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DTCC targets second half of 2027 to put tokenized securities on Solana
DTCC said it plans to extend its securities tokenization service to the Solana blockchain in the second half of 2027, adding to the Canton and Besu networks it went live on in October.
DTCC Plans to Connect Its Tokenization Service to Solana in H2 2027
DTCC says it will connect its Tokenization Service to Solana in the second half of 2027, letting eligible DTC-custodied securities be issued and moved in tokenized form on the network.
Solana Company's Q3 revenue jumps to $3.4M, almost entirely from staking its own SOL
Solana Company reported $3.4 million in Q3 revenue, up from $697,000 a year earlier, with roughly $3.3 million of it coming from staking its 2.4 million SOL treasury.
Helius ships "Privacy Rings" on Solana, encrypting balances but not addresses — and the institutional version isn't live yet
Helius put Solana Privacy Rings live on mainnet on November 10, encrypting on-chain token amounts while leaving wallet addresses public, with an institutional "Custom Rings" version still in audit and formal verification not finished.
Solana touts faster finality and a record $5B in tokenized assets — all on its own scorecard
Solana's October 2026 roundup reports two protocol upgrades — 200-millisecond slot times and the Alpenglow consensus swap — alongside a self-reported record $5 billion in tokenized real-world assets.
Polygon plugs its payments stack into Solana — a product launch dressed up as a milestone
Polygon Labs added Solana to its Open Money Stack, letting businesses on the rival chain use one integration to move money between bank accounts, stablecoins and global payouts, with cross-border firm Kira as an early customer.
Solflare's validator goes dark after a key breach at a firm it never named
Solana wallet Solflare said a security breach at an unnamed outside firm that held its validator's keys halted staking rewards on about 1.56 million SOL — roughly $160 million — and it has pledged to repay missed rewards to users who move to a new validator.
Drift Says $285M Drain Was a Six-Month North Korean Infiltration
Drift Protocol says a North Korean state-affiliated group spent six months infiltrating its contributors before draining roughly $285 million from the Solana-based exchange, according to the protocol's own incident report.
Record staking, shrinking yields: most of the rewards are just new tokens
Bitwise's Q3 report shows a record 43.8 million ETH and 440.5 million SOL staked, but yields slipped on both networks and newly minted tokens funded more than 90% of the rewards.
Ledger pitches a $900 Android "security phone" as the fix for a breach that already happened
Ledger announced Atom, an $849–$899 Android device that switches between everyday apps and a secure signing mode, pitched as a tamper-resistant answer to a reseller breach — but it won't ship until summer 2027.
Solana study backs a geo-aware leader schedule — and is unusually frank about its risks
A Solana research study backs SIMD-0675, a geo-aware leader schedule that reorders validators by location to cut block-handoff latency by roughly 29 milliseconds, while flagging new centralization and spoofing risks.
Ether ETFs hit nine-day outflow streak as Solana funds break a 14-week run
U.S. spot ether ETFs bled $542.1 million last week and Solana funds logged their first-ever losing week, as all three major crypto ETF categories posted net outflows totaling roughly $1.25 billion.
Samsung Wallet to Add USDC Transfers on Solana for U.S. Galaxy Users
The Solana Foundation says Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay will let U.S. users send Circle's USDC on Solana starting the last week of October, reaching 82 million Galaxy devices.
Securitize launches 1:1 share-backed tokenized stocks on Solana
Securitize has begun issuing tokens backed 1:1 by real U.S. shares, starting with big tech names, trading on Solana with USDC settlement during extended hours and a plan to reach 24/7.
Samsung Wallet to add Solana-based USDC remittances for U.S. Galaxy users, Solana says
Solana says Samsung Wallet will let U.S. Galaxy users send cross-border USDC remittances starting the last week of October 2026, across 82 million devices.
Solana ships Microscope, an open-source monitoring tool for on-chain programs
Solana released Microscope, an open-source, self-hosted tool that decodes on-chain program and Squads multisig activity into Grafana dashboards and routes alerts to Slack, Telegram, and PagerDuty.
