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Solana processed over 14 billion transactions in a record Q3, while Alpenglow hit 54ms median finalization on testnet. DeFi TVL has recovered above $6.5B after the Drift hack, and spot ETFs for SOL, BTC, ETH, and XRP pulled in $65M combined.
Solana processed approximately 14.2 billion transactions in the third quarter of 2026 as network upgrades, stablecoin adoption and on-chain payments drove record activity.
Solana’s Alpenglow consensus overhaul has reached a 54-millisecond median finalization time on public testnet, beating its design target and setting the stage for a potential mainnet deployment.
A wallet-native retention SDK that helps Solana game studios measure player cohorts, trigger personalized quests, and win back inactive players without building their own analytics and reward infrastructure.
Five stories, every Friday. The ones that actually mattered — with on-chain receipts.
Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has recovered to $6.5 billion in total value locked six months after the Drift exploit, aided by a SOL rally, a Tether-backed recovery pool, and the protocol’s relaunch as Velocity DEX.
