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Solana Records 14.2B Non-Vote Transactions in Q3 2026
Drift Opens DFX Recovery Claims for $290M Exploit Losses
Judge Dismisses $LIBRA and $M3M3 Lawsuit With Prejudice
Solana Token Unlocks: $2Z, $TRUMP and $PUMP Lead October Schedule
Open USD OUSD Stablecoin Launches Natively on Solana
Solana Memecoin Super Inu Hits $60.9M After Trump’s AI Rename
MPL-3643 Brings Permissioned Securities to Solana
Solana DeFi TVL Reaches Highest Level Since Drift Hack
Solana Takes Top Spot in Tokenized Commodities Trading
Solana ETFs Post Record $188M Weekly Inflows as Bitwise Leads
Solana Weekly Roundup: Stablecoins, RWAs and Tokenized Stocks Hit New Highs
Solana Stablecoin Supply Hits $17.39B as USDC and USDT Surge
Solana Alpenglow Reaches Second Public Test Network
Solana Foundation Adds Binance and Polygon Veterans for Tokenized Finance Push
Forward Industries Raises $25M to Buy More SOL After Reaching 1.39% of Supply
SEC Opens Path for Tokenized Stocks on Public Blockchains
Solana Prepares Alpenglow Upgrade With 150ms Finality
Solana RWA Ecosystem Reaches Record $4.6B in Value
NFT Market Reawakens as CryptoPunks and zkSNARKs See Fresh Demand
Solana tests Alpenglow to cut finality to 150 ms
Solana Expands Institutional Reach With Tokenized Funds
Bitwise Solana Staking ETF Hits $1.2B AUM After $60M Inflows
ZETA Surges 58% as ZetaChain Approves Solana Migration
DeFi Development Corp. Adds 101K SOL to Treasury
Solana Price Breaks $116 as $18M in Shorts Liquidate
ZetaChain Holders Approve L1 Shutdown and ZETA Move to Solana
Raydium Dominates Solana Memestock Trading as RAY Surges
Solana Gains Tokenized Stock Boost From SEC Rule
Solana Cuts Slot Time to 250ms as Capacity Stays Flat
Solana Records 14.2B Non-Vote Transactions in Q3 2026
Solana processed a record 14.2 billion non-vote transactions in Q3 2026, marking a 45% increase from Q2 and setting a new quarterly high for network activity.
Drift Opens DFX Recovery Claims for $290M Exploit Losses
Drift has opened claims and redemptions for DFX, a recovery token issued to users affected by its April 1 exploit. Each verified USDT lost receives one DFX, with the recovery pool funded by exchange revenue, partner commitments and recovered funds.
Judge Dismisses $LIBRA and $M3M3 Lawsuit With Prejudice
A New York federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a class-action lawsuit involving $LIBRA and $M3M3, rejecting the plaintiffs’ amended claims against Kelsier Ventures, Hayden Davis, Meteora and other defendants.
Solana Token Unlocks: $2Z, $TRUMP and $PUMP Lead October Schedule
October brings several major token unlocks across the Solana ecosystem, led by $2Z, $TRUMP, $PUMP and $DBR. Sanctum is also preparing a major $SANC supply reduction through a planned token burn.
Open USD OUSD Stablecoin Launches Natively on Solana
Open Standard’s Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is now live on Solana, offering businesses 1:1 dollar minting and redemption. The stablecoin is designed for payments, settlement and treasury operations.
Solana Memecoin Super Inu Hits $60.9M After Trump’s AI Rename
Solana memecoin Super Inu ($SI) surged nearly 130% after President Donald Trump promoted “Super Intelligence” as the new terminology for AI. The token briefly reached a $60.9 million market cap as the new narrative spread across the crypto market.
MPL-3643 Brings Permissioned Securities to Solana
Metaplex has introduced MPL-3643, a tokenization standard designed to bring permissioned real-world assets and tokenized securities to Solana with onchain eligibility and transfer controls.
Solana DeFi TVL Reaches Highest Level Since Drift Hack
Solana DeFi TVL has climbed more than 38% in two months to about $6.5 billion, returning to its highest level since the $285 million Drift Protocol hack.
Solana Takes Top Spot in Tokenized Commodities Trading
Solana captured 28% of weekly tokenized commodities spot volume from September 21–27, overtaking Robinhood and recording $91.1 million in trading activity.
Solana ETFs Post Record $188M Weekly Inflows as Bitwise Leads
U.S. spot Solana ETFs attracted a record $188 million in weekly net inflows through Sept. 25, with Bitwise’s BSOL accounting for roughly two-thirds of the total. Friday alone brought in about $87 million as all seven funds recorded inflows.
