Sanctum mobile app attracts over 9,000 users in launch week

Sanctum, the protocol powering Solana’s largest liquid staking token ecosystem, pulled in more than 9,000 users during the first week of its mobile app launch.

The app rolled out in phases, first hitting the Solana Seeker dApp store back in March 2026, then opening early access for iOS and Android users starting June 10 with a Wave 1 release. Wave 2 followed on June 17. The pitch is straightforward: stake SOL from your phone, earn yields between 5.83% and 8% APY, collect daily rewards, and withdraw whenever you want. No laptop required.

Making liquid staking feel less like homework

Sanctum’s approach is to make the whole experience feel more like tending a virtual garden than managing a financial position. The app uses a garden-themed UX, complete with gamified elements like experience points and daily reward streaks.

Sanctum’s position in Solana’s staking landscape

Sanctum has established itself as the top liquid staking infrastructure provider on Solana, supporting a wide range of liquid staking tokens and validators through what it calls an “infinite LSTs” strategy. Rather than offering a single staking derivative, Sanctum enables the creation of customized, interoperable staking tokens, allowing validators to launch their own branded LSTs while maintaining composability across the broader DeFi ecosystem.

The protocol has generated over $5 million in partner revenue. Its Gateway service continues to facilitate substantial transaction volumes, acting as the routing layer that makes swapping between different LSTs seamless.

The protocol’s governance token, $CLOUD, features tokenomics the team describes as ethical and user-first, focused on community allocations.

The mobile DeFi thesis gets another data point

Sanctum’s mobile launch lands at a moment when Solana is aggressively pursuing mobile-native experiences across its ecosystem. The Solana Seeker hardware device, which served as the app’s initial distribution channel in March 2026, represents the network’s bet that dedicated crypto phones can serve as onramps for new users.