Solana Optimistic Network receives $5 million investment from Jump and Amber

• Solana Optimistic Network Attracts Jump Crypto and Amber Group
• SOON expands copy-trading with artificial intelligence
• Investment focuses on real-world assets and SVM

Solana Optimistic Network (SOON), a layer-5 solution for Ethereum based on the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), has announced a $XNUMX million strategic investment led by Jump Crypto, Amber Group, and angel investors. The funding furthers the project’s goal of democratizing access to high-performance blockchain infrastructure and providing professional trading tools to the retail public.

Individual investors include prominent names in the crypto ecosystem, such as Nana Murugesan (zkSync), Mark Hull (Kamino Finance), Chris Hermida (Switchboard) and Tori Cohen (Wormhole). Even before the mainnet launch, SOON had already raised $22 million through an NFT sale.

Today, I'm excited to share a major milestone in SOON's journey:

We've secured a $5M strategic investment from Jump Crypto and Amber Group, and an esteemed group of angel investors, including Nana Murugesan (President of zkSync), Mark Hull (Co-founder of Kamino Finance), Chris… https://t.co/4q7BvQ7OtA

— Joanna Zeng @ SOON (🔴,💊)📍🇺🇸🗽 (Mainnet Arc) (@justsayuluvjo) June 11, 2025

According to the statement, the resources will be directed to accelerate the development of high-yield chains, in addition to expanding the copy-trading product with the integration of artificial intelligence. The plans also include strengthening the presence in the real-world assets (RWA) sector, such as tokenized shares.

SOON CEO Joanna Zeng highlighted the importance of institutional support: “This investment from Jump and Amber reinforces the growing institutional confidence in SOON’s vision for the ultimate on-chain trading experience.”

Zeng also emphasized Jump Crypto’s relevance in this process, mentioning that “Jump is an industry leader in both traditional and digital finance. They are the ideal sponsor for SOON to explore RWAs such as on-chain US equity solutions, more innovative trading strategies, and the development of high-performance blockchain infrastructure.”

Jump Crypto partner Saurabh Sharma commented that the company is excited about SOON’s decoupled SVM architecture and its focus on delivering an optimized trading experience to users.

Amber Group will contribute AI models that will be incorporated into SOON’s copy-trading engine. According to Jerry Zhou, the company’s director, “SOON is reshaping the on-chain trading experience in a way that resonates with the next generation of users.”