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Kamino has launched a Solana-based commodity trade financing vault targeting 7–8% APY and a $25 million initial deposit cap, extending the network’s real-world asset credit infrastructure into a $4.2 trillion market.

Jupiter says off-hours trading is driving rapid growth in tokenized equities on Solana, with holders nearing 760,000 and collateral use in DeFi reaching $53 million.

Backpack generated $1.06 billion in July tokenized-equities volume, overtaking xStocksFi just one month after launching its securities offering, according to Crypto Briefing.

Solana's decentralized exchanges set a record in derivatives activity while spot volume declines.

The dominant Solana DEX aggregator rolls out a rebuilt platform with Ultra Mode, smart orders, and token scoring.

The stablecoin issuer continues shifting supply toward Solana with its second half-billion dollar mint in two months, boosting DeFi liquidity.

The tokenized-equity market has grown more than fivefold in a year, with Solana processing over $10 billion in cumulative trading volume by June 2026.

Bank-affiliated asset manager launches the cheapest staked ETH and SOL ETFs at 0.14% expense ratio.

Seoul-based VASP partners with Solana's largest liquid staking protocol to develop compliant institutional products for the Korean market.

KSNeT, which processes over $4B a month across 330,000+ merchants, is piloting a won-denominated Solana Pay rollout alongside x402-based AI micropayments — the latest in a string of Solana tie-ups with Korean financial institutions.

Prediction markets now put crypto's flagship market-structure bill at its lowest-ever odds after Senate Majority Leader John Thune deprioritized it behind Russia sanctions and nominee votes — though a revised draft is still quietly gaining Democratic support.

MSSE and MSOL begin trading on NYSE Arca, passing staking rewards straight through to investors — the first spot ETH/SOL products from a major bank-affiliated asset manager to include staking at launch.

Solana proposals targeting inflation and transaction fees have advanced with support from validators representing 15% of network stake, but concerns over profitability, fees and governance remain unresolved.

SIMD-0550 and SIMD-0553 would shorten Solana’s path to its terminal inflation rate and potentially increase daily SOL burns nearly 14-fold during periods of high network activity.

A surprise USDC giveaway turned MoonPay's new AI-driven wallet into one of crypto's most viral marketing moments in recent memory, pulling in roughly 35,000 new X followers in a single day.

Morgan Stanley Files Final Paperwork for Solana and Ethereum Staking ETFs

Despite a 74% drawdown from its all-time high and nine consecutive red months, Solana ETF inflows suggest institutional interest may be decoupling from price action.

Solana has released its latest changelog, detailing critical infrastructure upgrades and new tooling across the ecosystem to bolster stability, security, and performance. These updates are crucial for the network's high-throughput demands and growing decentralized applications.