Solana Weekly News

Solana just had one of its biggest weeks of the year. Alpenglow, the network's largest-ever consensus upgrade, hit testnet targeting 150ms finality, SOL ripped past $120 to its highest level since January and outran Bitcoin, and another Layer 1 voted to shut down and migrate to Solana. Plus a reawakening NFT market and treasury companies buying even more SOL. Full rundown and links below 👇📌 Solana's Biggest Consensus Upgrade Hits Testnet This Week As Network Targets 150ms Finalityhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-biggest-consensus-upgrade-hits-testnet-this-week📌 Solana Hits $119 as Bitcoin Reclaims $86K: Is Crypto Winter Finally Over?https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-hits-119-as-bitcoin-reclaims-86-k📌 $ZETA Surges 58% After Proposal to Migrate AI Stack to Solana Approvedhttps://solanafloor.com/news/zeta-surges-over-58-after-proposal-migrate-ai-stack-solana-approved📌 Cryptopunks, Boogles, and zkSnarks Record Millions in Trading Volume as NFT Markets Reawakenhttps://solanafloor.com/news/cryptopunks-boogles-and-zk-snarks-record-millions-trading-volume-nft-markets-reawaken📌 Forward Industries Eyes More $SOL With $25M Raise After Amassing 1.39% of Solana's Supplyhttps://solanafloor.com/news/forward-industries-eyes-more-sol-with-25-m-raise📌 Solana Launches $1M Frontier Traders Competitionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-launches-1-m-frontier-traders-competition📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloorSolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

VIDA Global CEO Lyle Pratt joins to unpack the community takeover (CTO) of his company's onchain equity, the "board seat" meme, and the exploding world of meme/stocks on Solana.

Then the six stories that mattered this week: the Senate killing CLARITY, the SEC's surprise 5-year exemption for tokenized stocks, and Solana rallying back above $110 through all of it. Full rundown and links below 👇

📌 Guest:

Lyle Pratt, CEO of VIDA Global

📌 Senate Rejects CLARITY - But Does it Even Matter?

https://solanafloor.com/news/senate-rejects-clarity-but-does-it-even-matter

📌 SEC Opens the Door to Tokenized Stocks With a 5-Year "Innovation Exemption"

https://solanafloor.com/news/sec-opens-the-door-to-tokenized-stocks-with-a-5-year-innovation-exemption

📌 Solana Leads All Chains in $ZEC Trading Volume as Onchain Supply Hits All-Time High

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-leads-all-chains-zec-trading-volume-onchain-supply-hits-all-time-high

📌 U.S. Bank Column Makes Solana the Default Network for Stablecoin Banking

https://solanafloor.com/news/column-makes-solana-the-default-network-for-stablecoin-banking

📌 Solana Transaction v1 Goes Live, Boosting Capacity by 232%

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-transaction-v1-goes-live-boosting-capacity-by-232

📌 "Nuke Them From Orbit": Yakovenko Condemns Solana Slot Laggers

https://solanafloor.com/news/nuke-them-from-orbit-yakovenko-condemns-solana-slot-laggers

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Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

ORE is Solana's fair-launch, proof-of-work store of value: mining generates protocol revenue that funds buybacks. With V4 now live, founder Hardhat Chad joins to explain what it means to build a "future-proof monetary reserve."

GUEST:

📍 Hardhat Chad on ORE (Future-Proof Monetary Reserve)

https://ore.com

Stories

📍 Stonk Flips Pump in Launchpad Revenue, Sets Next Target at Robinhood's Pons

https://solanafloor.com/news/stonk-flips-pump-in-launchpad-revenue-sets-next-target-at-robinhood-s-pons

📍 World.xyz Goes Offline Due to Unprecedented Traffic Hours After Launch

https://solanafloor.com/news/world-xyz-goes-offline

📍 Bulk Trade Outpaces Hyperliquid, Lighter in First Day Volume as Mainnet Beta Goes Live

https://solanafloor.com/news/bulk-trade-outpaces-hyperliquid-lighter-in-first-day-volume-as-mainnet-beta-goes-live

📍 Here's Everything You Need to Know About the Upcoming $319M $SOL "Airdrop"

https://solanafloor.com/news/here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-upcoming-319-m-sol-airdrop

📍 $135,000 in Prizes: Solana Mobile's CLOCK IN Hackathon Targets the Next Wave of Seeker Apps

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-mobile-s-clock-in-hackathon

📍 Sunrise Brings $PEAQ to Solana as 3.3M Machines Start Bonding Tokens

https://solanafloor.com/news/sunrise-brings-peaq-to-solana-as-3-3-m-machines-start-bonding-tokens-on-new-economic-model

