Tagged: sol

September 7, 2026 @ 3:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: DFDV), the firm that has built its balance sheet around accumulating Solana, has outlined plans for a new preferred-stock raise aimed at expanding that treasury. The company said it intends to offer up to $20 million of Variable Rate Series C… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 3:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana’s (SOL) first binding on-chain governance process ended with a razor-thin decision on token issuance. After days of stake-weighted voting, validators and delegators approved SGP-0002, the so-called Double Disinflation measure, by a margin of roughly one-third of a percentage point. The proposal needed a two-thirds… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 5:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management’s Solana Staking ETF has become the first dedicated Solana exchange-traded fund to pass $1 billion in assets under management. The product, listed as BSOL, reached the figure about ten months after it began trading in late October 2025. The timing is what… Read More

August 29, 2026 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: DFDV), the firm that has built its strategy around accumulating and compounding Solana, has introduced a public analytics platform meant to give investors and builders a clearer look at the network itself rather than only the price of SOL. The tool,… Read More

August 29, 2026 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has expanded its AI-powered PayBox vault so eligible users can interact with Kamino, one of Solana’s largest lending protocols, through ordinary conversation in ChatGPT or Claude. The update, announced on August 27, 2026, does not invent a new credit product. It simply routes existing… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management has entered into a partnership with Superstate, a fintech specializing in bringing securities onto blockchain platforms, to investigate the possibility of allowing investors to hold shares of select Bitwise funds in tokenized form. The crypto-focused asset manager indicated that its Bitwise Solana… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana blockchain has reached a significant milestone in the tokenization of traditional financial instruments. Its real-world asset (RWA) sector has expanded to a total value of $3.73 billion, establishing a fresh all-time high for the network.This growth reflects increasing participation from institutional players who… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Coates, the newly appointed chief information security officer at the Solana Foundation, has raised alarms about how artificial intelligence is transforming cryptocurrency-related fraud into something far more convincing and harder to detect. In a recent interview, Coates stressed that the industry’s most pressing risks… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (NYSE:MS) has expanded its digital asset offerings by introducing two new exchange-traded products focused on Ethereum and Solana. The Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust, trading as MSSE on NYSE Arca, and the Morgan Stanley Solana Trust, under the ticker MSOL, began trading… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana blockchain recorded its strongest performance yet in the realm of consumer payment cards. Top-up volumes linked to crypto cards built on the network reached an unprecedented peak in May, climbing to $94.32 million. This figure marks the highest monthly total observed for such… Read More

June 13, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethena Labs has signaled its intention to direct a substantial $250 million toward a newly expanded tokenized fund focused on high-quality structured credit. This move coincides with the fund’s deployment on the Solana blockchain, highlighting accelerating institutional interest in real-world assets (RWAs) that offer greater… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a seemingly decisive step toward elevating protection standards in the blockchain space, the Solana Foundation has launched STRIDE, a new comprehensive security framework designed to enhance safeguards for decentralized finance applications built on its network. Unveiled on April 6, 2026, in collaboration… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), a Solana digital asset treasury company, announced that its SEC-registered shares are now live on the Solana blockchain through Superstate’s Opening Bell platform marking the first time a public company’s equity can be used directly within decentralized finance (DeFi). Via this… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), a global provider of exchange-traded products (ETPs), in partnership with Galaxy Asset Management (Nasdaq: GLXY), a global enabler of digital assets and data center infrastructure, announced the launch of the Invesco Galaxy Solana ETP (QSOL). QSOL offers investors direct exposure to… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto ETF ecosystem has grown considerably in size and scope during this past year. VanEck has also added to this activity this last month when it launched the VanEck Solana ETF (VSOL), which is now reportedly the third SOL ETF in the United States… Read More

November 23, 2025 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo has recently partnered with Canary Capital for the roll-out of its Canary Marinade Solana ETF (SOLC), which is a spot ETF that incorporates Marinade’s staking protocol to provide investors with exposure to Solana (SOL) while participating in the network’s staking rewards. This launch marks… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solflare, the gateway to web3 and modern digital finance, partnered with Mastercard (NYSE: MA), in order to launch the Solflare Card, the self-custody debit card on Solana. Linking to users’ Solflare Wallets, the digital card enables users to complete instant debit card payments with USDC… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments, the $6.4 trillion asset manager, is poised to debut its spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) under the ticker $FSOL. Scheduled for launch on November 18, 2025, this product arrives with a management fee of 0.25%, positioning it as a gateway for institutional and… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitwise has launched various crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The advent of the first Bitcoin ETF foreshadowed a cascade of crypto funds, with many generating significant investor interest. The newest ETF launched just this week is the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), which pays a yield… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pier Two, the institutional staking and infrastructure provider, announced the acquisition of Solana validator Blockport. The latest acquisition highlights Pier Two’s growing commitment to the Solana ecosystem and brings on board Blockport Co-Founders Adrian Ciaffoncini and Nik Herrmann, whose experience and focus on the Solana… Read More