Solana Foundation launches open-source atomic settlement program, with JPMorgan input
The Solana Foundation released Solana DvP, an open-source program for atomic on-chain settlement of institutional trades, with settlement expertise contributed by JPMorgan.
Solana treasury DFDV adds $3M in SOL as its buying pace keeps slowing
DeFi Development Corp's Oct. 5 8-K shows it bought about 26,203 SOL (~$3 million) in late September, lifting holdings to 2,564,212 SOL and equivalents — roughly half the prior week's pace.
Solana treasury firm DFDV touts doubled NAV per share — on its own preliminary, unaudited numbers
DeFi Development Corp. said preliminary Q3 estimates show its net asset value per share more than doubled and its Solana treasury grew to 2.56 million SOL, all figures self-reported and unaudited.
Open USD stablecoin launches on Solana, backed by $1B liquidity pledge from five payments giants
Open USD, a dollar stablecoin issued by Bridge and backed by Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe and Visa, went live natively on Solana on September 30 with more than $1 billion pledged to liquidity.
Solana's move to 250ms slots holds up on skip rate, but raises vote latency in Asia and South America
Solana cut its slot-time target to 250ms from 400ms, and Solana Foundation data shows skip rates held steady while the p99 MEV-extraction window fell from about three seconds to two, though vote latency rose in Asia and South America.
Solana Foundation Hires Ex-Binance CMO and a Polygon Payments Lead for Two New Senior Roles
The Solana Foundation named ex-Binance marketing chief Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer and former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees as general manager of payments, in a self-published announcement.
Hunter Biden's LAPTOP token craters 99% on day one; team blames "sniper bots"
Hunter Biden's LAPTOP memecoin spiked above $300 and a nominal $110 billion market cap in its first hour before falling more than 99%, with analysts estimating most traders lost money.
The $LAPTOP Meme Coin Fell 99% in Minutes. Pump.fun and Kraken Promoted It First, Then Deleted the Posts
A meme coin trading as $LAPTOP and invoking Hunter Biden's name collapsed roughly 99% within minutes of its launch, after Pump.fun and Kraken promoted then pulled their support and snipers and a market maker cashed out at buyers' expense.
Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp. floats $20M preferred stock raise to buy more SOL
DeFi Development Corp. proposed a $20 million offering of Series C perpetual preferred stock, paying an initial 13% variable dividend, to buy more Solana and other crypto for its treasury.
Solana's first onchain vote: issuance cut clings to two-thirds, fee-burn plan falls short
Solana's debut onchain vote has the constitution passing overwhelmingly and a faster issuance cut clearing two-thirds by two points, while a fee-burn plan sits below the threshold with voting still open.
DeFi Development Corp restarts SOL buying with a ~19,000-token purchase, funded partly by unwinding a partnership
DeFi Development Corp bought roughly 19,000 SOL at an average $98.14, lifting its treasury to about 2.33 million SOL, with part of the money coming from selling its stake in a partner it signed with less than a year ago.
Solana ETFs post their biggest day of 2026 — and nearly all of it is Bitwise
U.S. spot solana ETFs took in $33.5 million on Aug. 24, their biggest single day since December, with Bitwise's BSOL holding roughly 80% of the category's $1.22 billion in cumulative net inflows.
Bitcoin ETFs post seventh straight inflow day as price holds above $80,000
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $337.56 million on Aug. 24, a seventh straight day of net inflows, as bitcoin held above $80,000 and fund assets reached $98.56 billion.
FOMO denies its iOS update drained user wallets; the accuser has a history
Crypto trading app FOMO's co-founder denies an X account's claim that an iOS update drained $6 million in user funds, as Protos finds the cited 662 SOL transfer is real but unexplained.
Ramp opens agent wallets to x402 payments on Solana — and calls it an alpha 12 minutes later
Ramp says corporate customers can now provision agent wallets that pay via the x402 protocol on Solana, but the company's own post asks builders to join an alpha, and the headline 35 million transaction figure comes with no time period, no value and no source.
