Solana


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.

Executive director Jerry Brito speaks at a Coin Center event.

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.

Coinbase Custody CEO Sam McIngvale (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than Ethereum

Terra is joining forces with Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana to roll out a DeFi product meant for a wider consumer audience. Meet Anchor.

Daniel Shin y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

Markets

FTX to Launch 'Scalable' Decentralized Exchange in Weeks

Building on the Solana blockchain means the new platform's operations are less restricted than those on Ethereum, the firm says.

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Markets

Kin Community Approves Move From Stellar Fork to Solana's Blockchain

Devs, node operators and the Kin Foundation board have approved its move from a fork of the Stellar blockchain to Solana's network.

The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)

Tech

Fed Up With Its Fork of Stellar, Kin Is Looking to Move Onto Solana

The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.

SWITCHING CHAINS: Kin may soon be powered by the Solana blockchain. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Solana Blockchain Adds Korean Stablecoin Terra for Better Payments

Solana is adding the Terra stablecoin in an effort to bring "novel applications that require price-stable payments" to its high-throughput blockchain.

Solana team