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Market

Bitwise's Solana ETF Is the First in Its Class Past $1 Billion

The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF passed $1 billion in assets about ten months after listing, though its share price is still around 40% below debut.

· 29 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Solana Tops $100 as Two Proposals Aim to Cut SOL Emissions

Solana led the majors above $100 on Friday, its highest since January, while two proposals to slow SOL issuance sat in front of validators.

· 28 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Altcoin

Charles Schwab Will Add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink, Date Unset

Schwab said on Thursday it will put solana, avalanche and chainlink on its spot crypto platform in the coming months. No launch date was given.

· 27 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Solana Cuts Slot Time to 350ms, Its First Reduction Since Genesis

SIMD-0525 took Solana's target slot from 400 to 350 milliseconds in epoch 1020. Three more 50ms cuts are staged, each needing a fresh validator supermajority.

· 25 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Close Their Worst Week in Six as Solana Funds Shine

US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $389.7 million in the week to 14 August, their worst in six weeks, while Solana funds added $10.26 million, their best since mid-May.

· 15 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

Bitwise and Superstate Move to Make BSOL the First ETF With Tokenized Shares

Bitwise plans to tokenize shares of its Solana Staking ETF with Superstate, letting holders choose DTC book-entry or on-chain form. It would be a US first.

· 14 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Bitcoin Prints the Week's High at $65,416 and Stalls

Bitcoin peaked at $65,416 on Sunday and faded to $64,738. Liquidations fell to $68M, futures volume dropped 60% in a day, and Solana was the only major in the green.

· 9 Aug 2026· 🕐 2 min read

DeFi

BlackRock Launches Two Tokenized Funds Across Three Chains

BlackRock launched BSTBL on Ethereum and BRSRV across Solana, Ethereum and Tempo on 3 August, the latter built as a GENIUS Act-eligible stablecoin reserve.

· 3 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Solana Raises Its Block Compute Limit 66% to 100M Units

Solana lifted its maximum block compute budget from 60 million units to 100 million at epoch 1009, a 66% capacity increase that left slot timing untouched.

· 29 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Solana's Validator Admission Ticket Goes Live on Mainnet

Solana now drops validators without a registered BLS key from the leader schedule. About 3.87% of stake was still unregistered at epoch 1004.

· 22 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Firedancer v1.1.0 Reaches Testnet as the Agave 4.3 Branch Opens

Solana's independent validator client hit testnet at v1.1.0 on July 16, the same week Agave opened its 4.3 branch, the release set to carry Alpenglow.

· 16 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Market

Backpack Opens 24/7 Trading in Real US Equities

Backpack began trading actual US shares every day of the year, starting with SpaceX, Micron and SanDisk, convertible 1:1 into tokenized versions on Solana.

· 10 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read