Solana Climbs 8.1% Following Vaneck’s SEC Filing for SOL-Based ETF

Following Vaneck’s application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a solana-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), solana has appreciated 8.1% against the U.S. dollar. Apart from bitcoin, ethereum, and stablecoins, solana now boasts the highest daily trade volume among all other crypto assets on market aggregation platforms. Vaneck’s ETF Filing Catalyzes Increase in … Read more

Pantera Capital Calls Solana the ‘Mac OS of Blockchains,’ Highlights Architecture Benefits and Growing Adoption

Pantera Capital, an institutional asset manager focused on blockchain technology, has called Solana the “Mac OS of blockchains” in its latest blockchain letter. The firm details that the rise of Solana over Ethereum is reminiscent of what Microsoft experienced when Apple entered the market, highlighting Solana’s growing retail adoption and architectural advantages. Pantera Capital States … Read more

Rapper Lil Pump Gets Dual Solana-Themed Tattoos

Gazzy Garcia, also known as Lil Pump, his professional rapper name, surprised his over 15 million followers on Instagram and X by posting pictures showing two new Solana-themed tattoos. The first featured the stylized name of the Solana blockchain on his forehead, while the second depicted the logo of one of the most popular Solana … Read more

Solana Labs Launches Bond, a Blockchain Digital Customer Engagement Platform

Solana Labs announced the launch of Bond, a platform that uses blockchain and cryptocurrency structures to establish links between brands and their customers. Bond will offer different features, including digital collectives, authentication of luxury goods, and digital passports for products, all built on top of the Solana blockchain for low costs and scalability purposes. Solana … Read more

Squads Labs Raises $10 Million in Series A Round, Launches Fuse Smart Wallet

Squads Labs, the team behind the Squads Solana-based smart accounts protocol, the Squads app, and the smart account-enabled wallet Fuse, announced it raised $10 million in its Series A funding round. Led by Electric Capital, the funds will be used to improve the functionality of already existing products and take Fuse to the market. Squads … Read more

Solana Launches Mainnet Beta v1.18.15 Upgrade to Address Network Stability

Solana has recommended validators in the network upgrade to the latest Mainnet Beta 1.18.15, which includes several fixes to address network performance and stability. The release includes a central scheduler functionality that can be turned on optionally, focused on solving performance issues identified when there is network congestion. According to Solana Beach, a validator statistics … Read more

Paypal Expands PYUSD to Solana Blockchain for Better Payment Solutions

Payments giant Paypal has made Paypal USD (PYUSD) available on the Solana blockchain, making the stablecoin “faster and cheaper to use.” Platforms like Crypto.com, Phantom, and Paxos are among the first to offer PYUSD on Solana, alongside Paypal and Venmo wallets. Paypal Makes PYUSD Available on Solana Blockchain Paypal Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: PYPL) announced at … Read more

Analyst: Solana to Reclaim $200, Many New Crypto ATHs Soon

In his latest social media posts, Daniel Cheung, co-founder of Syncracy Capital, expressed confidence in the strength of solana (SOL) and its potential to reclaim the $200 mark. He also hinted that upcoming upgrades could pave the way for new all-time highs (ATHs). Cheung also shared his bullish outlook on bitcoin (BTC), predicting new ATHs … Read more

Solana Meme Coin Marketplace Pump.fun Issues $1.9 Million Exploit Postmortem, Discloses Former Employee Involvement

Pump.fun, a leading Solana-based marketplace and deployment tool for meme coins, issued a postmortem on the exploit that occurred on May 16. The team stated that a former employee took advantage of its position to misappropriate 12.3K SOL, worth $1.9 million. An X user nicknamed Staccoverflow, confirmed to be part of pump.fun’s team, declared he … Read more

Proactive Detection by Certik Saves Wormhole Bridge From Potential $5 Million Hack

Certik, a security firm, prevented a potentially disastrous $5 million exploit in the Wormhole cross-chain bridge by identifying a critical bug, showcasing the importance of proactive security practices and the benefits of open-source software in enhancing Web3 security standards. Wormhole, a project enabling token and data transfers between blockchain networks like Ethereum and Solana, had … Read more