Solana's own accounts say block times are heading to 200ms. Everything else is unstated.
Solana's official account posted a five-step ladder from 400ms to 200ms block times and a live monitoring page, but attached no dates, no mechanism, and no independent verification.
Solana says Bullish ran the first tokenized equity trade on a regulated venue. Almost every detail is missing.
Solana's official account says exchange operator Bullish completed the first tokenized equity trade on a regulated digital asset venue using its own BLSH shares, but disclosed no size, price, date or transaction record.
Solana research backs halving slot times to 200ms, and concedes validators pay for it
Solana's foundation published research backing SIMD-0525, a staged cut in target slot time from 400ms to 200ms, and conceding it would double validator voting costs.
Tokenized Invesco Treasury fund shares go live as collateral on Kamino
Kamino says tokenized shares of Invesco's $950M short-duration Treasury fund, issued by Superstate as USTB, can now be posted as collateral in its Solana lending markets, though loan terms went undisclosed.
Securitize and Neuberger tokenize a high-yield credit fund on Solana, with nearly every term undisclosed
Securitize and Neuberger have launched HINC, a tokenized high-yield credit fund on Solana, but the announcement disclosed no fund size, fees, minimums or redemption terms.
R3 says Corda networks are now wired to Solana. The announcement is a video, not a spec sheet
R3 says Corda's permissioned networks can now reach Solana's public liquidity, with SIX Group involved, but the announcement names no assets, counterparties, volumes or go-live date.
Coinbase's first production Solana contract is live, according to one engineer's post — and not much else
Coinbase engineer Richard Wu says the exchange has shipped its first production Solana smart contract, a DEX trade aggregator built by staff from its Vector acquisition, with no program ID or company confirmation yet.
SNS to pause .sol registrations on August 17, snapshot to decide who gets a matching domain in the new registry
Solana Name Service says it will pause .sol registrations on August 17 and take an on-chain snapshot to decide which wallets receive matching domains in a new SRS-based registry.
Solana says MoneyGram cash on- and off-ramps are live, with the details still unstated
Solana's official account said MoneyGram Ramps is live, letting wallet developers plug into an API for cash in and out at MoneyGram locations across 170 countries.
MoneyGram says its cash ramps are live on Solana, with one app integrated and no fee disclosure
MoneyGram says its Ramps cash-in/cash-out product went live on Solana on August 11, with wallet app Rift as the first integration; the company has not disclosed fees, supported assets or launch countries.
Anza publishes Agave 4.3 release schedule, with Alpenglow staged for activation
Anza published the release schedule for Agave 4.3, the Solana validator client build that stages the Alpenglow feature set, two new syscalls and increased CPI depth for activation.
A MoneyGram-on-Solana "launch" so far exists only as a hype post and a fire emoji
Solana's official account amplified a booster's post claiming MoneyGram Ramps is live on the network, but no MoneyGram or Solana Foundation announcement, fee data, or corridor detail has surfaced with it.
Solana says MoneyGram cash rails are live. MoneyGram hasn't said anything.
Solana's official account says MoneyGram Ramps is now live, offering cash pickup in 170-plus countries, but the claim rests entirely on Solana-side promotion with no MoneyGram statement attached.
MoneyGram Ramps goes live on Solana, announced by Solana itself
Solana's official account said MoneyGram Ramps is now live on the network, offering builders one API for cash-in in 25-plus countries and cash-out in 170-plus, with wallet app Rift the first integration.
MoneyGram's cash network plugs into Solana's developer platform
Solana and MoneyGram say the remittance firm's cash on- and off-ramp API is now live for Solana developers, offering cash-in across 25-plus countries and cash-out in more than 170.
Solana Foundation puts its canonical-token registry on GitHub, with the details left blank
The Solana Foundation published its "tokens" repository — billed as the source of truth for canonical assets on Solana — to GitHub on Aug. 10, without stating a license, governance model, or how canonical status is decided.
