With 30 days to Accelerate USA, the ecosystem skipped the warmup. SoFi chose Solana for enterprise banking, B2C2 locked in for stablecoin settlement, and AI agents just got native network skills.
Here’s everything happened over the week:
📰 Headline News
- @SoFi tapped Solana for Big Business Banking to power enterprise fiat and stablecoin operations
- @SuiNetwork went live on Solana via @sunrise
- Interactive Brokers enabled SOL trading for eligible European investors alongside traditional assets
- @B2C2Group designated Solana as its primary network for institutional stablecoin settlements
📰 Launches
- @SolanaFndn released Solana Agent Skills for AI agents to interact with the network
- @JupiterExchange opened the Offerbook private beta for oracle-free, peer-to-peer lending
- @magicblock shipped its Private Payments API for confidential SPL transfers
- @StraitsX launched XGSD and XUSD natively on Solana with seamless SGD-to-USD onchain FX
- @SuperstateInc added natively tokenized @galaxyhq shares to @kamino's market as borrowing collateral
- @stable_tweets issued the first-ever blockchain-native mortgage via Solana
- @SolanaFndn joined the x402 Foundation at @linuxfoundation
- @phantom added native PnL tracking
- @ownershipfm announced Roadshow, a monthly live-pitch series for Solana builders
- @solana_devs shipped Anchor v1.0.0, the framework’s first stable major release
- @risedotrich launched RISE Launchpad, a token launch platform
- @colosseum opened SF Build Station for select founders building IRL during the Frontier Hackathon
- @PodsFinance expanded to Solana to unlock onchain yield and stablecoin strategies for neobanks and fintechs
- @EitherwayAI partnered with @SuperteamEarn for a pre-Colosseum hackathon
- @cesto_co debuted themed investment baskets spanning tokenized stocks, crypto, yield, and prediction markets
- @ikadotxyz announced Solana integration, bringing dWallets for bridgeless multi-chain asset control
- @encrypt_xyz announced fully homomorphic encryption for the SVM
- @GoDark teased the first decentralized dark pool on Solana
- @solflare and Netrunner launched a $50K charity raise on Solana via @donatedotgg
- @koshmoney unveiled a global financial account for freelancers and teams
- @moonpay eliminated all fees on stablecoin onramps for AI agents on Solana
- @EatwithNomu released Nomu Stores, a wallet-native e-commerce platform with token-gated perks
- @symbiosis_fi integrated full Solana support with any-to-any token swaps powered by @Raydium
- @DigitalAssets by Fidelity launched a Solana educational video series
- @MeteoraAG activated DAMM v2 Portfolio PNL on Edge, enabling real-time liquidity tracking and historical positions
- @TektonicCompany provided a rate-limit-free, high-throughput BigQuery table pulling raw SQL data directly from validator exports
- @surfcashx is live in Argentina
📰 Milestones
- Solana processed ~10.1B non vote transactions in Q1 2026, a new quarterly record
- @EasyA_Kickstart surpassed $1M in volume
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