Solana


Finance

Solana Sees Arrival of Nomura, Brevan Howard-Affiliated Tokenization Firm Libre

Libre is unveiling a new tokenized offering, the blockchain-based Hamilton Lane SCOPE senior credit fund, which will be available on Solana and Ethereum-compatible chains.

Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)

Markets

Solana ETF Hopes, Rising Fundamentals Are Driving SOL Prices Higher, Traders Say

The total value of tokens locked on Solana has increased over 25% in a month, crossing the $5.28 billion mark to levels not seen since April 2022, data tracked by DefiLlama show.

Solana party in Lisbon (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $67K as Cryptos Rally Amid Global IT Outage; Solana's SOL Leads Altcoins

Friday's crypto rally defied past days' correlation with U.S equities, which continued their losing streak.

Bitcoin price on July 19 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto for Advisors: Web2 to Web3

Kelly Ye looks at the three fast-growing blockchain ecosystems that are addressing the adoption challenges for Web3, gaining user adoption, and how they combine the strengths of Web2 and Web3 to create a seamless Web2-like onboarding experience while providing users with the benefits of sovereign ownership in Web3.

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Opinion

ETF Stands for 'Everything That Fits'

First Bitcoin, then Ethereum, now Solana. ETF issuers will stop at nothing so long as they believe they can make money.

A messy kitchen sink. (Yinan Chen, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Videos

Breaking Down Solana's Triangle Pattern

Solana's SOL token nearly doubled to over $200 in the first quarter, since then the uptrend has lost steam, with pullbacks supported around $120. That has resulted in a so-called descending triangle pattern, comprising a downward sloping trendline, representing lower highs and a flat trendline, representing a solid support level. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

Recent Videos

Markets

Crypto Traders Search for Clues in Solana's Triangle Pattern

SOL's months-long triangular price consolidation could bring good news for the bulls.

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Tech

Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company

Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.

Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

Markets

Lionel Messi Promotes Obscure Meme Coin on Instagram, Leading to 350% Surge

The price of WATER jumped from $0.00032 to $0.00146 in the two hours following Messi's post, drawing criticism from the crypto community.

Lionel Messi's Jersey (dwlly/Unsplash)

Tech

Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana

Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad components and functions.

Rome co-founders Anil Kumar and Sattvik Kansal (Rome)