Top Solana Stories Of The Week:Wall Street is FOMOing into Solana ETFs. This week on Solana Weekly News, Jack and Thomas sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart to break down the trend reversal, the record $1.22B in cumulative Solana ETF inflows, the $40T debt milestone, and the White House crypto summit, plus what his new book with Eric Balchunas, "Both Sides of the Coin," is really about.Then we unpack the six biggest stories in Solana this week, from Toly backing the controversial SGP-003 vote as builders push back, to Charles Schwab bringing $SOL to 39 million accounts, to Solflare launching Solana-native perps on Phoenix.📰 STORIES📌 "A No Brainer Yes" - Anatoly Yakovenko Backs Controversial SGP-003 Vote as App Builders Push Backhttps://solanafloor.com/news/no-brainer-yes-anatoly-yakovenko-backs-controversial-sgp003-builders-push-back📌 Solana ETFs Record Biggest Daily Inflows of 2026 as Trading Volume Hits $166M ATHhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-etfs-record-biggest-daily-inflows-of-2026-as-trading-volume-hits-166-m-ath📌 Solflare Launches Perpetual Futures Trading, Powered by Phoenixhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solflare-launches-perpetual-futures-trading-powered-by-phoenix📌 Charles Schwab to Expand Digital Asset Offering, Bringing $SOL to Over 39 Million Active Accountshttps://solanafloor.com/news/charles-schwab-expand-digital-asset-offering-bringing-sol-over-39million-active-accounts📌 Institutional Heavyweights Enter the Token Supercycle: Solana Announces Breakpoint 2026 Speaker Lineuphttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-announces-breakpoint-2026-speaker-lineup📌 Solana Loses Lead in Tokenized Equity Volume Share as Meme/Stock Pairings Explode on Rival Chainshttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-loses-lead-tokenized-equity-volume-share-memestock-pairings-explode-rival-chains

Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

$BTC just delivered a massive God Candle, ripping past $72K and wiping out $2.7B in short liquidations on Wednesday alone as market sentiment surges toward extreme greed. On Solana, epoch 1020 went live to lower slot times to 350ms, while $PUMP, tokenized equity RWAs, and Seeker DeFi products continue to smash all-time highs.

Then we unpack the six biggest stories in Solana this week, from $BTC breaking records to Solana slot time upgrades, SEC Regulation Crypto Assets,$PUMP buybacks returning to profit, Kamino powering Seeker USDC vaults, and tokenized stock market cap hitting $465M.

📰 STORIES

📌 Bitcoin Breaks $72K & Solana Hits $88 as $2.74B Shorts Get Liquidated

https://solanafloor.com/news/bitcoin-breaks-72k-solana-hits-88-as-2-74b-shorts-get-liquidated

📌 Solana Embraces 12.5% Speed Boost with Slot Times Dropping in Next 48 Hours

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-embraces-12-5-speed-boost-with-slot-times-dropping-in-next-48-hours

📌 SEC Unveils ‘Regulation Crypto Assets’ Framework for Crypto Startups to Raise Money

https://solanafloor.com/news/sec-unveils-regulation-crypto-assets-framework-for-crypto-startups-to-raise-money

📌 $PUMP Buyback Position Back in Profit After 9 Months Underwater

https://solanafloor.com/news/pump-buyback-position-back-in-profit-after-9-months-underwater

📌 Put Your Idle Cash to Work in Seeker’s $USDC Earn Vault, Powered by Kamino

https://solanafloor.com/news/put-your-idle-cash-to-work-in-seekers-usdc-earn-vault-powered-by-kamino

📌 Solana’s Tokenized Equity Market Size Hits $465M as Sunrise Brings Healthcare Stocks Onchain

https://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-tokenized-equity-market-size-hits-465m-as-sunrise-brings-healthcare-stocks-onchain

Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

A Solana NFT collection just landed a show on Amazon Prime Video. This week on Solana Weekly News, Jack and Thomas sit down with Andrew Pelekis (CEO, Claynosaurz & HEEBOO) and Nic Cabana (CCO & Co-Founder) to break down how a Solana mint became a global franchise, what HEEBOO is building as a fan-first entertainment launchpad, and how they are rewarding the community that got them here.

Then we unpack the six biggest stories in Solana this week, from the fomo vs pump memecoin war to the SEC pulling its crypto rules meeting, and Forward Industries ($FWDI) resuming its $SOL buying as the DAT race reheats.

📰 STORIES

📌 Solana Memecoin Race Flares as fomo, Pump Compete for Trader Flow

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-memecoin-race-flares-as-fomo-pump-compete-for-trader-flow

📌 Solana ETFs on Track to Record Strongest Weekly Inflows Since May

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-etfs-on-track-to-record-strongest-weekly-inflows-since-may

📌 SEC to Roll Out "Major Initiatives" to Turbocharge Crypto Industry as CLARITY Flounders

https://solanafloor.com/news/sec-roll-major-initiatives-turbocharge-crypto-industry-clarity-flounders

📌 Solana Hit 86% of Its Halt Threshold After a Teraswitch Routing Failure

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-hit-86-of-its-halt-threshold

📌 DoubleZero Embraces Prediction Market Data, Adds Kalshi Orderbooks to Edge Dataset

https://solanafloor.com/news/double-zero-embraces-prediction-market-data-adds-kalshi-orderbooks-to-edge-dataset

📌 Forward Industries Acquires 254K $SOL as Solana DAT Giants Battle for Treasury Dominance

https://solanafloor.com/news/forward-industries-acquires-254-k-sol

Weekly News:

Solana has two improvements coming to the tokenomics of the SOL token. SIMD-0553 was written by Cavey and he and Sabs from Harmonic joined to tell us how this SIMD improves the incentives of the market and how it affects the everyday user.

