From ecosystem startups earning recognition beyond the Solana community to major integrations expanding access to Solana-powered financial services, the Nigerian Solana Ecosystem continued to demonstrate both growing adoption and increasing maturity last week.
Here is a breakdown of the major updates you missed last week:
📰 Headline News
– @solana spotlighted @paj_cash, bringing global attention to one of the ecosystem's fastest-growing payment products.
– Two SuperteamNG members, @Chinaecherem, founder of @Nectar_finance and @timmyisagod, founder of @evolutionapp_, were selected for the Hashed Vibe Haus Nairobi residency backed by @tether, @Tether_Africa and @HashedEM.
– @superteam spotlighted @paj_cash in its weekly Member Wins spotlight.
– @__adewale announced that @usexara_ai has crossed ₦250,000,000 in crypto funding within a few weeks largely thanks to the efforts of SuperteamNG.
– @lagunacarta, the Ecosystem Marketing Lead at @SolanaFndn, spotlighted @Nectar_finance, further highlighting the product’s growing recognition across the ecosystem.
– @startupIn60 spotlighted @evolutionapp_, showcasing its journey from a simple money-moving service to a platform that has processed over ₦10 billion for African freelancers, remote workers, and content creators.
– @technextdotng spotlighted the growth of the Solana ecosystem in Nigeria, highlighting the ecosystem-building efforts led by @Harri_obi and the SuperteamNG team over the past three years.
📰 Launches & Ecosystem
– $USDT and $USDC are now live on Solana via @roqqupay, giving users access to faster stablecoin withdrawals with zero gas fees for a limited time. They also announced that their new RWA product will settle on Solana.
– We launched a new Product Spotlight series dedicated to showcasing leading products being built on Solana by African founders. The first episode featured @evolutionapp_.
– Solana is now supported on @roamapp, a Peter Thiel backed startup, allowing users to receive USDT, USDC, and PYUSD with automatic 1:1 USD settlement.
– @SolnexBot partnered with @fossapay to power Solnex payouts, strengthening payment infrastructure available to users across the ecosystem.
– We hosted an X Space with @roqqupay exploring its recent Solana integration and the opportunities it unlocks for users.
📰 Community & Milestones
– We hosted the Solana Builders' Tour in Anambra, bringing together builders, founders, and community members to explore opportunities across the ecosystem.
– The first stop of the @rust_undead Developers Campus Tour wrapped successfully at the University of Calabar.
– We featured @dev_tochukwu, the founder of @paj_cash on last week’s episode of Founder Stories.
– @kryptdou_ hosted a Creators Corner AMA session with @CHIEFIKENGA, founder of @Clapmihq.
– SuperteamNG members secured top placements at the Jupiter Frontier Sidetrack Hackathon hosted by @JupDevRel. @winsznx finished 3rd, @web3_theo placed 4th, and @dukedotsol secured 5th place.
What did we miss, and what are you shipping this week
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Marketing teams used to compete with creativity.
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The AI content war has officially started.
Day 88 of posting @republicfdn
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SEASON 1 — WEEK 11 IS ANOTHER REMINDER THAT @DecibelTrade ISN’T SLOWING DOWN
The ecosystem keeps expanding, trader act inivity keeps increasing, and the latest AMPs numbers reflect that growth clearly.
556,228 total AMPs distributed
4,321 unique wallets earning AMPs
22,825 AMPs earned through referrals
What stands out most isn’t just the numbers, it’s the consistency.
More traders are becoming active.
More wallets are participating.
More users are finding ways to maximize rewards through trading and referrals.
And while many are still watching from the sidelines, active traders are already stacking AMPs aggressively and positioning themselves early.
Reminder: boosted AMPs are currently available across all commodities.
That means trading oil, silver, and gold now comes with even stronger earning opportunities for users looking to accumulate faster.
This is where consistency starts to separate people.
Small weekly activity compounds.
Referrals compound.
Volume compounds.
The users who stay active during this phase are usually the ones who benefit the most later.
If you’ve been looking for the right moment to get more involved, this is a good time to lock in, stay active, and keep building.
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There are artists who chase relevance, and there are artists who spend years building a private language until the world finally learns how to hear it.
𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮𝗻 [@DKashtalyan] belongs to the latter tradition.
His career does not unfold like a sudden breakthrough but like sediment slowly gathering under pressure - layer after layer of symbols, obsessions, textures, and silence accumulating into something unmistakably his own.
