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Solana15 Oct, 2026

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

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Solana10 Oct, 2026

SkyAI Moves $51M in Solana to Coinbase as Treasury Transfers Reach $114.87M

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Solana9 Oct, 2026

Securitize Launches Tokenized Stocks on Solana With Shareholder Rights

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Solana9 Oct, 2026

Solana Rejects Crypto “Bunker Mode” as AI Security Debate Intensifies

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Solana9 Oct, 2026

Solana Targets 200ms Block Times in Final Network Upgrade

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DeFi8 Oct, 2026

ORCA Surges 84% as Orca DAO Weighs Solana DeFi Acquisition

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DeFi8 Oct, 2026

Solana to power Samsung Wallet stablecoins for 82M U.S. devices

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Dev7 Oct, 2026

Solana Microscope Debuts with Grafana and Slack Alerts

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DeFi7 Oct, 2026

Meteora DLMM Pro Adds Dynamic Fees and NFT-Based LP Positions

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Dev7 Oct, 2026

Solana Changelog Proposes ABI v1 r3–r5 Shift, CPI Revamp

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Solana6 Oct, 2026

Solana Q3 DeFi Rebounds as Tokenization and Activity Surge

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Solana6 Oct, 2026

Solana Tokenization Accelerates With Stocks, RWAs and 1M Holders

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Solana6 Oct, 2026

Solana Foundation Launches DvP Program for Faster Institutional Settlement

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Solana5 Oct, 2026

Stonk Launches Community Coins With 33% of Meme Rewards

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Solana5 Oct, 2026

Solana Surpasses Ethereum, L2s and Hyperliquid in Spot DEX Volume

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Solana3 Oct, 2026

Solana Records 14.2B Non-Vote Transactions in Q3 2026

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DeFi2 Oct, 2026

Drift Opens DFX Recovery Claims for $290M Exploit Losses

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Solana2 Oct, 2026

Judge Dismisses $LIBRA and $M3M3 Lawsuit With Prejudice

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Tokens1 Oct, 2026

Solana Token Unlocks: $2Z, $TRUMP and $PUMP Lead October Schedule

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DeFi1 Oct, 2026

Open USD OUSD Stablecoin Launches Natively on Solana

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Meme Coins30 Sept, 2026

Solana Memecoin Super Inu Hits $60.9M After Trump’s AI Rename

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DeFi30 Sept, 2026

MPL-3643 Brings Permissioned Securities to Solana

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DeFi30 Sept, 2026

Solana DeFi TVL Reaches Highest Level Since Drift Hack

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SolanaEmma Collins · 15 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Squads Tests Falcon-512 Post-Quantum Signing on Solana Mainnet

Squads has tested Falcon-512 post-quantum signatures for multisig voting members on Solana mainnet. The team plans to add support in an upcoming SquadsX release, while Solana’s transaction fee-payer requirements remain a separate security consideration.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 14 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Solana Regains Lead in Weekly Tokenized Equity Trading

Solana has reclaimed the top position in weekly tokenized-equity trading volume, capturing 31% of activity across tracked chains. Meanwhile, Backpack and xStocks are competing for market share, as Solana's weekly commodity trading volume falls 72% from its peak.

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SolanaJames Walker · 14 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

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.

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SolanaJames Walker · 13 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

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.

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SolanaEmma Collins · 13 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

SkyAI Plans $201M Buyback After Selling 1 Million SOL

SkyAI plans to offer $3 per share in a cash tender offer covering up to 95% of its outstanding stock and eligible warrants, with a maximum cost of approximately $201 million. The company expects to fund the offer partly through Solana sales after selling about 1 million SOL and has rejected Forward Industries’ latest acquisition proposal.

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SolanaJames Walker · 12 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

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 Oct, 2026 · 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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DeFiEmma Collins · 8 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

ORCA Surges 84% as Orca DAO Weighs Solana DeFi Acquisition

ORCA has surged 84% in seven days as Orca DAO considers a proposal to redirect treasury resources toward growth and a potential acquisition of a Solana DeFi protocol focused on credit and yield products.

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DeFiEmma Collins · 8 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Solana to power Samsung Wallet stablecoins for 82M U.S. devices

Solana will natively power stablecoin transfers in Samsung Wallet, enabling U.S. Galaxy users to send USDC across borders starting the last week of October 2026. The integration reaches 82 million devices and embeds fiat on- and off-ramps inside the same Samsung Wallet interface used for cards, boarding passes and IDs.

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DevJames Walker · 7 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

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.

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DeFiJames Walker · 7 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

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.

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DevEmma Collins · 7 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Solana Changelog Proposes ABI v1 r3–r5 Shift, CPI Revamp

Solana Changelog outlines ABI v1 register changes and runtime CPI improvements on October 1, 2026, alongside Vote Account updates on commission history and geography-aware leader scheduling. The moves target performance and validator fairness, with developers also flagging state account upgrade pitfalls.

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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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DeFiEmma Collins · 2 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Drift Opens DFX Recovery Claims for $290M Exploit Losses

Drift has opened claims and redemptions for DFX, a recovery token issued to users affected by its April 1 exploit. Each verified USDT lost receives one DFX, with the recovery pool funded by exchange revenue, partner commitments and recovered funds.

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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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TokensEmma Collins · 1 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Token Unlocks: $2Z, $TRUMP and $PUMP Lead October Schedule

October brings several major token unlocks across the Solana ecosystem, led by $2Z, $TRUMP, $PUMP and $DBR. Sanctum is also preparing a major $SANC supply reduction through a planned token burn.

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DeFiJames Walker · 1 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Open USD OUSD Stablecoin Launches Natively on Solana

Open Standard’s Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is now live on Solana, offering businesses 1:1 dollar minting and redemption. The stablecoin is designed for payments, settlement and treasury operations.

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Meme CoinsEmma Collins · 30 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Solana Memecoin Super Inu Hits $60.9M After Trump’s AI Rename

Solana memecoin Super Inu ($SI) surged nearly 130% after President Donald Trump promoted “Super Intelligence” as the new terminology for AI. The token briefly reached a $60.9 million market cap as the new narrative spread across the crypto market.

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DeFiEmma Collins · 30 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

MPL-3643 Brings Permissioned Securities to Solana

Metaplex has introduced MPL-3643, a tokenization standard designed to bring permissioned real-world assets and tokenized securities to Solana with onchain eligibility and transfer controls.

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DeFiJames Walker · 30 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Solana DeFi TVL Reaches Highest Level Since Drift Hack

Solana DeFi TVL has climbed more than 38% in two months to about $6.5 billion, returning to its highest level since the $285 million Drift Protocol hack.