Solana


Finance

Solana-Based DeFi Protocol Synchrony Raises $4.2M for Composable Indices

The funding, led by by Sanctor Capital, Wintermute Trading and GBV Capital, will also go toward its marketing operations.

Synchronized swimmers, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images)

Finance

DraftKings Founders Back ‘Play-to-Earn’ Soccer Game With $3M Raise

MonkeyBall, a self-described mashup of “FIFA Street” and “Final Fantasy,” will run on the Solana blockchain.

Solana-based MonkeyBall is bringing soccer to the world of GameFi. (MonkeyBall)

Finance

The First ‘Move-to-Earn’ NFT Game Raises $8.3M

With funding from Konvoy Ventures and Pantera Capital, the Solana-based Genopets is merging meatspace and the metaverse.

(Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)

Videos

FTX.US President on Launching Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs

FTX.US, the U.S. wing of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, announced its new marketplace, FTX NFTs, will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana-based NFTs. It plans to support other blockchains in the future, including Ethereum. FTX.US President Brett Harrison shares news regarding the launch and insights into the booming NFT market. Plus, reactions to the reported SEC decision to allow bitcoin futures ETFs.

Recent Videos

Tech

Solana’s Phantom Adds Safety Rails After Scammers Drain Wallets

Phantom’s security upgrades highlight the tug-and-pull between developers trying to simplify crypto’s user experience and scammers exploiting their shortcuts.

(Tandem X Visuals/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Funds Double Weekly Inflows to $226M as Ebullience Returns to Bitcoin Market

The jump was largely driven by bitcoin-focused funds, where inflows rose by $156 million to $225 million, the highest in five months.

Weekly crypto fund flows (CoinShares)

Finance

FTX.US Launches Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs

The exchange will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana NFTs. Plans to support Ethereum NFTs are in the works.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Grayscale Adds Solana to $494M Digital Large Cap Fund

The asset manager’s bitcoin-heavy fund allocated 3.24% to SOL Friday.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Solana-Based NFT Firm Metaplex Names Adam Jefferies CEO of New Studio

He will be joined by a new board that includes members from Audius, Coinshares, Cultur3 Capital, Phantom and Saber Labs.

Solana logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The Senate's bipartisan infrastructure deal envisions imposing stricter rules on cryptocurrency investors to collect more taxes to fund a portion of the $550 billion investment into transportation and power systems. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Markets

Solana-Based Prediction Market Uses DeFi Yields to Finance ‘No Loss’ Betting

Hedgehog’s experimental wagers combine prediction markets with stablecoins, decentralized finance and gamification.

(George Chernilevsky/Wikimedia Commons)