Solana Weekly Roundup: Stablecoins, RWAs and Tokenized Stocks Hit New Highs
Solana closed the week with new milestones across stablecoins, real-world assets and tokenized equities, while Alpenglow moved onto Devnet and new payment and DeFi products expanded the ecosystem.
Solana Stablecoin Supply Hits $17.39B as USDC and USDT Surge
Solana’s stablecoin supply reached a record $17.39 billion after expanding by $1.26 billion in 24 hours. Fresh USDC and USDT issuance accounted for more than $1.2 billion of the increase.
Solana Alpenglow Reaches Second Public Test Network
Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is now running across its public testing environments, giving developers and infrastructure providers more time to prepare for the proposed shift to roughly 150-millisecond finality.
Solana Foundation Adds Binance and Polygon Veterans for Tokenized Finance Push
The Solana Foundation has hired former Binance executive Rachel Conlan and Polygon veteran Jamal Raees as it expands its focus on institutional finance, payments and tokenized assets.
Forward Industries Raises $25M to Buy More SOL After Reaching 1.39% of Supply
Forward Industries plans to raise about $25 million through a registered direct offering and use the net proceeds to acquire additional SOL. The move follows the company’s accumulation of roughly 8.16 million SOL and SOL equivalents.
SEC Opens Path for Tokenized Stocks on Public Blockchains
The SEC has granted temporary, conditional relief for certain venues to trade tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned AMM liquidity pools on public blockchains. Solana is already supporting tokenized equities and related onchain markets.
Solana Prepares Alpenglow Upgrade With 150ms Finality
Solana is preparing its Alpenglow consensus upgrade, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality as the network moves toward replacing TowerBFT with Votor.
Solana RWA Ecosystem Reaches Record $4.6B in Value
Solana’s real-world asset ecosystem has reached a reported record $4.6 billion in total value, highlighting the network’s growing role in tokenized financial assets.
NFT Market Reawakens as CryptoPunks and zkSNARKs See Fresh Demand
CryptoPunks, Boogles and newer Zcash NFTs are seeing renewed trading activity, while tokenized trading cards point to a broader shift in how NFT technology is being used.
Solana tests Alpenglow to cut finality to 150 ms
Solana (SOL) has begun testing “Alpenglow” on its public test network, an upgrade designed to shrink transaction finality from roughly 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. The shift matters now as exchanges, bridges, and merchants depend on fast, irreversible settlement before crediting deposits or releasing funds.
Solana Expands Institutional Reach With Tokenized Funds
Project Harmonia will connect Solana with Allfunds’ institutional fund-distribution network, creating a new route for tokenized funds to reach financial institutions.
Bitwise Solana Staking ETF Hits $1.2B AUM After $60M Inflows
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF reached an all-time high of more than $1.2 billion in assets under management after attracting over $60 million in two days.
ZETA Surges 58% as ZetaChain Approves Solana Migration
ZetaChain tokenholders have approved the migration of ZETA to Solana, with the protocol shifting its focus toward Anuma, its private AI application with more than 300,000 users.
DeFi Development Corp. Adds 101K SOL to Treasury
DeFi Development Corp. added more than 101,000 SOL in one week, pushing its Solana treasury to nearly 2.5 million SOL.
Solana Price Breaks $116 as $18M in Shorts Liquidate
Solana’s SOL token climbed above $116, reaching its highest level since January as more than $18 million in short positions were liquidated over 24 hours. The move highlights how leveraged bearish bets can accelerate a crypto rally.
ZetaChain Holders Approve L1 Shutdown and ZETA Move to Solana
ZetaChain tokenholders have approved a plan to wind down the project’s Cosmos-based Layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana through a 1:1 conversion.
Raydium Dominates Solana Memestock Trading as RAY Surges
Raydium has captured more than 90% of Solana’s memestock DEX volume, with tokenized-equity activity pushing cumulative trading above $5 billion. The surge has coincided with a sharp rally in RAY.
Solana Gains Tokenized Stock Boost From SEC Rule
The SEC’s new five-year Innovation Exemption creates a regulatory pathway for certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on qualifying onchain venues, adding momentum to Solana’s growing tokenized-equity ecosystem.
Solana Cuts Slot Time to 250ms as Capacity Stays Flat
Solana has reduced its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms, making blocks arrive faster while proportionally lowering per-slot work limits. The change improves latency without delivering a 17% increase in raw transaction capacity.
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