Solana treasury earns $2.5M in staking rewards but had to sell equity to raise $12M in cash for operations

Solana Company, a Nasdaq-listed SOL treasury under the ticker HSDT, recognized $2.512 million of staking revenue in the second quarter. But the rewards were automatically restaked while the business used an estimated $11.892 million of cash in operations, so staking did not itself supply the cash needed to run the company.

The filed results also show a $25.389 million realized loss on digital assets, $11.116 million of general and administrative expenses and a $30.256 million net loss. The realized loss was about 10.1 times staking revenue, but it was an accounting charge rather than an equivalent cash outflow.

Accounting losses and cash needs moved differently

Solana Company recognized staking revenue when it earned approximately 31,200 SOL, then automatically restaked the tokens. Its cash-flow statement subtracts the staking revenue as a non-cash reconciling item. Selling SOL can generate cash later, but the recognized revenue did not arrive as dollars available for payroll and other operating costs during the quarter.

The company’s quarterly filing says the realized loss arose when it sold SOL and when SOL posted as derivatives margin collateral was derecognized. The filing adds realized losses back when reconciling net loss to operating cash flow, confirming that the $25.389 million charge was not itself cash burn. It does not split the charge between sales and collateral transfers, limiting visibility into how likely a similar loss is to recur.

The company reported $13.321 million of digital-asset sale proceeds and $16.723 million of operating cash use for the first half. Subtracting the amounts in its first-quarter filing yields estimated second-quarter figures of $7.853 million of sale proceeds and $11.892 million of operating cash use. Those categories are not a one-to-one funding equation, but they show that the treasury relied on asset sales while cash costs exceeded staking revenue.

Quarterly G&A included $1.4 million of severance for terminated PoNS employees and $5.4 million of former CEO and CFO separation costs. Removing that $6.8 million leaves a rough, non-company-adjusted G&A figure of $4.316 million, still $1.804 million above staking revenue.

Liquidity extended beyond the $3.647 million cash balance at June 30. Solana Company reported $26.587 million of working capital, including $21 million of current digital assets that management described as readily liquidatable. That liquidity still depends on SOL’s price and market depth, and staked SOL requires a two-to-three-day unbonding period.

Other cash sources included $4.242 million of net proceeds from the PoNS sale and $7.9 million from a registered direct offering. The company separately spent $2.331 million repurchasing shares, without tracing the offering proceeds directly to those purchases. The PoNS transaction also produced a separate $3.065 million accounting gain. Investor put rights described in the offering prospectus contributed to a $4.207 million quarter-end derivative liability, an accounting liability rather than a disclosed Q2 cash payment.

The quarter therefore falls short of a self-funding staking model. Staking increased SOL holdings, but operating cash support came from selling assets, divesting a business and raising equity. Future pressure will depend on operating costs and how often Solana Company must monetize its treasury, not on treating the $25.389 million accounting loss as a recurring cash drain.