OpenSea announced kicking off the Solana launchpad to allow creators to host a new mint from beginning to end on the NFT marketplace. According to the official blog post, OpenSea will guide creators to navigate all pre-mint activities, and allowlist minting for their community and supporters, in addition to all post-mint and secondary sales. The...Read More
Solana Labs and key players in the Solana ecosystem were hit with a lawsuit on July 1 in California federal court. The class-action lawsuit was filed by Roche Freedman LLP and Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky in the district court for the northern district of California on behalf of plaintiff Mark Young, a resident of the...Read More
Polygon has announced a partnership with Nothing, the creator of Phone (1). The Ethereum scaling protocol’s tech will be integrated into Nothing’s first smartphone. While Polygon won’t be manufacturing its own smartphone, the partnership aims to bring crypto and NFTs to a larger audience by enabling access to Web3 functionality to such users. Polygon-Nothing The...Read More
This week has been rather bullish for most digital assets as the market continues to show splendid recovery after hitting its bottom on June 18th. Bitcoin price is up over 3% today, trading at $21.2k, Ethereum price managed to close in at $1.2k, BNB is up over 12% this week, trading above $240, XRP saw...Read More
Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will transform the user experience on its platforms and will gradually halt the Coinbase Pro service. Separately, the company launched its redesigned Wallet mobile application which makes it easier for users to access and navigate top decentralized apps (dapps) and also enables support for Solana. No More Coinbase Pro The company...Read More
Solend – a DeFi lending protocol built upon the Solana blockchain – attempted to take over a whale account that supposedly could put the protocol in trouble due to its colossal size of collateral at risk of being liquidated. After the crypto community fired at the DAO behind Solend approving such a proposal, the organization...Read More
Leading Solana-based NFT marketplace Magic Eden has becomes a unicorn in less than a year since its launch last September. The latest fundraising round has pushed its valuation to $1.6 billion. The founders vowed to speed up its hiring spree despite the downsizing trend hitting crypto firms amid market slumps. A Multi-Chain Ambition Magic Eden...Read More
As recession fears pushed stock markets and cryptocurrencies to two-year lows last week, things are looking better this Juneteenth, as a federal holiday observes the end of slavery in the United States. Stock markets are closed today, which provides an extra day for cryptocurrencies to show bullish momentum and regain some of their prices. However,...Read More
The world’s leading provider of news, broadcasts, and videos – Bloomberg Media Distribution – expanded its coverage of cryptocurrency data on the Bloomberg Terminal. The company will track the performance and latest updates of the top 50 digital assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Solana (SOL), and more. From 10 to 50...Read More
Crypto network fees and revenue are good indicators of the state of markets. In bull markets, demand is high, and fees and revenue increase, however, the opposite occurs when the bears have control of things. Around half a year into the current bear market cycle, many crypto network revenues have fallen lower than the asset...Read More
Chainlink – a blockchain oracle platform – recently announced that its price feed technology has been launched on the Solana network. This information will help Solana defi developers use live price information for various financial services. The oracle platform has announced that seven price feeds will be made available for Solana developers. These include BTC/USD,...Read More
The Solana network is once again experiencing technical difficulties, causing the blockchain to halt block production and transaction processing. After multiple hours, the team has identified the problem and is coordinating a network restart among validators. According to the Solana blockchain explorer Solana Beach, a transaction has not been processed on Solana for 6 hours...Read More
With the recent cryptocurrency market crash, where the price of most major coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, and Solana has been down between 12-18% in the past week, is this the ultimate buying opportunity for those brave enough to buy the dip? Let’s look at why the price is crashing and whether this could...Read More
One of the popular Solana wallets, Phantom, announced the official launch of its app on Android. The latest development follows the previous launch of its iOS mobile app earlier in 2022. In a tweet thread on Monday (April 18, 2022), Phantom revealed that users can now download its mobile app from the Google play store....Read More
Binance said that it was aware of the current issues regarding withdrawals on the Solana network and has halted withdrawals for the time being. The platform revealed that it was working with the project team to resolve the issues. No other details have been divulged at the time of writing. Binance tweeted, “SOL withdrawals may...Read More
