Solana


Finance

Step Finance Acquires SolanaFloor to Provide DeFi, NFT Data Insights

Once a customer of SolanaFloor's, Step Finance is expanding from a focus on DeFi to also include NFTs.

Step Finance is expanding from a focus on DeFi to also include NFTs. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Solana DeFi Protocol Nirvana Drained of Liquidity After Flash Loan Exploit

The price of the protocol’s ANA token fell almost 80% following the attack.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Nears $24K as Zipmex Suspends Withdrawals

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 20, 2022.

BTC is approaching $24,000, and yet the crypto industry continues to suffer as the exchange Zipmex suspended withdrawals (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Tech

Solana's New Daily Address Growth Outpaces Other Blockchains, SOL Jumps

Data shows that active wallets using the popular network have grown by over 58% since the start of this year.

SOL is jumping. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

UnCaged Studios Raises $24M to Support Web3 Game Developers

The company will use the funds to build out its Solana-based esports franchise MonkeyLeague ahead of its public launch.

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Finance

Solana-Based STEPN Reports $122.5M in Q2 Profits

The team will use 5% of the profits to initiate a buyback and burn program of its native GMT tokens.

STEPN rewards runners and walkers with crypto. (Raúl González/Flickr)

Finance

Solana’s Macalinao Brothers Launch $100M VC Fund

Protagonist, the new venture capital firm and incubator from the prominent developers, will primarily focus on emerging blockchains and technology.

Ian Macalinao is one of the co-founders of Protagonist. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Solana Labs Faces Lawsuit; US Bans Crypto Holders From Writing Government Policies

A class action suit filed in California federal court accuses key players in the Solana ecosystem of illegally profiting from SOL. Separately, U.S. officials who invest in crypto are now banned from working on crypto-related policy that could affect the value of their assets.

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Tech

Crema Finance Attacker Returns Almost $8M, Keeps $1.7M Bounty

The protocol had more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies stolen from its platform over the weekend in a flash loan attack.

(Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images)

Policy

Solana Labs, Multicoin Accused of Violating Securities Law by SOL Investor

Solana’s SOL token is an unregistered security whose insiders have benefitted while retail suffered, the suit alleged.

The suit accuses Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko of securities violations. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)