They will goa decentralized cloud infrastructure company, and financial company MetaStreet has 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 in decentralized finance (DeFi)–that turns Aethir nodes into dynamic financial instruments through tokenization.

Yield Pass creates new opportunities for liquidity, yield generation, and risk management, empowering node holders to maximize revenue and unlock the full financial potential of decentralized infrastructure.

Nodes are the basis of decentralized infrastructure, computing power, storage, and scalability for blockchain networks. With increasing demand for Web3 applications, cloud computing, and AI-driven solutionsthe 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 traditionally lack liquidity and financial flexibility because their use is 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 AI and gaming clients. With a network of more than 43,000 GPUs, including 3,000 NVIDIA H100s, Aethir supports some of the world’s most demanding workloads.

These nodes ensure quality of service throughout the infrastructure, rewarding holders of ATH tokens and ecosystem benefits through Aethir EcoDrops. By combining MetaStreet’s Object-Oriented Finance expertise, Yield Pass unlocks the financial potential of these nodes, offering holders new tools to optimize liquidity, yield, and risk management.

Through the Yield Pass, Checker Node holders will be able to unlock immediate liquidity by tokenizing and trading future node emissions, increasing revenue through staking and reinvestment, and reinvesting node to versatile financial assets.

Yield Pass introduces two tradable assets for node holders: Yield Pass (YP), an ERC-20 token representing future yield emissions, and Discount Pass (DP), an ERC -721 token representing ownership of the node with no future yield. This structure allows node holders to sell future emissions, retain ownership, borrow against Discount Pass tokens for reinvestment, and hedge risks—all while participating in MetaStreet’s Ascend loyalty. program to earn additional incentives such as Node Crystals.

The companies say that Arbitrum’s scalability, low fees, and holistic ecosystem make it the ideal platform for Yield Pass, enabling seamless mining, trading, and liquidity provision. As one of the most advanced Layer 2 blockchains, Arbitrum provides the infrastructure needed for the development of NodeFi innovation and the integration of decentralized DeFi infrastructure.

“Nodes represent the untapped potential of DeFi,” said David Choi, cofounder of Permian Labs, developers of the MetaStreet protocol, in a statement. “They hold great intrinsic value but lack the liquidity and financial flexibility found in other asset classes. The Yield Pass bridges this gap, turning nodes into dynamic financial instruments.

“At Aethir, we are committed to empowering our node holders with innovative solutions,” said Dan Wang, CEO of Aethir, in a statement. “MetaStreet’s partnership to launch Arbitrum’s Yield Pass creates unparalleled opportunities for our community. This is a major step forward in integrating decentralized infrastructure with decentralized finance.

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