From December 11 to 13, 2025, the global blockchain community turned its eyes to the United Arab Emirates for Solana Breakpoint 2025. This event is widely known as the most significant annual gathering for the Solana ecosystem.  Among the sea of innovators, FandY, a project incubated by A-Star Group, emerged as a standout participant, marking a significant milestone in its journey toward global expansion.

The Global Stage: Solana Breakpoint 2025

Hosted in the tech-forward city of Abu Dhabi, the event attracted over 3,000 participants, including top-tier investors, technology experts and Web3 developers from around the world. Beyond being a technology conference, BreakPoint offered a highly immersive experience where blockchain innovation connected with real-world applications - from robot boxing showcases to inspiring new use cases across industries. The Solana Foundation was officially sponsoring a significant achievement for the FandY team. This sponsorship is a "seal of approval," demonstrating that international experts view FandY as a high-potential project capable of delivering real value to the Solana network.

FandY’s Activities at the Event

Over the three-day event, the FandY team worked hard to bring their project to the global stage through three key areas of development. FandY actively participated in hands-on coding and collaboration at the Colosseum Arena. By working side-by-side with global peers, FandY was able to stress-test its logic and explore cross-chain compatibility within the Solana framework. FandY took the opportunity to consult with the founders and lead developers of the most successful projects in the Solana ecosystem. The team gained valuable insights from Jupiter, Phantom, Solflare and Jito. Perhaps most importantly, FandY received direct evaluations from global venture capitalists and technology auditors. This feedback is used to strengthen the project's product suite, ensuring it meets the highest security and capital-efficiency standards. By listening to international experts, FandY is ensuring its tools are ready for a global professional market.

FandY – The First Platform to Hedge and Earn from Funding Rates on Solana

FandY facilitates trading in interest rates by tokenising floating yield streams into Yield Units (YU). Each YU represents the yield generated by one unit of an underlying asset. 

For example, in FandY’s SOL-Perp market (integrated with the Drift exchange), a single YU represents the funding rate earned by 1 SOL. This allows users to trade the "interest" of an asset separately from the asset itself. FandY offers three primary ways for traders to gain an advantage in the market:

1. Speculating on Rates (Bullish): Traders who expect funding rates to rise can Long YU. By paying a small fixed fee to receive a floating rate, they profit if the actual rate rises above the fee they paid.
2. Hedging Trading Costs: Funding fees on exchanges like Binance can fluctuate wildly, eating into profits. By Longing YU, traders can turn these unpredictable fees into a stable, fixed cost, protecting their bottom line.
3. Locking in Fixed Profits: Many investors use "Delta Neutral" strategies to earn variable funding rates. However, these rates can drop at any time. By Shorting YU, investors swap their variable income for a guaranteed, fixed payout – effectively locking in their profit regardless of how the market moves.

By offering these tools, FandY provides the "missing piece" of the DeFi puzzle, allowing users to control their financial future with precision.

Conclusion

FandY's journey at Breakpoint 2025 is a strong testament to the project's technical capabilities and its "global-first" mindset. It also reaffirms the quality of the innovations emerging from the A-Star Group ecosystem. As an incubator, A-Star Group focuses on nurturing projects that have the ambition to scale internationally. FandY’s successful participation in Abu Dhabi, backed by the Solana Foundation, demonstrates that the group is achieving its mission.