James Walker
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Articles by James Walker
Solana Stablecoin Card Spending Reaches $141M Record in October
Stablecoin card spending on Solana reached approximately $141 million in October, setting a new all-time high. The reported total was seven times higher than the figure recorded a year earlier.
Solana Tokenized Real-World Assets More Than Double to $3.4B
Tokenized real-world assets on Solana have more than doubled in value this year, reaching $3.4 billion. Government debt, credit and equities account for the largest portions of the reported total.
Polygon and Solana Connect Stablecoin Payments to Banking Infrastructure
Polygon Labs is extending its Open Money Stack to Solana, giving businesses access to banking connections, digital wallets, cross-chain transfers and payouts while continuing to use Solana for stablecoin activity.
BitGo Adds Jupiter as a Validator for Institutional Solana Staking
BitGo has added Jupiter as a validator option for eligible institutional clients staking Solana (SOL) directly from existing custody accounts. Jupiter’s validator held approximately 9.72 million SOL, valued at about $993 million at the cited market price, as the partnership expands BitGo’s institutional staking options.
Mirae Asset Securities Issues Tokenized Notes on Solana Under $3 Billion Program
Mirae Asset Securities’ Hong Kong unit has issued six-month tokenized floating-rate notes on Solana for eligible institutional investors. Marketnode served as the authorized distributor, extending the firm’s structured-note distribution onto a public blockchain.
Solana Breakpoint 2026 Adds Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid and Revolut Chair to London Lineup
Solana Breakpoint 2026 has added former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Chancellor Sajid Javid, and Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert to its London speaker lineup. Scheduled for November 15–17 at Olympia London, the conference will explore tokenization, stablecoins, digital payments, and AI-driven onchain activity.
Pump.fun TCG Packs Raise Questions Over Payouts After Phygitals Switch
Pump.fun’s trading card game pack feature has seen daily spending fall sharply after launch, while an analyst has raised concerns about user payouts and the absence of an onchain verifiable randomness mechanism in Phygitals packs. Collector Crypt, meanwhile, has recorded a new weekly volume high amid the integration’s early activity.
Bitcoin Falls Below $82K as Solana ETFs Record October Outflows
Bitcoin dropped toward $81,000 as U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $635.6 million in daily outflows and crypto liquidations exceeded $254 million. Meanwhile, Solana spot ETFs accumulated $72.24 million in October net outflows, their worst monthly result since launch based on the figures provided.
J.P. Morgan Launches Tokenized Money Market Funds on Solana
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched its MONY and JLTXX tokenized money market funds on Solana, giving qualified U.S. investors an on-chain route to subscribe and redeem through Morgan Money. The move adds another traditional financial product to Solana’s growing institutional tokenization ecosystem.
Kimchi’s $KIMCHI Token Hits $44M Market Cap After Pump.fun Debut
Crypto trader Kimchi’s arrival on Pump.fun coincided with a rapid rally in the $KIMCHI token, which reached a $44 million market capitalization before retreating to around $31 million. The launch has renewed questions about token concentration, influencer incentives, and the long-term sustainability of creator-driven crypto projects.
Tx Launches USTX Stablecoin to Support Tokenized Asset Trading
Real-world asset platform tx has introduced USTX, a dollar-pegged stablecoin designed for its wallet and planned tokenized-stock marketplace. Issued by Brale, USTX uses a separate 1:1 reserve structure and can be minted with USDC from eight blockchain networks.
Solana Records 8.92 Billion Non-Vote Transactions in Q3 2026
Solana recorded 8.92 billion non-vote transactions in the third quarter of 2026, representing a reported 104% increase compared with Q4 2025. The figures highlight rising on-chain activity across the blockchain’s user and application transactions.
Solana Apps Generate $193M in 30-Day Revenue as RWAs Surge
Solana applications generated $193.1 million in revenue over 30 days, outpacing Hyperliquid and Ethereum in the cited comparison. Meanwhile, the network’s real-world asset market value rose from roughly $700 million to $4.37 billion in one year.
Solana Postpones Shanghai Accelerate Event After Registration Surge
Solana Foundation President Lily Liu said the Shanghai Accelerate event was postponed after registrations quadrupled overnight and exceeded the attendance limit registered with local authorities. The decision followed concerns about complying with local requirements.
Solana Weighs Geo-Aware Leader Schedule via SIMD-0675
Solana is evaluating a geo-aware leader schedule that builds on the current random, stake-weighted design. Today, validators receive 4 consecutive slots per epoch. The proposed SIMD-0675 keeps the random schedule intact while accounting for validator location to reduce costly cross-continent leader handoffs.
Solana Schedules Alpenglow Upgrade for October 21, Targeting 150ms Finality
Solana is scheduled to activate its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21, targeting transaction finality in around 150 milliseconds. The migration will replace TowerBFT, move validator votes off-chain and change how network transaction counts and validator fees are calculated.
DeFi Development Adds 22,070 SOL as CHAD Preferred Shares Hit Record Highs
DeFi Development Corp. added approximately 22,070 SOL to its treasury, bringing total holdings to about 2.59 million tokens. Its CHAD preferred shares reached record highs near $10 even as SOL prices declined and the company’s weekly purchases slowed.
Solana Monthly Active Users Reach a One-Year High of 51.7 Million
Solana’s monthly active users have reached 51.7 million, marking a new one-year high. The milestone highlights growing user activity across the blockchain ecosystem, although the metric’s methodology was not specified in the available announcement.
SkyAI Moves $51M in Solana to Coinbase as Treasury Transfers Reach $114.87M
SkyAI reportedly transferred $51 million worth of SOL to Coinbase, bringing its total transfers to exchanges to $114.87 million over three days. The movements have raised questions about potential selling, but transfers alone do not confirm that the company has sold its holdings.
Solana Rejects Crypto “Bunker Mode” as AI Security Debate Intensifies
Solana developers are challenging the need for an emergency crypto wallet migration after Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warned that AI could accelerate attacks on digital signatures. Researchers remain divided over the threat and how blockchains should prepare.
Solana Targets 200ms Block Times in Final Network Upgrade
Solana is preparing to reduce its target block time to 200 milliseconds, completing a series of upgrades that began in August. The change aims to deliver more frequent block production while introducing new demands for validators, wallets and applications.
Solana Microscope Debuts with Grafana and Slack Alerts
Solana Microscope launched as an open-source, self-hosted monitoring and alerting tool for Solana programs, decoding instructions and events via IDL and piping activity into Grafana dashboards. It delivers alerts to Slack, Telegram, and PagerDuty, and can watch a Squads multisig—offering builders operational visibility beyond raw logs.
Meteora DLMM Pro Adds Dynamic Fees and NFT-Based LP Positions
Meteora is preparing to launch DLMM Pro, a new AMM combining features from DLMM, DAMM V2, and DBC. The platform will introduce customizable liquidity curves, dynamic fees, NFT-based LP positions, and 10x lower setup costs.
Solana Tokenization Accelerates With Stocks, RWAs and 1M Holders
Solana’s tokenization ecosystem reached new milestones in September, with tokenized equities hitting record supply, more than 1 million holders and billions of dollars in trading volume.
