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Solana Monthly Active Users Reach a One-Year High of 51.7 Million

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Solana12 hours ago

Pando Solana ETF Set to Launch in Hong Kong on October 13

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Solana10 Oct, 2026

Solana News This Week: Samsung USDC Payments, Institutional Settlement and Tokenized Stocks

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Solana10 Oct, 2026

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.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 12 hours ago · 4 min

Pando Solana ETF Set to Launch in Hong Kong on October 13

Pando’s Solana spot ETF is scheduled to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 13, 2026, becoming the city’s second spot ETF tied to SOL. The fund has a 0.6% annual management fee and an estimated recurring expense ratio of 1.6%.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 10 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Solana News This Week: Samsung USDC Payments, Institutional Settlement and Tokenized Stocks

Solana’s ecosystem saw major developments from October 2–8, including Samsung Wallet’s planned USDC transfers, a new institutional settlement initiative, tokenized stock trading and infrastructure upgrades. The week also brought developments in DeFi, cross-chain payments and blockchain adoption by financial institutions.

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SolanaJames Walker · 10 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

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.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 9 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Securitize Launches Tokenized Stocks on Solana With Shareholder Rights

Securitize has launched tokenized U.S. stocks on Solana, giving eligible investors exposure to major companies while preserving the rights and economic benefits of the underlying shares. The assets are also expected to become available on planned 24/7 trading venues, including OKXICE.

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SolanaJames Walker · 9 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

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.

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SolanaJames Walker · 9 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

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.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 6 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Q3 DeFi Rebounds as Tokenization and Activity Surge

Solana’s DeFi activity strengthened in Q3 2026 as tokenized assets, memecoin trading and network upgrades pushed onchain activity to new highs, while open interest in perpetual markets also increased.

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SolanaJames Walker · 6 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

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.

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SolanaJames Walker · 6 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Foundation Launches DvP Program for Faster Institutional Settlement

Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source delivery-versus-payment program designed to let institutions settle trades atomically on-chain within seconds. JPMorgan contributed settlement expertise to the project.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 5 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Stonk Launches Community Coins With 33% of Meme Rewards

Solana launchpad Stonk has introduced Community Coins, allowing eligible holders of selected tokens to receive 33% of holder rewards generated by newly launched memes paired with them.

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SolanaJames Walker · 5 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Solana Surpasses Ethereum, L2s and Hyperliquid in Spot DEX Volume

Solana recorded more spot DEX trading volume than Ethereum mainnet, all Ethereum Layer 2 networks and Hyperliquid combined in the latest daily session.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 3 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Solana Records 14.2B Non-Vote Transactions in Q3 2026

Solana processed a record 14.2 billion non-vote transactions in Q3 2026, marking a 45% increase from Q2 and setting a new quarterly high for network activity.

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SolanaJames Walker · 2 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Judge Dismisses $LIBRA and $M3M3 Lawsuit With Prejudice

A New York federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a class-action lawsuit involving $LIBRA and $M3M3, rejecting the plaintiffs’ amended claims against Kelsier Ventures, Hayden Davis, Meteora and other defendants.

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SolanaJames Walker · 29 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Takes Top Spot in Tokenized Commodities Trading

Solana captured 28% of weekly tokenized commodities spot volume from September 21–27, overtaking Robinhood and recording $91.1 million in trading activity.

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SolanaJames Walker · 29 Sept, 2026 · 6 min

Solana’s 250ms Slots Show Lower Dead Time and Shorter Leader Windows

Solana’s move from 400ms toward shorter slot times is reducing consecutive dead time and the maximum period a single leader controls transaction ordering, while vote latency remains a key consideration.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 28 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Solana ETFs Post Record $188M Weekly Inflows as Bitwise Leads

U.S. spot Solana ETFs attracted a record $188 million in weekly net inflows through Sept. 25, with Bitwise’s BSOL accounting for roughly two-thirds of the total. Friday alone brought in about $87 million as all seven funds recorded inflows.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 28 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Weekly Roundup: Stablecoins, RWAs and Tokenized Stocks Hit New Highs

Solana closed the week with new milestones across stablecoins, real-world assets and tokenized equities, while Alpenglow moved onto Devnet and new payment and DeFi products expanded the ecosystem.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 26 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Alpenglow Reaches Second Public Test Network

Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is now running across its public testing environments, giving developers and infrastructure providers more time to prepare for the proposed shift to roughly 150-millisecond finality.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 24 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Foundation Adds Binance and Polygon Veterans for Tokenized Finance Push

The Solana Foundation has hired former Binance executive Rachel Conlan and Polygon veteran Jamal Raees as it expands its focus on institutional finance, payments and tokenized assets.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 24 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Forward Industries Raises $25M to Buy More SOL After Reaching 1.39% of Supply

Forward Industries plans to raise about $25 million through a registered direct offering and use the net proceeds to acquire additional SOL. The move follows the company’s accumulation of roughly 8.16 million SOL and SOL equivalents.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 24 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

SEC Opens Path for Tokenized Stocks on Public Blockchains

The SEC has granted temporary, conditional relief for certain venues to trade tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned AMM liquidity pools on public blockchains. Solana is already supporting tokenized equities and related onchain markets.

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SolanaJames Walker · 24 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Prepares Alpenglow Upgrade With 150ms Finality

Solana is preparing its Alpenglow consensus upgrade, targeting roughly 150-millisecond finality as the network moves toward replacing TowerBFT with Votor.

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SolanaJames Walker · 23 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Expands Institutional Reach With Tokenized Funds

Project Harmonia will connect Solana with Allfunds’ institutional fund-distribution network, creating a new route for tokenized funds to reach financial institutions.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 22 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Bitwise Solana Staking ETF Hits $1.2B AUM After $60M Inflows

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF reached an all-time high of more than $1.2 billion in assets under management after attracting over $60 million in two days.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 22 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

ZETA Surges 58% as ZetaChain Approves Solana Migration

ZetaChain tokenholders have approved the migration of ZETA to Solana, with the protocol shifting its focus toward Anuma, its private AI application with more than 300,000 users.

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SolanaJames Walker · 22 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

DeFi Development Corp. Adds 101K SOL to Treasury

DeFi Development Corp. added more than 101,000 SOL in one week, pushing its Solana treasury to nearly 2.5 million SOL.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 21 Sept, 2026 · 3 min

Solana Price Breaks $116 as $18M in Shorts Liquidate

Solana’s SOL token climbed above $116, reaching its highest level since January as more than $18 million in short positions were liquidated over 24 hours. The move highlights how leveraged bearish bets can accelerate a crypto rally.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 21 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

ZetaChain Holders Approve L1 Shutdown and ZETA Move to Solana

ZetaChain tokenholders have approved a plan to wind down the project’s Cosmos-based Layer 1 and migrate ZETA to Solana through a 1:1 conversion.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 18 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Cuts Slot Time to 250ms as Capacity Stays Flat

Solana has reduced its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms, making blocks arrive faster while proportionally lowering per-slot work limits. The change improves latency without delivering a 17% increase in raw transaction capacity.