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Solana's upgrade to the Agave v4.2 client has enabled the first 50ms slot-time cut, reducing the time it takes for transactions to be processed. This is the first step in a four-part plan to make Solana 2x faster and more censorship-resistant. The upgrade is expected to i…
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $606.29 million on August 20, their largest single-day haul since May 1 and a fourth straight day of inflows. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for $502.99 million of that—about 83%, up from 55% the day before, while VanEck's HODL posted an outflow.
Solana has reduced its blockchain slot time to 350 milliseconds, marking the first such reduction since its inception, as part of a broader strategy to achieve a 200-millisecond target.
Interstice Digital has launched a cross-chain swap engine with FalconX connecting the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana and Robinhood Chain. The non-custodial engine allows assets to be swapped across the four networks without Interstice taking custody or executing tra…
Solana's Pump token is the top performer in the top 100 coins by market cap, up 8.26%. The technical signals on the charts are starting to paint a more optimistic picture for PUMP holders.
Dartmouth College's $9 billion endowment has seen a $2 million drop in its crypto-related investments over the past three months. The university's holdings in the Bitwise Solana staking ETF, Grayscale Ethereum staking ETF, and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF have decrease…
Solana's co-founder Mike Dudas believes the network can attract hundreds of millions of mainstream users without them realizing they are using a blockchain. He argues that corporate-backed networks like Coinbase's Base and Robinhood's blockchain face pressure to steer use…
Solstice Finance launched strcUSX on Solana, a structured product that splits exposure to Strategy's STRC preferred stock into senior and junior tranches targeting 7% and 20%+ yields.
Nansen founder Alex Svanevik believes Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, citing the growth of trading in real-world assets and the increasing maturity of the crypto industry.
Solana validators are considering a proposal to increase daily SOL burns through a new fee model, which would limit the network token's inflation rate and potentially lead to an increase in the price of Solana tokens.
Solana validators are signaling support for proposals to reduce SOL issuance and increase SOL burns. SIMD-0553 could raise daily burns to $650,000 by implementing resource-based transaction fees.
UCLA researchers launched an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to support a project tracking yellow-bellied marmots in Colorado, after traditional funding became harder to secure. Over 10 OnlyMarms-inspired meme coins have appeared on Solana, but it's unclear who created …
The Solana Foundation's new CISO, Michael Coates, warns that AI-powered social engineering and compromised credentials are increasingly becoming the biggest security threats in the crypto industry, not just smart contract exploits.
Perpetual futures and tokenized stocks are becoming a crucial battleground for Solana, as traditional finance users are increasingly drawn to on-chain derivatives platforms, potentially bringing trillions of dollars with them.
Morgan Stanley has launched two new exchange-traded products (ETPs) that track the performance of Ether and Solana, expanding its fund lineup beyond Bitcoin. The ETPs offer staking rewards and follow the firm's Bitcoin fund launched earlier this year.
Morgan Stanley has launched spot Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded products, allowing investors to stake a portion of their holdings and earn staking rewards. This move follows the firm's growing push into digital assets, including a Bitcoin ETF and tokenization plans.
Morgan Stanley's Denny Galindo writes that as the crypto market expands, solana has historically been a better portfolio diversifier than ether, despite being more volatile.
Solana community lead Stephen 'Cap' Newnham is running in the UK by-election in Clacton against Nigel Farage, promising onchain transparency and pension reform.
SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative is turning to Solana for its stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization efforts. The SBI Solana Global joint venture aims to use the network to connect Japan's domestic market to global liquidity.
BonkDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization for the Solana meme coin Bonk, suffered a "malicious" governance attack, resulting in a $20 million theft from its treasury. The team is collaborating with exchanges and the Solana Foundation to address the situation.
Forward Industries, a firm with a significant Solana treasury, announced it acquired over $38 million worth of SOL during its fiscal third quarter, leading to a nearly 17% jump in its shares.
Bitcoin is holding below $60,000, with analysts predicting further downside, despite a slight rebound in SOL and a drop in volatility indexes suggesting calmer conditions.
Solana's native token SOL jumped to $72, driven by tokenized stock trading growth, but onchain data shows weakening momentum due to declining TVL and DEX volumes. SOL's price increase is attributed to the growth of tokenized stock trading on its network.
Aave and Solana ecosystem tokens led crypto price gains as bitcoin steadied near $60,000. Aave's token jumped 19% after a report of potential strategic investment by Kraken's parent. Solana rose nearly 10% as tokenized stock trading on its network surged.
Solana captured 95% of tokenized equity trading activity, with $1.29 billion in trading volume. Analysts debate whether $60 is the bottom for SOL.
Morgan Stanley has updated its ETF filings to reveal plans to charge 0.14% fees for its Ether and Solana exchange-traded funds. This makes them the cheapest in the US and world.
Publicly traded firms are accumulating Solana tokens, with the top firms holding over $1 billion worth of SOL. Forward Industries leads with over 7 million SOL.
Two Solana treasury firms rejected acquisition proposals from Forward Industries, while a third offer expired without a response. This complicates Forward's efforts to consolidate public companies with exposure to Solana.
Forward Industries proposed acquisitions to three rival Solana treasury firms, but two rejected the offers and one did not respond. Shares in all firms are surging.
SpaceX shares will launch as a token on Solana the same day the company lists on Nasdaq, via Backpack Securities. The token can be redeemed for underlying shares and traded around the clock.