Aethir partners with MetaStreet to launch Yield Pass on Arbitrum

EtherDecentralized cloud infrastructure and finance company MetaStreet have launched Yield Pass on the Arbitrum blockchain.

Aethir finds underutilized graphics processing units (GPUs) and offers them as a service to companies that need them for cloud gaming and more. And now the new partnership introduces NodeFi – a new frontier for decentralized finance (DeFi) – to turn Aethir nodes into dynamic financial instruments through tokenization.

Yield Pass creates new opportunities for liquidity, revenue generation and risk management, enabling contract holders to maximize profits and unleash the full financial potential of decentralized infrastructure.

Nodes are the cornerstone of decentralized infrastructure, powering the computing, storage, and scalability of blockchain networks. with Growing demand for Web3 applications, cloud computing and AI-based solutions,The node economy is expected to grow significantly ,with The global blockchain infrastructure market is expected to exceed $100 billion by 2030.

Despite their intrinsic value, nodes have traditionally lacked liquidity and financial flexibility as their use was limited to network operations rather than financial optimization.

Aethir Checker Nodes, which form the backbone of Aethir’s DePIN stack, provide enterprise-grade GPU cloud computing services to customers in the AI ​​and gaming space. With a network of more than 43,000 GPUs, including 3,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, Aethir supports some of the world’s most demanding workloads.

These nodes ensure quality of service across the infrastructure, rewarding their holders with ATH tokens and ecosystem privileges through Aethir EcoDrops. By integrating MetaStreet’s Object-Oriented Finance expertise, Yield Pass unlocks the financial potential of these nodes, offering holders innovative tools to improve liquidity, return, and risk management.

Through Yield Pass, Checker node holders can unlock instant liquidity by tokenizing and trading future node emissions, boost profits through staking and reinvestment, and turn the node into a versatile financial asset.

Yield Pass offers two tradable assets to contract holders: Yield Pass (YP), an ERC-20 token representing future yield emissions, and Discount Pass (DP), an ERC-721 token representing node ownership without future yield. This structure allows contract holders to sell future emissions, retain ownership, borrow against Discount Pass tokens to reinvest, and hedge risk – all while participating in MetaStreet’s Ascend loyalty program to earn additional incentives such as Node Crystals.

Arbitrum’s scalability, low fees, and comprehensive ecosystem make it an ideal platform for Yield Pass, enabling seamless coining, trading, and liquidity provision, the companies said. As one of the most advanced layer 2 blockchains, Arbitrum provides the infrastructure needed to foster innovation in NodeFi and integrate decentralized infrastructure with DeFi.

“Nodes represent untapped potential in DeFi,” David Choi, co-founder of Permian Labs, developers of the MetaStreet protocol, said in a statement. “They have tremendous intrinsic value but lack the liquidity and financial flexibility found in other asset classes. Yield Pass fills this gap, turning contracts into dynamic financial instruments.

“At Aethir, we are committed to empowering our contract holders with innovative solutions,” Dan Wang, CEO of Aethir, said in a statement. “Partnering with MetaStreet to launch Yield Pass on Arbitrum creates unparalleled opportunities for our community. It is a huge step forward in integrating decentralized infrastructure with decentralized finance.

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