To speak of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 [@thebeaksart], therefore, is not merely to discuss an NFT collection launching in 2026.
It is to enter the latest chamber of a universe that began forming more than twenty years earlier on the concrete walls of post-Soviet Minsk.
The blockchain is simply the newest surface upon which that universe has learned to breathe.
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One of the biggest issues with prediction markets is verifiable, unfiltered truth.
In the internet age, fake news spreads fast and real events are often manipulated.
Despite huge volume flowing into these markets, there’s still no real yield system for users.
Money flows in and out with no structure.
That’s the problem @pots_market and @pots_money aim to solve.
You can stake $IBS tokens and earn up to 1,376.86% APY.
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When I got onboarded into the crypto space, the usual quote and slogan then was “crypto is freedom” but now is crypto really freedom, ask yourself?
Of a truth, crypto wallets were supposed to give us freedom.
But Instead, they gave most people anxiety. Somewhere along the line, freedom started feeling like pressure.
Seed phrases.
Wrong addresses.
Failed transactions.
Gas confusion.
One mistake and your money is gone forever.
This is the problem @blok_cap is trying to solve with its Smart Wallet Architecture.
Imagine introducing your friend to crypto today.
Before they even buy their first token, they’re told:
• “Write down these 12 words”
• “Never lose them”
• “Never share them”
• “If you lose them, it’s over”
That’s not mainstream-ready finance.
Traditional finance evolved because systems became easier to use.
Crypto can’t onboard billions of people with 2016-level wallet UX.
@blok_cap understands this.
Their Smart Wallet Architecture is built around one idea:
Make crypto feel simple without sacrificing ownership.
Most wallets today are called EOAs (Externally Owned Accounts).
Sounds technical, but here’s what matters:
They depend entirely on ONE private key.
Lose it?
You lose access forever.
That’s the biggest weakness in crypto UX today.
Smart wallets change that.
Instead of acting like a fragile lock with one key…
They behave more like programmable accounts.
Meaning:
Your wallet can actually have logic, rules, and protections built into it.
That changes everything.
Think about this:
What if your wallet could:
• Recover access securely (Social recovery) ✅
• Approve transactions smarter (Programmable spending rules) ✅
• Reduce signing confusion ✅
• Improve security automatically (Smarter transaction security) ✅
• Work without complex gas management (Gasless transactions)✅
That’s where account abstraction enters the picture.
BLOK Capital’s architecture leverages ERC-4337 one of the most important innovations in wallet infrastructure.
In simple terms:
It helps wallets become smarter, safer, and easier for normal users.
Crypto needs this badly and right now, onboarding into Web3 still feels like entering a developer tool.
That’s a huge barrier.
Most people don’t quit crypto because blockchain is bad…
They quit because the experience is stressful.
The best technology usually wins quietly.
People didn’t adopt smartphones because they understood processors.
They adopted them because they were EASY to use.
Same thing will happen in Web3.
User experience is the real battlefield.
And that’s why Smart Wallet Architecture matters more than people think.
It’s not just a wallet upgrade, It’s an infrastructure for mainstream adoption.
If crypto is going global, the experience must evolve beyond:
• seed phrase panic
• endless approvals
• confusing interfaces
What I find interesting about @blok_cap is that they’re approaching wealth management and wallet infrastructure together.
That combination matters.
Because the future of finance won’t just be decentralized.
It will need to be usable.
The projects that survive the next phase of Web3 won’t only be the most decentralized…
They’ll be the ones that make complexity invisible.
That’s the real unlock.
And Smart Wallet Architecture is a major step toward that future.
Crypto shouldn’t feel like a test.
It should feel empowering.
That’s the direction smart wallets are pushing us toward.
And it’s a narrative more people should pay attention to.
@blok_cap #BLOKCapital
GM CT
5 years will still come and go. 10 years will still come and go.
It is only reasonable to GROW with the passing of time...
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Validation compute in RepublicAI is designed to measure how powerful and reliable a validator’s hardware truly is.
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This process ensures that every validator contributes real and verifiable computational value to the ecosystem.
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A total of 1M Qwerti Points has been allocated for users trading $HYRE through the Qwerti app or directly through the Hyre widget.
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within seconds and only a few clicks, everything was completed.
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Everyone loves being right, no one wants to be in the wrong, but in crypto, almost right usually means a total loss.
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Here is why the Sliding Scale is changing everything🧵.
Most people see robotics as an engineering field.
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