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Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

We launch the Regulatory Roundup with Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer of Jito, for breakdown of where the CLARITY Act actually stands in its final week before the August recess — the odds, the ethics fight, what happens if it fails, and what it all means for SOL holders, stakers, DEX traders and memecoin farmers.Finn Miller leads for Solana Weekly News: Solana's block capacity jumps 66% with SIMD-0286. Morgan Stanley launches its $MSOL Solana ETF to 16,000 advisors as a fee war erupts. MetaDAO ownership coins roar back. Solana perps hit an all-time high in quarterly volume as Phoenix fronts $420K in rewards. MoonPay's AI wallet PayBox goes viral. And Hastra brings the $1.68T auto credit market onchain with $AUTO. Jack Dunham and Thomas Bahamas host. Disclosure: Rebecca Rettig is CLO of Jito and SolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial or legal advice.STORY LINKS📍 Solana Block Capacity Up 66% Following SIMD-0286 Activationhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-block-capacity-up-66-following-simd-0286-activation📍 Morgan Stanley's $MSOL Debuts With $19M Trading Volumehttps://solanafloor.com/news/morgan-stanleys-msol-debuts-with-19-m-trading-volume📍 MetaDAO Ownership Coins Return to Spotlight Following Strong ICOshttps://solanafloor.com/news/meta-dao-ownership-coins-return-to-spotlight-following-strong-icos📍 Phoenix Fronts $420K in Rewards as Solana Records All-Time High in Quarterly Perps Volumehttps://solanafloor.com/news/phoenix-fronts-420-k-in-rewards-as-solana-records-all-time-high-in-quarterly-perps-volume📍 MoonPay's PayBox Launch Went Viral After Free $USDC Rewardshttps://solanafloor.com/news/moon-pays-pay-box-launch-went-viral📍 Hastra Launches $AUTO, Bringing the $1.68T Auto Credit Market to Solana DeFihttps://solanafloor.com/news/hastra-launches-auto-bringing-1-68-t-auto-credit-market-to-solana-de-fi

Top Stories of the week: Melee launches a new prediction market on Solana, JTX launches, drama with Clarity, and the trenches might just be back with over $2 billion dollars in memecoin volume. About SolanaFloor:SolanaFloor is Solana's #1 news and education source.🔗 Links 🔗 👉 Follow Jack Dunham: https://x.com/_JackDunham👉 Follow Thomas Bahamas: https://x.com/ThomasbahamasSolanaFloor👉 https://solanafloor.com 👉 https://x.com/SolanaFloor 👉 Newsletter: https://solanafloor.substack.comStay ahead of the curve 🚀 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell to stay updated on all things Solana. Visit us at solanafloor.com for more detailed articles and updates.🚀

Top Solana Stories Of The Week:

Certora CEO and founder Mooly Sagiv joins to discuss Autoprover and Formal Verification. We unpack DeFi's brutal security year — the $580K DefiTuna and ~$18M Ostium oracle exploits, the AI-discovered Zcash Orchard bug that sat hidden for four years, and whether formal verification can actually secure the industry.

Then the discuss weekly headlines with SolanaFloor editor Awais. Jito launches JTX Trade and introduces JIP-38, a proposal that would route 100% of the DAO's 80% share of JTX fees into automated $JTO buybacks and burns until Q4 2027.

Solana hits 300k RWA holders and takes the #1 spot with 96% of tokenized-equity volume as DTCC runs live production tokenization trades. SBI Holdings restructures an operating company into SBI Solana Global to build Japan's first onchain financial market.

Claynosaurz lands on Amazon Prime Video, four years after a $1.34M mint during the FTX collapse. Pump.fun absorbs an $121M unlock while Robinhood Chain's NOXA launchpad out-earns it, and Jupiter Gacha with Collector Crypt does $3.3M in 22 hours.

STORY LINKS

📍 Jito Launches JIP-38

https://solanafloor.com/news/jito-launches-jip-38

📍 Solana RWA Holders Hit 300K ATH as Network Takes No. 1 Spot

https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-rwa-holders-hit-300-k-ath-as-network-takes-no-1-spot

📍 SBI and Solana Foundation Team Up to Build Japan's First Onchain Financial Market

https://solanafloor.com/news/sbi-and-solana-foundation-team-up-to-build-japan-s-first-onchain-financial-market

📍 Claynosaurz Lands on Amazon Prime Video

https://solanafloor.com/news/claynosaurz-lands-on-amazon-prime-video

📍 Pump.fun Faces $121M Token Unlock as Robinhood Takes Memecoin Market Share

https://solanafloor.com/news/pump-fun-faces-121-m-token-unlock-as-robinhood-takes-memecoin-market-share

📍 Jupiter Gacha Launch Sparks $3.3M in Pack Openings Within First 22 Hours

https://solanafloor.com/news/jupiter-gacha-launch-sparks-3-3-m-in-pack-openings-within-first-22-hours

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