** Medical device and pharmaceutical packaging firm Sharps Technology's STSS.O shares down almost 3.9% at $7.60
** STSS partners with decentralized trading platform Jupiter Exchange to use its staking infrastructure and advance its digital asset treasury strategy
** STSS's stock soared in August when it announced over $400 million private placement to hoard crypto token Solana, the world's sixth-largest cryptocurrency
** Intends to directly stake a portion of its SOL into Jupiter's validator through native staking to improve flexibility and liquidity within the Solana ecosystem and increase shareholder value, STSS says
** Decentralized financing, or DeFi refers to peer-to-peer transactions on the blockchain that are executed via smart contracts, with no banks or brokers acting as intermediaries
** As of last close, STSS shares down 98.72% YTD