51 Insights – What Matters in Digital Assets

Inside Pantera’s $500M Solana Treasury Play, with Cosmo Jiang, GP at Pantera Capital

Sep 29, 2025
Cosmo Jiang, General Partner at Pantera Capital, shares insights on Solana and digital asset treasuries. He explains how Pantera's unique treasury strategies reshape investment paradigms, emphasizing NAV per share over token price. Cosmo highlights Solana's potential as a cash-flow engine outpacing Ethereum in user growth and fees. He discusses the innovative structure of their Solana Company, which aims to maximize staking economics. Additionally, he envisions a future where multiple chains thrive together, driven by institutional interest and AI integration.
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ANECDOTE

From Early DAT Deals To Building Helios

  • Cosmo recounts helping launch early DATs like DeFi DevCorp and then being approached to start a Bitcoin DAT with Cantor, Tether, and SoftBank.
  • That early involvement led Pantera to advise many follow-on DATs and ultimately build Helios for Solana.
INSIGHT

DATs Are Balance-Sheet Businesses

  • A DAT's primary goal is to maximize tokens per share by growing NAV per share through yield and financial engineering.
  • Cosmo compares DATs to banks/insurers that trade on book value and win by generating yield above cost of capital.
ADVICE

Use Capital Markets To Compound NAV

  • Use capital markets tools like convertibles, warrants, and issuing at premiums to compound tokens per share.
  • Focus on financial-engineering flywheels because much of DAT value creation (85–95%) comes from capital allocation execution.
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