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Solana may be in “recomposition” mode, as new protocols put usefulness ahead of mere virality
The non-profit’s launch and big-name hires aim to grow Solana’s footprint in Washington
With a friendlier regulatory outlook and the airdrop flow being stemmed, some are looking to how new native tokens can become valuable assets
Sol’s price drop was partially triggered by one of the year’s more chaotic memecoin events
Over the past 24 hours, PumpSwap’s largest liquidity pool by volume contains tokens with the tickers DOGEMOON and ballscoin
The real strength of tailored AMMs might lie in their capacity to cultivate deeper loyalty and engagement within niche communities
“Every asset manager and bank doing ‘crypto’ is earning insane fees for putting things ‘onchain,'” read a slide from Meltem Demiror’s DAS talk
Titan Exchange CEO Chris Chung says Titan bests Solana’s incumbent DEX aggregator Jupiter on price 80% of the time
The platform, called LaunchLab, comes less than a month after news broke that pump.fun was developing an AMM of its own
The encoded timekeeping system improves proof-of-stake, allowing the chain to quickly validate transactions
New model aims to resolve trading inefficiencies with a single execution layer and market maker changes
Zeta Markets has shipped testnet for Bullet, a low-latency “network extension,” the team told Lightspeed exclusively
The company has now acquired three Solana validator operators since its September pivot into Solana
On the news that SOL would be part of Trump’s upcoming strategic reserve, SOL quickly surged before seeing an equally swift retracement
In an X Spaces debate, Lily Liu urged Solana to take a more holistic approach to inflation
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