Solmate Brings Solana’s First Performant Validator to the UAE

Abu Dhabi, UAE — Solmate Infrastructure (NASDAQ: SLMT), a Solana-focused crypto infrastructure company based in Abu Dhabi, has launched the first high-performance, bare-metal Solana validator in the UAE — marking a major milestone for both the region and Solana’s global infrastructure.

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Backed by Ark Invest, RockawayX, Pulsar Group, and leading UAE investors, Solmate is building real-world hardware to power the next generation of onchain finance. The validator has already minted the first Solana block ever produced in the UAE, embedding a message honoring the region’s vision:
“The future is for those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it.”

Marco Santori, CEO of Solmate Infrastructure
The validator is now open for public staking at 0% commission, giving SOL holders direct access to rewards from Solmate's high-performance setup.

Building the Middle East’s First Performant Solana Validator

As one of the few regulated, publicly listed crypto infrastructure companies globally, Solmate’s mission is to bring institutional-grade performance to the Solana ecosystem. The company toured top-tier data centers and telecom providers across the UAE to design a bare-metal validator capable of competing with the fastest validators in the world.

This launch plants a major new strategic node between Europe and Asia — two of the busiest corridors for crypto traffic — helping Solana reach lower latency, higher throughput, and better geographic decentralization.

The Infrastructure Flywheel™ — Solmate’s Long-Term Strategy

Solmate isn’t simply staking SOL. It’s building an entire infrastructure layer around its validator. The company announced its Infrastructure Flywheel™, a compounding model where staking, RPC performance, and colocation services reinforce one another:

1. Grow SOL inventory through capital markets and yield strategies
→ strengthens validator performance

2. Stronger validator performance boosts RPC and colocation quality
→ generates higher fees

3. RPC and colocation revenue is used to acquire more SOL
→ further strengthens the validator and Flywheel

Solmate’s ecosystem is designed to compound over time, creating a sustainable, revenue-generating infrastructure loop powered by Solana’s rapid growth.

Next Up: RPC and Colocation Services

With its validator live, Solmate is now preparing to roll out:

Low-latency RPC services for wallets, DEXs, and DeFi apps
Institution-grade colocation services near its Solana infrastructure
Performance-sensitive hardware for high-speed onchain markets

These services rely directly on the performance of the validator — making Solmate’s Sol holdings, treasury strategy, and hardware architecture central to its future revenue streams.
“Companies who merely stake their SOL are leaving money on the table. Solmate’s Infrastructure Flywheel™ uses the SOL staked to our validator to maximize RPC and colocation fees, reflexively generating more SOL for our treasury in the process.”

Marco Santori, CEO of Solmate Infrastructure
Santori added that running the validator unlocks additional future opportunities Solmate will reveal in the coming weeks.

Why This Matters for Solana

Solana now supports a $72 billion validator economy with ~1,000 active validators — but until now, the Middle East lacked a performant, bare-metal validator capable of supporting high-speed, institutional-grade workloads.

Solmate’s launch adds:

A high-performance regional hub between Asia and Europe
Geographically diversified block production
Institution-ready RPC infrastructure
A strategic partner for DeFi scalability in the region

This is a pivotal step in expanding Solana’s global infrastructure footprint.

A New Chapter for Solmate

Solmate Infrastructure is the new operating identity for Brera Holdings PLC. While the company continues to manage Brera’s multi-club football model, its core focus is now on building high-performance, real-world infrastructure for the Solana ecosystem — starting with staking, RPC, and colocation.

As one of the only publicly listed companies building Solana infrastructure, Solmate aims to set a new standard for institutional-grade reliability in the Middle East.

More information: www.solmate.com