Backpack lists a tokenized Take-Two stock on Solana, one day before Take-Two reports earnings
Backpack Securities listed a tokenized Take-Two stock on Solana hours before the company's earnings, with no named brokerage partner, regulator, supply figure or fee schedule disclosed.
Rarible switches on Solana support, starting with a single collection
Rarible said on August 6 it has opened its NFT marketplace to Solana, launching with Claynosaurz as the first featured collection and no disclosed fee terms.
Solana says it ran 82% of July's tokenized stock volume, citing a Blockworks figure it didn't link
Solana's official account said the chain handled about $1.45 billion of tokenized equities volume in July, roughly 82% of the cross-chain total, crediting Blockworks data that the post did not link.
Solomon Labs puts its USDv program on Solana mainnet — the stablecoin itself is still "coming"
Solomon Labs deployed its USDv "Chancery" program to Solana mainnet on August 5, publishing a program address, token mint and GitHub repo — but no issuer details, reserve disclosure or launch date for the token itself.
AllUnity's CHFAU Swiss franc stablecoin goes live on Solana — on the issuer's word alone
AllUnity says its Swiss franc stablecoin CHFAU is now live on Solana with supply nearing ₣50 million, but every figure comes from the issuer's own marketing post, which carries a "no regulatory review or approval" disclaimer.
Solana says it cleared 1.01 billion weekly transactions, citing a Blockworks figure it didn't link
Solana's official account said the network processed 1,012,226,009 transactions in the week of July 27 to August 2, citing Blockworks data it did not link.
Solana's official account amplifies a claim of 1.01B non-vote transactions in a week
An analyst's post reshared by Solana's official account claims the network cleared 1.01 billion non-vote transactions last week, an all-time high — but no data provider, date range or methodology accompanies the figure.
Western Union's Stablecard goes live on Solana, per the chain's own account and its card issuer
Solana and card issuer Rain say Western Union's USDPT-backed Stablecard went live on August 4, spendable on Visa rails across 37 markets, though no Western Union statement of its own has surfaced.
BlackRock's "BRSRV" surfaces in an SEC filing link — announced by Solana, not BlackRock
Solana's official X account announced that BlackRock filed with the SEC for a tokenized "stablecoin reserve" vehicle called BRSRV, pointing to a single EDGAR document and no BlackRock statement.
Alchemy announces historical Solana account lookups; the technical details sit behind a marketing link
Infrastructure provider Alchemy announced a Solana Account Archive on Aug 3 that returns getAccountInfo for any account at any past slot, but disclosed no pricing, retention depth or verification method.
Solana touts a $1.6B tokenized card market. The numbers are its own.
Solana's own news arm says Collector Crypt has crossed $1.6 billion in volume tokenizing vaulted trading cards, part of a fast-growing but self-reported market with unnamed custodians and unaudited numbers.
Solana talks up Agave 4.2 — three feature-gated changes, no release date
Solana's official accounts say the Agave 4.2 validator release will cut rent 90%, expand transaction size 3.3x and bring 200ms slot times — all feature-gated, with no ship date disclosed.
Solana's account says demand is already filling 100M compute unit blocks. It didn't show the numbers.
Solana's official account claimed on July 30 that demand is already filling 100 million compute unit blocks, without publishing data, a benchmark, or a timeline for raising the limit.
Solana Foundation signs non-binding MOU with Korean payment processor KSNET
Solana's official account says Korean payments processor KSNET has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation to integrate Solana Pay across a merchant network it describes as 330,000-plus strong.
Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche got cheaper and busier as their tokens halved, Bitwise says
Bitwise's first quarterly staking report found Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche grew busier and cheaper to use over the past year, yet staking revenue and all three tokens fell by roughly half.
Solana Moves to Split and Burn Base Fees After 'Resource and Inclusion Fees' SIMD Is Accepted
Solana's Resource and Inclusion Fees improvement document reached "accepted" status, routing 2,500 lamports of each base fee to validators and burning the rest based on requested compute units.
Mubadala Capital puts a private-markets fund onchain with $75M in commitments; Coinbase takes a stake
Mubadala Capital has tokenized a private-markets fund across Base, Solana and Sui through a provider called KAIO, drawing $75M in commitments, with Coinbase taking a stake, according to CoinDesk.
