Solana


Finance

Solana Pushes Validators to Test Early 'Firedancer' Upgrade

The upgrade from Jump Crypto could drastically boost transaction throughput, helping Solana support legacy financial markets.

Jump Chief Science Officer Kevin Bowers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Returns Above $100K as Early 2025 Crypto Rebound Continues

Altcoin majors, including ether and solana, also rose sharply as U.S. markets opened on the first full week after holidays, with the broad-based CoinDesk 20 advancing 3.5% through the day.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on 01 06 (CoinDesk)

Markets

SOL Worth $227M Moved to Centralized Exchanges, Clouds Bullish Technical Outlook

Centralized exchanges see highest net-inflow of SOL tokens since March, according to Coinglass

SOL worth millions move to centralized exchanges. (inkflo/Pixabay)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Edith Yeung Sees Big Things to Come for Crypto in Hong Kong

A venture capitalist who was one of the first investors in Solana says building liquidity is now key to Hong Kong’s development as a crypto hub.

Edith Yeung

Markets

SOL's Evolving Throwback Pattern Makes It Enticing for Breakout Traders: Godbole

The pattern has its roots in the behavioral aspects of trading and often sets the stage for bigger bull runs.

Tennis, ball. (anais_anais29/Pixabay)

Opinion

What the Key Metrics for Onchain Activity Say About SOL, ETH and Other Chains in 2025

In a sea of noise, the real winners of Web3 will be those who turn raw on-chain data into actionable signals for sustainable growth.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $96K While CoinDesk 20 Plunges 10% Amid Fed-Spurred Rout; SOL Surrenders Post-Election Rally

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments Wednesday on rate cuts have rattled investors across asset classes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Dec. 19 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Smashes Record With 66.9M Daily Transactions as Pengu Token Debuts

PENGU's debut sparked a surge on the Solana blockchain, resulting in more transactions than the combined activity of other leading blockchains.

Solana's onchain metrics vs industry leaders. (Artemis)

Finance

Ranger Finance Targets Crypto Perps Traders of 'Size' on Solana

Solana's first crypto perpetuals aggregators service wants to compete with market leader Hyperliquid.

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Markets

Bitcoin Going to $200K, Coinbase to Join S&P 500: Bitwise's 10 Predictions for 2025

This year was good for crypto, but 2025 might turn out even better for the sector, according to Bitwise Asset Management.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)