event attendees, VIPs and core contributors, and also via selected bounty and community programs thereafter.
SafePal will also be exploring future potential additional utilities for these wallets, including staking benefits and airdrop boosts for this exclusive collection and for wallets distributed through the grant program.
Looking ahead, SafePal will continue supporting the Solana ecosystem together with other blockchain ecosystems and crypto protocols as part of our roadmap to evolve into a comprehensive DeFi and CeFi hub while staying true to our mission of secure, user-first self-custody.
About SafePal:
Founded in 2018, SafePal is a next generation non-custodial crypto wallet suite backed by Animoca Brands, Binance and Superscrypt. The suite empowers access to decentralized and centralized finance on 200+ blockchains across its hardware, software, and browser extension wallet solutions.
Encompassing a diverse mix of crypto asset management solutions like cross-chain swapping, trading and yielding tools, centralized exchange (CEX) mini programs, a banking gateway and Mastercard for users — SafePal serves 30 million users globally across 200+ regions and countries in 16 languages.
SFP is a decentralized BEP-20 and ERC-20 token fuelling the SafePal ecosystem with various utilities such as discounts on SafePal products, staking boost and airdrop rewards, seamless conversion to gas tokens, and more.
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