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Polygon, Cardano and Solana NFT Sales Rise as Ethereum NFT Sales Slump

While Ethereum remains by far the most popular blockchain for minting NFTs, smaller blockchains have experienced interesting bumps in sales in recent weeks.

Pixel Art NFT Collectibles Background.  Vector Illustration.  NFT Seamless Pattern. (Getty Images)

Tech

Solana’s Annual Carbon Footprint Equals 18062 Flights From London to New York

A new, real-time dashboard set up by the Solana Foundation purporting to show how relatively little carbon the smart contracts platform is emitting – at a time when the energy usage of Bitcoin and other blockchains is under scrutiny.

A trash installation at a Solana hacker house. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Heavy Demand for Madlads NFT Breaks Internet, Delays Mint

The Madlads NFT is meant to be the first in a novel spin on digital collectibles from Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, two well-known figures in the Solana ecosystem.

Armani Ferrante (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Decentralized Wireless Project Helium Begins Move to Solana Blockchain

The change aims to make Helium faster and cheaper to operate.

Helium co-founder Amir Haleem (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

This AI Chatbot Plugs Into Your Crypto Wallet

MarginFi's Omni chatbot is intended to merge two tech world "next big things."

marginFi banner (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Bitcoin Stays Afloat While Solana Rallies

Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $30,000 amid a recent rally in solana's (SOL) token price. Market updates and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Popular Tea Shop Boba Guys Taps Solana for On-Chain Loyalty Rewards Program

On top of building the chain’s loyalty infrastructure, the Solana Foundation recently invested $100,000 into Boba Guys.

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MonkeDAO Plans to Buy Rights to Popular Solana Monkey Business NFT Collection for $2M

The decentralized autonomous organization formed by owners of the Solana Monkey Business NFT project will purchase all intellectual property rights to the collection from its current owner HadesDAO.

Solana Monkey Business NFT collection (Screenshot via Magic Eden)

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Solana-Based NFT Collection Okay Bears Partners With (RED) to Fund Global Health Efforts

The PFP project will release (RED)-themed merchandise to raise funds for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

(Okay Bears via Magic Eden, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana’s Crypto-Ready ‘Saga’ Smartphone Goes on Sale May 8

The Saga aims to put crypto in people’s pockets, where the rest of the digital world has already gone.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)