The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases. For Ethereum, that meant a surge in institutional adoption and steady progress on scaling, while builders increasingly […]
State Street and Galaxy Asset Management plan to launch a tokenized liquidity fund in early 2026 that uses stablecoins for around-the-clock investor flows, expanding the use of public blockchains in institutional cash management, the companies announced Wednesday. The State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund, or SWEEP, will accept subscriptions and redemptions in PYUSD, a […]
XRP$2.3304 and Solana’s SOL$183.77 stand out as the major cryptocurrencies with a key sentiment gauge showing bullish momentum, while their peers bitcoin BTC$106,931.06, and ether ETH$3,894.35 remain stuck in the gloom. This key sentiment gauge, known as the 25-delta risk reversal, is actually an options strategy involving the simultaneous purchase of a 25-delta call and […]
Solana’s role in the race to capture tokenized markets won new attention this week when Bitwise CIO Matthew Hougan called it “the new Wall Street.” Speaking with Solana Labs’ Akshay Rajan on Oct. 2, Hougan said global financial leaders increasingly recognize the disruptive potential of stablecoins and tokenization. He noted that the heads of the […]
New comments from Solmate’s Marco Santori and two widely followed analysts put the focus on SOL’s $238 pivot and what would confirm higher prices. Marco Santori’s comments In an X thread, Santori, a former Kraken CLO, introduced Solmate, which he described as “brand new Solana infrastructure” for the UAE, adding that he will be CEO. […]
Solana jumped about 5% Monday morning amid rumors that a SOL Staking exchange-trade fund (ETF) by Rex Shares and Osprey Funds could start trading on the market as soon as Wednesday. The token later fell back slightly, now trading up about 2.3% over the past 24 hours at $157 at press time. A spokesperson for […]
Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin , solana and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts. Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital. The contracts offer traders more […]
Solana’s SOL token is trading at $144.04, down 0.62% in the past 24 hours, after briefly climbing as high as $147.73 earlier in the session, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The move came amid a spike in trading volume and fresh commentary from Syncracy Capital Co-Founder Ryan Watkins, who reaffirmed Solana’s long-term importance […]
Solana’s SOL token is trading at $145.47, up 7.63% in the past 24 hours, as traders responded to a breakout surge backed by strong futures activity. The rally gained traction after a sharp bounce from $133.55 to $144.10, supported by above-average trading volumes during the 17:00 and 22:00 hours, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis […]
Global credit rating giant Moody’s Ratings and tokenization startup Alphaledger have completed a test run showing that municipal bond credit ratings can be embedded into blockchain-based securities, the companies told CoinDesk. The trial, conducted on the Solana blockchain, showcases how credit ratings—typically distributed through proprietary data terminals—could be integrated into tokenized assets on public blockchains. […]
If you’ve ever wanted to have your Solana wallet on your wrist while flexing your wealth, Swiss watchmaker Franck Muller is making that a reality. The watch market is stepping into the Web3 ecosystem with a Solana-inspired, limited-edition series of watches that contain an embedded unique QR code to directly link to the user’s Solana […]
Solana developers are planning what could be the blockchain’s most ambitious core upgrade to date — one that replaces its current technology stack with a redesigned consensus protocol built for near-instant finality and responsiveness. The new system, called Alpenglow, was unveiled on Monday by infrastructure firm Anza, a Solana Labs spinout. It proposes replacing Proof […]