Solana


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Solana Labs Co-Founder: Large Payment Networks See Tech 'Ready for Prime Time'

Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement capabilities with Circle’s USDC stablecoin to the Solana (SOL) blockchain, designed to offer high-speed performance. Solana Labs co-founder and COO Raj Gokal shares insights into the partnership and why payments giants see the technology "as ready for prime time."

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Markets

Bitcoin Plumbs 6-Month Low Near $25K and Higher Oil Prices Suggest Further Pressure

"This is exactly what apathy looks like," said one crypto analyst.

Bitcoin plumbs multi-month lows (Adam Nowakowski/Unsplash)

Finance

Visa Taps Solana and USDC Stablecoin to Boost Cross-Border Payments

The company said it is one of the first major payment institutions to use directly the Solana network for settlements.

Casa central de Visa en Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Tech

MakerDAO Should Use Solana’s Code to Build Its New Blockchain, Co-Founder Says

Some community members have already pushed back against the idea.

Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Finance

Solana-Based Automation Startup Clockwork to Shut Down

The venture-backed startup’s founders saw “limited commercial upside.”

Clockwork to shut down (Heather Zabriskie/Unsplash)

Tech

Shopify Customers Can Now Pay In USDC Via Solana Pay

The payment protocol, built on the Solana blockchain, has been integrated into Shopify.

Shopify customers can now pay in USDC via an integration with Solana Pay, the payment protocol on the Solana blockchain. (Shopify)

Finance

Hacked Crypto Exchange Cypher Plans to Hold Public Token Sale

The sale will be uncommonly tilted toward the public.

A frontend developer for Cypher at mtnDAO. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $29K, but Fundstrat's Tom Lee Sees $150K on ETF Approval

Altcoins are leading declines, with majors like DOGE, SOL and MATIC shedding 6-7% in the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin falls back to $29K (CoinDesk)

Web3

Y00ts NFT Collection is Migrating to Ethereum After Accepting $3M Grant From Polygon

The popular project, which started out on Solana and migrated to Polygon earlier this year, said it would return 100% of the grant money it received.

Y00ts NFT collection (Magic Eden)

Finance

Solana-Based Cypher Protocol Experiences Exploit, Freezes Smart Contract

The protocol’s contracts are now frozen as contributors attempt to make contact with hackers to negotiate a return of funds.

Cypher Protocol suffers exploit (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)