Solana

Solana

Banksy Burners Raise $3M to Build NFT Platform on Solana

Burnt Finance is taking a token-centric approach to decentralizing NFT auctions.

Business  ·  6 May 2021
FTX

Serum Token Becomes Latest Project in Bankman-Fried Empire to Turn Heads

FTX-backed serum surged to an all-time high price.

Markets  ·  28 April 2021
FTX

Solana Bucked Bitcoin Sell-Off; Upstart Blockchain Challenges Ethereum on Speed, Fees

Solana's SOL tokens have jumped 17-fold in price this year, for a market capitalization over $8 billion.

Markets  ·  20 April 2021
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Recovers From Sunday Slump to $56K as Doge Jumps 19%

Volumes on the CoinDesk 20 eight spot BTC venues was over $8 billion for the first time since Feb. 23.

Markets  ·  19 April 2021
DeFi

Solana Dashboard Step Finance Raises $2M From Alameda Research, 3 Commas

Investors are betting on Step Finance emerging as the “front page” of the high-throughput Solana blockchain.

Business  ·  13 April 2021
OKEx

OKEx and MXC to Invest $40M in Solana-Based Projects in DeFi Arms Race

The funds will pay developers and projects building on the Solana ecosystem.

News  ·  25 March 2021
DeFi

Anchor Begins Countdown to Launch of Bank-Beating DeFi Savings Account

Anchor was originally slated for an October launch, but the team pushed that back to late November. With the countdown showing on its website, this could really be it.

Markets  ·  14 March 2021
DeFi

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.

Business  ·  12 March 2021
CoinFlash

Tether Stablecoin Expands Its Reach to Another Blockchain

Tether has announced the expansion of its USDt token to an eighth blockchain – Solana.

Markets  ·  11 March 2021
DeFi

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

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

Business  ·  24 February 2021
Polkadot

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.

Tech  ·  18 February 2021
Ether

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.

Markets  ·  3 February 2021
Celo

$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.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 December 2020
Solana

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

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

Tech  ·  4 December 2020
Ethereum

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.

News  ·  29 October 2020