Solana


Markets

First Mover Asia: China to Widen Test of Digital Yuan as Russia Invasion Spotlights Crypto’s Potential Role; Cryptos Decline

The country is close to approving trials of the central bank digital currency in a number of cities and regions; bitcoin and ether drop as risk-on appetite fades.

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation wants crypto exchanges to block Russian users. (Lucy Shires/Getty)

Finance

Dialect Raises $4.1M to Bring ‘Smart Messaging’ to Solana

The project wants Solana-based DeFi apps to have actionable alerts and wallet-to-wallet chat.

Functional notifications, a staple of Web 2, are still novel in Web 3. (Jonas Leupe/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Market Cap Pushes Past $2T as Major Cryptos Surge

Bitcoin’s rally to nearly $45K has propelled the increase.

Bitcoin Concept (Getty)

Finance

Terra’s LUNA Passes Ether to Become Second-Largest Staked Asset

Some $30 billion worth of the tokens are staked by users to earn yields of just under 7%.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

SOL, ETH Rise With Bitcoin as War Continues After Russia, Ukraine Hold Peace Talks

Bitcoin's record-breaking daily gains trickled down to Solana, ether, and other layer-1s as the market factors in a possible end to the war in Ukraine.

Solana (Zack Seward/CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises Despite Geopolitical Tensions

Bitcoin is up 10% over the past 24 hours, compared with an 8% gain in ETH and an 14% rise in SOL. Indicators suggest more volatility before a recovery unfolds.

Bitcoin rise (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Funds See Inflows Globally Despite Exodus From European Products

A net $36 million went into digital-asset funds last week with major outflows in Europe but large inflows in the Americas.

A net $36 million went into digital-asset funds last week with major outflows in Europe but large inflows in the Americas.

Markets

Cardano’s ADA Dives 18%, Leading Plunge in Cryptos as Russia Begins War With Ukraine

Global stocks are tumbling alongside cryptocurrencies, with Western European indexes down nearly 5% and U.S. futures pointing to about a 3% opening decline.

(CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Solana Wallet Slope Finance Raises $8M

The Series A was co-led by Solana Ventures and Jump Crypto.

A discussion of Solana wallets at Breakpoint. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

1Password Adds 1-Click Credential Storage for Solana-Based Phantom Wallet Users

The new collaboration is intended to make crypto security human-centric by simplifying login management and lowering the barrier to entry.

Phantom wallet users can store credentials using "Save to 1Password" (Phantom website, modified by Coindesk)