Solana and Hyperliquid ETFs quietly capture most altcoin fund flows
Solana ETFs hold about $904 million in assets and Hyperliquid funds have drawn $350 million in net inflows since launching two months ago, together making up nearly 80% of altcoin ETF volume, per The Block.
An "Intel" token goes live on Solana — issued by Backpack Securities, not Intel
A tokenized version of Intel stock, $INTC, went live on Solana on July 21, issued by Backpack Securities through a service called Sunrise and routed to major Solana trading apps — with no sign the chipmaker itself is involved.
A "$HOOD" token for Robinhood shows up on Solana — announced by Solana itself, with most of the details missing
Solana's official account says a "$HOOD" token tracking Robinhood, issued by Backpack Securities via a system called Sunrise, is now trading across Solana apps — but the announcement omits price, backing and Robinhood's own role.
Solana claims No. 1 spot for real-world-asset holders at 300K — a headline about wallets, not dollars
Solana's official account said the network passed 300,000 real-world-asset holders, claiming the top spot by holder count, citing analytics outlet SolanaFloor — a milestone about wallet numbers, not asset value.
Solana Says SBI and Megabank SMFG Are Building On-Chain Markets on Its Chain. The Details Are Missing.
Solana's official account said Japan's SBI Holdings, alongside megabank group SMFG, is building an on-chain market for real-world assets and stablecoins on the Solana blockchain — but the announcement carried no terms, timeline, capital figures, or independent confirmation from either bank.
SK Hynix's $26.5B Nasdaq debut gets tokenized on Telegram and Solana within a day
SK Hynix's $26.5 billion Nasdaq ADR listing went live Friday, and crypto firms including Telegram's built-in wallet moved quickly to offer tokenized versions of the stock.
SK Hynix's Nasdaq debut arrives on Solana the same day — via three tokenized-stock issuers
SK Hynix debuted an American Depositary Receipt on Nasdaq and, per Solana's own announcement, three issuers simultaneously launched tokenized versions of the stock for 24/7 trading on Solana.
Solana merges the final flag to start turning on Alpenglow, with a Testnet target of July
Solana's July 2 developer changelog says Agave v4.1.0 merged the final feature flag to begin activating the Alpenglow consensus overhaul, which the team expects to reach Testnet in July and Mainnet in August.
BonkDAO says $20M in BONK drained via malicious governance proposal
BonkDAO said an attacker pushed through a malicious governance proposal and drained an estimated $20 million in BONK from its treasury, with Upbit halting BONK deposits and withdrawals in response.
Solana touts sub-second finality with 'Alpenglow' — the numbers, and where they come from
A widely shared post says Solana's "Alpenglow" upgrade will cut transaction finality to 100–150 milliseconds after a 98% validator vote, with mainnet targeted for Q3 2026 — but every figure traces to a single amplified social post, not a primary source.
Bitcoin whales added 270,000 BTC in two weeks as U.S. ETFs logged a record $4.06B June outflow
Large bitcoin holders bought more than 270,000 BTC (about $16.7 billion) over two weeks in late June while U.S. spot ETFs shed a record $4.06 billion, per CoinDesk citing Bitfinex.
Drift's fix for its $295M hack: IOUs paid out of future revenue, possibly over eight years
Drift proposed compensating victims of April's $295 million hack with "recovery tokens" backed by future protocol revenue — a plan that, at 2025's earnings rate, could take roughly eight years to make users whole.
Solana Ships Native Onchain Subscriptions and Spending Allowances
The Solana Foundation says it has deployed a native onchain program for recurring billing, delegated spending, and merchant subscription tiers on mainnet, with all details drawn solely from its own announcement.
MoneyGram Joins Solana's Developer Platform and Runs a Validator, Both Sides Say
The Solana Foundation says MoneyGram has joined its Developer Platform and begun running a network validator, though no product, timeline, stablecoin, or validator details were disclosed.