PANews reported on June 11 that, according to The Block, Solana infrastructure company Helius announced the acquisition of Light Protocol to expand its on-chain privacy solutions. Founded in 2021, Light Protocol initially focused on zero-knowledge proof privacy tools, and later collaborated with Helius to develop the ZK Compression data solution, which was launched in 2024. ZK Compression is an infrastructure framework that leverages zero-knowledge proofs to reduce the cost of data storage in Solana.

Helius stated that following the acquisition, Light Protocol will refocus on its original zero-knowledge privacy direction. Leveraging Helius' distribution and infrastructure capabilities, it plans to build a zero-knowledge proof-based privacy protocol for private payments and private DeFi on Solana. This protocol is fully programmable and configurable, supporting both retail and institutional use cases. Helius plans to open the new privacy infrastructure to developers in the coming months.