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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

Market

A Weak Payrolls Print Pushes the First Rate Hike to October

June payrolls came in at 57,000 against a 110,000 forecast, moving the first Fed hike out to October. Bitcoin held near $61,600, with solana up 17% on the week.

· 3 Jul 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Anza and a16z Researchers Propose Gatling, Targeting 10ms Solana Slots

Researchers at Anza and a16z Crypto published Gatling, a design that runs nine consensus instances in parallel to produce a block proposal every 56 milliseconds, with 10ms slots as the theoretical target. It is a paper and a prototype, with no production timeline.

· 16 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Firedancer v1.0.0 Reaches Testnet, Completing Solana's C Rewrite

Firedancer reached v1.0.0 on Solana's testnet, finishing the ground-up C rewrite. It is not recommended for mainnet, where the Frankendancer hybrid still runs.

· 12 Jun 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Speed of Light: How Alpenglow Turns Solana Into a B2B Transport Layer

The Anza development team recently launched a major network update on the testnet. This new Solana Alpenglow upgrade radically overhauls core network protocols. Consequently, it slashes block finality…

· 29 May 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Why Solana Became the Main Playground for Meme Coin Traders in 2026

Crypto traders have seen this story before. A blockchain suddenly becomes the center of speculation, liquidity, and overnight hype. In 2026, that chain is Solana again. Over the…

· 25 May 2026· 🕐 3 min read

News

Wall Street Reveals Its Hand: What Will the Goldman Sachs Report Say About Crypto?

Today, April 13, 2026, Goldman Sachs releases Q1 earnings (estimated EPS: 16.34–16.86). Latest data reveals a 260M rotation into XRP and Solana, signaling a major pivot toward asset…

· 13 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read

Market

Why Funds Choose Ethereum and Solana During the Current Correction

Despite the market correction, major funds are actively increasing their positions in Ethereum and Solana. Current price levels are viewed as an attractive zone for long-term accumulation. Institutional…

· 9 Apr 2026· 🕐 2 min read