Sanctum vs First Digital Labs

Overview

Sanctum Sanctum is a liquid staking infrastructure protocol on Solana that has created a unified liquidity layer for all liquid staking tokens (LSTs). Rather than competing with individual LST providers, Sanc... First Digital Labs First Digital Labs is the Hong Kong-regulated issuer behind FDUSD, a fiat-backed stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and backed by U.S. Treasury Bills. The company launched FDUSD natively on Sola...

Community Ratings

Sanctum is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 5.0/5 stars across 2 reviews, compared to 4.0/5 for First Digital Labs (1 review). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Sanctum uses a free model — Free to use. Small fees on LST swaps through the Infinity Pool. No fee to create new LSTs., while First Digital Labs is free. Both tools are free, so cost isn't a deciding factor — focus on features and reliability instead.

Key Features

Sanctum offers 7 features including Infinity pool enabling instant swaps between all Solana LSTs, Validator LST program for creating custom branded liquid staking tokens, INF token providing diversified yield across all LSTs in the pool, and 4 more. First Digital Labs counters with 5 features including FDUSD pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, Backed by U.S. Treasury Bills, Launched natively on Solana in January 2025, and 2 more. The right choice depends on which specific features matter for your use case — check the individual review pages for full breakdowns.

Reliability & Health

We monitor both tools around the clock for uptime, SSL validity, and response times. Sanctum currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. First Digital Labs is rated healthy with 100.0% uptime. For any tool you trust with your funds, trades, or yield, uptime and speed are non-negotiable.

Strengths

Sanctum's key strengths include solves lst liquidity fragmentation with unified infinity pool, enables any validator to create their own lst — democratizes liquid staking, inf token provides diversified staking exposure without picking individual lsts.