BREAKING: Mastercard is introducing always-on stablecoin settlement on Solana.
3.7 billion cards. 210+ countries. One of the largest payment networks on earth, now settling onchain.
A bank your parents have heard of. A payments app your roommate uses. A checkout that takes stablecoins. All shipped on Solana this week.
Here's everything that happened:
📰 Headline News
- Solana captured 97% of cumulative tokenized equities spot trading volume
- @AnodosFinance announced its expansion to Solana to launch its flagship superapp
- @CashApp rolled out stablecoin support, including USDC on Solana
📰 Launches
- @SoFi launched SoFiUSD (SoFiD) on Solana, the first stablecoin from a U.S. nationally chartered bank
- @tokens opened public access to the Assets API
- @streamex and @orca_so launched 24/7 onchain secondary liquidity for regulated tokenized securities
- @WalletConnect added Solana compatibility to WalletConnect Pay for merchant stablecoin and token spending
- @shefiorg partnered with Solana to launch its largest educational cohort to date
- @ExponentFinance activated Exponent v2, introducing strategy vaults and risk-tranching swaps
- @refihub scheduled ReFi Hub’s launch on Crafts to establish global energy infrastructure as tokenized Solana RWA
- @onrefinance expanded ONyc liquidity and fixed-rate infrastructure via integrations with @ExponentFinance and @Loopscale
- @JupiterExchange initiated the Public Beta of its Offerbook, a fixed-rate credit platform enabling borrowing against any token, NFT, or trading card
- @OREsupply advanced its progressive freeze strategy
- @Dominion_Market launched 1:1 asset-backed physical silver tokenization natively on Solana
- @totalistrading activated cross-market parlays on Solana, allowing unified trades across macroeconomics, sports, and politics
- @tradeonhunch released an advanced trading terminal and prediction market aggregator
- @UmbraPrivacy teamed with @streamflow_fi to implement private token vesting infrastructure
- @zinc_cash shipped a private proof-of-work mining protocol on Solana powered by @Arcium
- Solana launched its official TikTok account
- @bonk_inu opened waitlist access to BONKUJI, its dedicated trading cards platform
- @Beezie brought its collectibles platform and the Claw IRL to collectors at its Card Show in Seoul
- @heydotlol rolled out Communities v2, delivering upgraded token-gating and anti-spam verification tools for ecosystem projects
- @termina_tech introduced a historical mainnet simulation environment for developers to backtest DeFi logic
- @blueshift released Web3.js 3.0, rebuilding solana/web3.js on Kit
- @sunrisedefi brought DEUS from @xmaquina natively to Solana
- @packetchat deployed Packet MCP to equip autonomous AI agents with wallet-native inboxes and sovereign payment rails
- @codecopenflow launched SimArena, a browser-based robotics simulator that generates training data directly from URL
- @wingbits introduced an AI platform enabling natural language tracking and autonomous agent alerts for real-time aviation data
- @SolanaInstitute announced the Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street event in Chicago for June 16
- @SolanaFndn joined the Open Transaction Layer as a founding partner to develop cross-chain standards
- @UmbraPrivacy wallet app launched on the iOS app store
- AlmaU signed an MOU to integrate Solana blockchain development into its academic curriculum
📰 Milestones
- @solsticefi surpassed $500M in TVL
- @mayan crossed 1M external wallets bridged to Solana, with $2.5B+ in stablecoins moved across 600K+ transactions
- Solana hit a new record high of over 200K onchain tokenized stock holders
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🔴Now live: users can receive $USDC in Decaf from @CashApp via @Solana.
Cash App → Decaf → global utility.
Cash out, spend with card, send to bank, or use local rails around the world.
This is what stablecoins were built for.
.@Perps 🤝 Solana.
Europe's largest asset manager picks Solana, $1B in Spot ETFs, record-breaking collectibles.
Here’s everything else that happened over the week:
📰 Headline News
- @Amundi_ENG, Europe's largest asset manager (€2.4T AUM) and @Spiko_finance ($1.7B AUM) announced their UCITS fund on Solana
- @anza_xyz shipped P-Token to mainnet and Alpenglow on the community test cluster
- @kamino Ethena market crossed $400M in 24h, its fastest market expansion
📰 Launches
- @KrwqCash’s Korean won-pegged stablecoin, KRWQ, expanded to Solana
- @KrakenInsto rolled out regulated SPL custody, starting with 18 tokens
- @JupiterExchange partnered with @Bitwise to curate an institutional-grade Ethena lending market
- @reflectmoney integrated @BlockworksAdv for institutional risk analysis and capital allocation
- @crymbotech integrated with Solana to bring identity-verified execution to institutional and RWA platforms
- @ethena’s ENA went live natively on Solana via @sunrisedefi
- @jito_sol introduced FireBAM, a Frankendancer-compatible client pairing Firedancer's performance with BAM’s privacy and deterministic execution
- @jup_mobile rolled out a new redesigned app
- @PhoenixTrade activated 24/7 onchain crude oil and gold perps trading
- @ProofMarkets debuted "consequence markets," a new derivative category for pricing the impact of probable events
- @Collector_Crypt teamed with @ComicBook to launch a collectibles Gacha machine for 40M users
- @Beezie expanded its tokenized collectibles platform to Solana
- @cesto_co launched 3 new baskets, including a product built on @DDDTracker data
- @kem_app introduced a USDT-native bank built on Solana
- @zerion shipped a CLI giving agents a full trading and data stack
- @FlashTrade activated MCP for prompt-to-transaction execution
- @Dune launched Solana MCP support for querying Solana activity
- @glider__ introduced the Solana Ecosystem Portfolio for auto-rebalancing across major assets
- @ScorelyGG debuted Scorely Monitor, an x402-powered terminal for real-time sports betting
- @MiloOnChains rolled out v2 of its trading agent platform for autonomous strategies
- @TryNoahAI launched Noah 3.0 with a more efficient AI engine
- @MeteoraAG launched DLMM Quote Token Fees
- @craftsdev debuted Solana’s first sealed-bid auction for demand-based price discovery
- @askthehive_ai went live its non-custodial stablecoin yield aggregator on Solana
- @agentscoretrust facilitated the first autonomous AI agent wine purchase from @martinestateai with verified age-gating
- @GetRektApp launched Rekt, a perps + prediction markets app
- @DartExchange opened early access for low-slippage swaps
- @StarchildOnX integrated Solana Skills into its marketplace, enabling AI agents to build applications autonomously
- Breakpoint 2026 Early Bird tickets are on sale through May 31
- @incubator's Cohort 4 Demo Day lands in NYC on May 20
- @MonkeFoundry opened applications for cohort 2
📰 Milestones
- US Solana Spot ETFs crossed $1B AUM
- @bitget's preOPAI launch sale on IPO Prime closed with $119M committed across 5K+ participants
- @onrefinance’s ONyc surpassed $100M market cap
- @RockawayX’s USDC RWA vault on Kamino hit $40M in total supply
- @streamflow_fi celebrated five years as a core provider of Solana token vesting and payment infrastructure
- @phygitals hit a new ATH of $250M total platform volume
- @solflare Private Send crossed $10M+ in volume
- @AviciMoney crossed $20M in card spends
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BREAKING: @WesternUnion's @USDPT_ is live on Solana.
A federally regulated digital dollar, issued by @Anchorage Digital, integrated directly into Western Union's infrastructure across 200+ countries.
Borderless money is here.