PayMaya – one of the leading digital financial services platforms in the Philippines – rolled out a cryptocurrency feature on its app, allowing customers to deal with bitcoin and altcoins. The initiative aims to educate locals about the merits of the asset class and grant them access to it. PayMaya Enters the World of Crypto...Read More
WisdomTree, a New York-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor and asset management firm, announced this week the launch of three new crypto ETPs. They will track the performance of Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Polkadot (DOT). WisdomTree Launches New Crypto ETPs According to the official announcement, the new ETPs dubbed WisdomTree Solana (SOLW), WisdomTree Cardano (ADAW),...Read More
The leading digital marketplace for non-fungible tokens – OpenSea – announced it will start listing NFTs minted on the Solana blockchain. The development will see the light of day in April. OpenSea disclosed the news in a recent post on Twitter. The video, dubbed “The best-kept secret in web3,” shows enthusiastic users who believe Solana’s...Read More
The anonymous hacker behind the theft of over $50 million from the Solana-based stablecoin protocol Cashio has set some conditions for returning the stolen funds to affected users. The Cashio hacker has set forth conditions for returning funds stolen from the decentralized platform. Data from Etherscan shows someone in control of the wallet linked to...Read More
About $50 million has been robbed from a Solana-native stablecoin protocol using a ‘fake account’ exploit. This apparently allowed the hacker to mint an unlimited amount of CASH, which the team behind the stablecoin has confessed to. As explained by samczun of Paradigm on Twitter, CashioApp requires users to deposit collateral in order to mint...Read More
Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Sequoia is betting big on the leading Solana NFT marketplace – Market Eden. OpenSea happens to be the leader in the NFT space, however, its dominance appears to be dwindling. There are now newer platforms backed by some of the biggest investors that may have been contributing to this trend....Read More
The first-ever memecoin Dogecoin and Solana joined the list of cryptocurrencies that people can donate to the Ukrainian government. Until now, the nation received contributions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Polkadot (DOT), and Tether (USDT). Mykhailo Fedorov – Vice PM and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine – revealed that people could now support the...Read More
The multi-day music and arts festival held in California – Coachella – partnered with the crypto exchange FTX to introduce non-fungible token (NFT) collections to fans. The digital collectibles are built on the Solana network. NFTs for The Music Fans The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the...Read More
Wormhole Bridge is back up with developers claiming that all funds are restored following the $320 million hack. Wormhole, a cross-chain bridge from Solana to other networks, suffered a major breach on Wednesday. Hackers managed to take control of 120,000 wrapped Ether worth $320 million. The breach impacted all users that held Ethereum tokens (wETH)...Read More
A Solana bridge called Wormhole has been exploited for as much as $320 million according to reports emerging on Feb. 3. The team posted a notice that the bridge had been hacked losing 120,000 wrapped ETH valued at around $320 million at the time. It added that ETH will be added to ensure the wrapped...Read More
On Feb. 1, Solana Labs announced the launch of Solana Pay in a joint collaboration Circle, Checkout.com, Citcon, Phantom, FTX, and Slope. The announcement stated that the premise behind the new service is that the actual payment and its underlying technology “goes from being a necessary service utility to true peer-to-peer communication channel between the...Read More
Solana ecosystem wallet, Phantom, has recently raised $109 million in a Series B funding round led by the crypto venture capital firm, Paradigm. Phantom Hits $1.2 Billion Valuation With the latest cash injection, Phantom has now attained the status of a crypto unicorn firm, as the funding brings its market value to $1.2 billion. In...Read More
Despite the multiple outages that the Solana network suffered in recent months, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) believes the high-performance blockchain is still better than other networks in the industry. The latest Solana network outage happened on Friday and lasted for more than 48 hours, causing DeFi users who borrowed funds from lending platforms to...Read More
While the crypto market was bleeding heavily on Friday, Solana experienced another network hiccup that caused panic among traders and DeFi users across the crypto community. 48-hour Solana Network Outage The Solana network has suffered multiple issues within the last few months, and this current incident is the second in January. But unlike other occasions, the...Read More
Alkesh Shah – analyst at Bank of America – predicted Solana could continue to steal some of Ethereum’s market share as it’s easy to use and has significantly lower transaction fees. The strategist further asserted that Solana could become “the Visa” of the cryptocurrency industry. High Hopes for Solana Solana has been one of the...Read More
