
Solana Foundation
High-throughput L1 using proof-of-history + proof-of-stake. Mainnet beta launched March 2020. Major hub for DePIN, DeFi, NFTs.
Heavy SBF/FTX/Alameda affiliation pre-2022 collapse — Alameda was a major early SOL holder. Network has had multiple notable outages (Sep 2021, Jan 2022, Feb 2023).
Solana found strength from tokenized stock trading on its network, but a declining TVL and DEX volumes point to fading momentum.
Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.
Sol Strategies (STKE) climbed as much as 22% to a high of $1.20 on Friday, outpacing other crypto treasury stocks.
Solana (SOL) gained 4.5%, joining Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
Board members Ron Sade and Keren Maimon personally bought about 2.298 million SLMT shares at $4.97, diluting shareholders ~20%.
Solana captured 95% of tokenized equity volumes as analysts debate whether $60 was the bottom for SOL.
The remittances firm has become a validator on the Solana blockchain, helping process and secure transactions as it expands its stablecoin payments strategy.
Solana is now the third blockchain where MoneyGram operates an official validator, alongside Tempo and the Midnight Network.
Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY) is denominated in dollars, and gives eligible investors access to an actively managed, short-duration portfolio of public corporate bonds.
Toss Bank and Solana will work on a proof-of-concept for overseas remittances and payments involving stablecoins.
The remittance giant is staking SOL and processing transaction blocks as stablecoin adoption accelerates across the global remittance industry.
ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says Morgan Stanley’s plan to charge 0.14% fees on two upcoming crypto ETFs makes them “the cheapest in [the] US and world.”
Institutions are gobbling up Solana for their balance sheets. These are the top publicly traded treasuries.
Kraken launches onchain DEX trading to give customers access to thousands of tokens across the Solana ecosystem.
The ratings giant is embedding credit scores directly into blockchain-based securities, a move aimed at boosting institutional adoption.
UNI surged after Standard Chartered set a $100 long-term target, and HYPE and solana led a broad altcoin bid. Bitcoin held near $66,000 as oil fell to a three-month low and the Fed met for the first time under Kevin Warsh.
The platform's fall from grace is best reflected in the PUMP token itself, which is down 40% in the last six months alone.
Solana DAT stocks are moving on Tuesday as the largest SOL DAT Forward works to keep its acquisition bids alive.
Two Solana treasury firms rejected acquisition proposals from Forward Industries, while a third offer expired without a response.
Ether, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid funds all took in money, but bitcoin's outflow was really just Grayscale's GBTC.
A US-Iran deal pulled oil lower and lifted stocks, but bitcoin's bounce is hesitant. ETF outflows just paused after a record run, and analysts say the market wants the deal signed before pricing it in.
Forward Industries is offering to acquire Solana DAT competitors at a premium as their mNAVs slip along with the declining price of SOL.
Forward Industries has been unsuccessful on all three recent attempts to combine with rival publicly traded Solana treasury firms.
The XRPL AI Starter Kit gives developers tools for agent payments, but early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana. Ripple’s bet is that XRPL’s speed, low fees and RLUSD can win a piece of that flow.
Exodus partnered with Ondo on to launch tokenized trading of 200+ stocks and ETFs directly on the Solana blockchain.
STAC is one of Securitize’s in-house offerings that provides onchain access to institutional-grade, floating-rate structured credit.
The firms making that possible say eligible shares can also be converted back into tokens, creating a bridge between traditional brokerage accounts and blockchain-based markets.
Solana (SOL), up 2.6% from Wednesday, was also a top performer.
BTC's dominance rate has risen from last week's low, a sign of renewed capital flowing into the largest cryptocurrency as major altcoins struggle.
Solana-based decentralized exchange Raydium will repay the funds swiped in the $1.34 million exploit using its treasury.