Solana


Videos

Solana’s SOL Volatile Following Suggestive Tweet From Google Cloud

Solana's native token SOL is paring gains after surging about 15% over the weekend, following a tweet from Google Cloud that tagged the blockchain’s co-founder suggesting an important disclosure was in the offing. "First Mover" hosts Christine Lee and Lawrence Lewitinn weigh in.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Talks Consumer Protection and Crypto Titans Clash

Consumer protection and regulation are key ingredients to transforming digital assets into an asset class worth trillions. The FTX exchange's Sam Bankman-Fried weighs in. Meanwhile, FTX's FTT token takes a dive after rival Binance announces plans to dump its remaining holdings.

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Finance

Solana’s SOL Spiked 15% on a Suggestive Tweet From Google Cloud

“Should we tell our followers the big news?” Google Cloud tweeted an hour before revealing what it was doing with Solana.

Google Cloud's Solana tweet (Twitter)

Finance

Helium, Building Out Mobile Network, Plans to Give Free Trials to Solana Phone Users

Under the agreement, Saga phones sold in the U.S. will get a 30-day free subscription to Helium Mobile.

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Finance

Communications Startup Dialect Issues Tech Specs for ‘Smarter Messaging’ in Crypto

"If we look at how standards get adopted, its a chaotic mix of right time right place," said CEO Chris Osborn.

Dialect has made it a lot easier to contact others. (Wikimedia Commons)

Web3

Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Exchange.Art Creates Royalties Protection Standard

The new standard will enforce creator royalties on secondary sales of NFTs that originally mint on its platform.

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Finance

DeFi Protocol Solend Struck by $1.26M Oracle Exploit

The Stable, Coin98 and Kamino lending pools have all been disabled.

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Videos

Magic Eden Dominance has Wavered

Magic Eden's dominance as an NFT marketplace in the Solana ecosystem has wavered since the introduction of zero-royalty marketplaces. Galaxy Digital Research Associate Salmaan Qadir breaks down its dominance over time compared to other marketplaces like OpenSea, HadeSwap and more.

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Opinion

In Defense of Aptos, Crypto's Punchline This Week

The much anticipated blockchain by ex-Facebook employees was off to a rocky start.

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Videos

Impact of Ethereum Merge on Smart Contract Blockchain Competitors

Ernst & Young Principal and Global Innovation Leader and Ethereum "pragmatist" Paul Brody breaks down the key takeaways from his CoinDesk op-ed on the outlook for Ethereum competitors such as Solana, Terra, and Avalanche in the aftermath of the Ethereum Merge. Will the blockchain space not have a multichain future after all?

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