Solana


Finance

Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.

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Markets

Tether Stablecoin Expands Its Reach to Another Blockchain

Tether has announced the expansion of its USDT token to an eighth blockchain.

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Finance

Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration

The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.

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Tech

Blockchain Data Indexer 'The Graph' to Support Polkadot, Solana, NEAR and Celo

The project’s custom API “subgraphs” provide data to some of Ethereum’s top DeFi apps.

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Markets

Ether Soars to Another All-Time High, Carrying DeFi and Rival Coins With It

Investor excitement ahead of the CME's planned ether futures contract is one reason for the price push.

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Policy

$175K Donation to Coin Center Tops Latest Fundraising Push for Crypto Policy Group

The donation from a group headlined by NEAR, Solana and Celo comes in addition to $300,000 raised via Gitcoin.

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Tech

Solana Devs Call 'All Hands on Deck' as Unknown Bug Stops Block Production

Solana, a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain championed by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is "stuck" due to an unknown issue.

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Markets

Audius, the 'Decentralized Spotify,' Is Moving Part of Its Service to Solana Blockchain

Decentralized music-sharing platform Audius is moving certain hosting functions onto the Solana network, though staking remains on Ethereum.

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Finance

USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi

USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.

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Finance

Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails Expand Integration to Enable Staking of Solana Tokens

According to the announcement by Bison Trails, this will allow users on Coinbase Custody to stake their solana (SOL) tokens using secure offline storage.

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