Blockworks and Solana Foundation Launch Lightspeed IR, the First Institutional-Grade Investor Relations Platform for Crypto

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8:00 AM on Friday, December 12

The Associated Press

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 12, 2025--

Blockworks, in partnership with the Solana Foundation, today announced the launch of Lightspeed IR, the first dedicated investor-relations platform designed to meet the needs of institutional investors and token issuers in the Solana ecosystem. The platform will go live in Q1, marking a major step toward closing the information gap that has constrained institutional participation in digital assets.

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Lightspeed IR is an investor-relations platform built for professional investors and token issuers.

Crypto is entering its institutional era. Major enterprises are launching chains, traditional financial institutions are issuing stablecoins, and real onchain revenue is becoming measurable. As a result, the marginal buyer of tokens is shifting. Liquid token funds, multi-asset hedge funds, asset managers, macro investors, and family offices are increasingly seeking exposure to high-quality crypto networks like Solana. Yet investor adoption continues to be hindered by fragmented information, inconsistent data, and materials written for crypto natives rather than institutional decision-makers.

Lightspeed IR directly addresses this gap, offering a unified, professional environment built for rigorous diligence and capital allocation.

Lightspeed IR provides:

High-fidelity onchain data on the Solana network and leading applications, powered by Blockworks’ proprietary data infrastructure
Institutional-grade research that translates raw onchain activity into fundamental metrics, coherent narratives, and IC-ready memos
Ecosystem intelligence and IR workflows including roadmap updates, KPI packs, governance developments, token-event tracking, and communication channels between Solana teams and allocators

Solana was selected as the platform’s launch ecosystem due to its unique position at the intersection of crypto-native adoption and institutional readiness. With real applications, meaningful revenue, and a robust founder base, Solana offers a mature environment that suffers from the same information fragmentation that slows institutional deployment across the industry.

“Institutions want to buy these tokens, but the industry makes it too hard for them,” Blockworks Head of Advisory, David Rodriguez, said. “Lightspeed IR brings the information, structure, and clarity that professional investors need to underwrite the Solana ecosystem with confidence.”

Lightspeed IR is purpose-built for: