Solana's first binding onchain governance vote closed, and the network got 25% faster.
From 300ms slots to fixed-rate credit to a tokenized 1997 manga debut, with Wall Street's largest retail brokerage clearing the path on the other side.
Here’s everything that shipped this week:
📰 Headline News
- @CharlesSchwab announced plans to add SOL to Schwab Crypto Direct
- @Bitwise's Solana Staking ETF surpassed $1B in AUM in 10 months
- @SolanaEvents revealed the first lineup of confirmed speakers for Breakpoint 2026 in London
- Solana validators passed the network Constitution and Double Disinflation, formalizing governance rules and reducing annual issuance
📰 Launches
- @kamino introduced Fixed Rates in private beta, bringing fixed-term, fixed-rate onchain borrowing and lending
- Marvell Technology ($MRVL) went live via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities
- @solflare launched Solflare Perps powered by @PhoenixTrade
- @virtuals_io deployed AI agent tokenization on Solana
- @perena debuted BTC*, a yield-bearing Bitcoin token on Solana powered by Kestrel
- @NolusProtocol went live on Solana with asset-backed leverage, fixed rates, and no margin calls
- @traded_gg unveiled its unified exchange and digital binder for cross-vault collectible trading
- @phygitals tokenized the first manga in history, a graded 1997 magazine featuring Luffy's debut
- @reflectmoney opened pre-deposits for its first tranched credit market built on @maplefinance’s syrupUSDC
- @JupiterExchange added live 5-minute and 15-minute prediction markets for $SPCX
- @solscanofficial integrated network, staking, and DeFi metrics into Solana's data dashboard
- @PayBox integrated @kamino, enabling Claude and ChatGPT users to deploy USDC into yield strategies
- @rips_cards introduced the Private Gacha Machine powered by @Arcium and @Collector_Crypt
- @LaunchOnSF launched collectible-paired memecoins, debuting with solana:SV151D5pjygAKA8aJJcKzm4wFnRX5G92Fye94jQJk7g
- @ImperialPerps opened its collectible Gacha beta, with Perp Packs and borrowing against pulled cards
- @benchdotmarkets launched Hiring Markets to filter applicants using capital stakes and social proof
- @meleemarkets opened public beta for sub-minute permissionless prediction market creation
- @PlayKintara launched its play-to-earn MMO on the @solanamobile dApp Store
- @commonsmade kicked off a three-week hackathon with a $60K prize pool focused on AI waiting UX
- @solana_devs opened applications for the Solana University Ambassador Program
- @mtndao wrapped its month-long residency with 25 teams at Demo Day
- @cstldao opened doors for CastleDAO, a two-week founder residency in Ireland
- @SuperteamMY announced Startup Village Borneo, running September 5-9, 2026
📰 Milestones
- Solana RWA holders surpassed 350K
- @xStocksFi surpassed $500M in AUM across 700+ tokenized assets
- Cumulative Solana ETF inflows reached a record $1.22B, with a $60M single-day high in 2026
- Tokenized commodities supply on Solana crossed a record $50M
- Solana reduced its target slot time to 300ms, a 25% reduction in eight days
- Solana became the leading network by total x402 transaction volume
- @BlockRunAI settled 5.4M agentic payments on Solana over seven days via @PayAINetwork
- @jtx_trade reached a new all-time high daily volume exceeding $20M
- @Dominion_Market’s solana:SiLVFMgD3eD2rgK628NbTBq9MnuJF5FW2CRaVyTB35L on @sunrise logged $4M+ in 24-hour weekend volume
- @solanamobile wrapped Seeker Summer with 100M+ SKR earned and 300K+ badges across 16 apps
- Solana processed 1.32B non-vote transactions in a week, a new ATH
- Solana daily active addresses reached 5M
- Solana memecoins hit $5.2B in weekly spot volume, a 2026 high
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This woman wrote:
OUR SYSTEM IS FAILING US!!! !
My 17-year-old son was in a horrific accident on Monday. He was ejected from the vehicle, and we have been at Hamilton General ever since.
He has a fractured neck, a broken shoulder, broken ribs, broken elbow, broken collar bone and multiple other injuries.
And yet, since yesterday afternoon, my injured 17-year-old child has been left in a hospital hallway, under the brightest lights, with no privacy, no proper place to rest, and very little relief.
I understand our hospitals are overwhelmed. I understand our healthcare workers are stretched beyond their limits. This is not an attack on the nurses and doctors who are doing everything they can.
This is about a system that is failing both its patients AND its healthcare workers.
How have we gotten to the point where a child with a fractured neck and multiple traumatic injuries is left lying in a hallway?
And I don’t even want to make this about me, because I would sit beside my son on the floor for the rest of my life if that’s what he needed. But one week ago today, I finished 38 rounds of chemo. I’ve now spent days sitting in a hard chair beside him, running on fear, adrenaline and exhaustion, with no relief in sight.
Something has to change.
We work. We pay taxes. We pay into benefits. We do everything we’re supposed to do — and when our families desperately need help, where is it?
This isn’t acceptable healthcare.
This isn’t compassion.
And this isn’t something we should just learn to tolerate because “there aren’t enough beds.”
There aren’t enough beds. There aren’t enough resources. There aren’t enough supports. And our families and healthcare workers are paying the price.
We need change. We need accountability. And we need it NOW.
Because no parent should have to watch their seriously injured child recover in a hospital hallway.
Keep our money in Canada!!!! 🇨🇦
#NoHospitalBeds #HealthcareCrisis #OntarioHealthcare #HamiltonGeneral #WeNeedChange #DoBetterOntario #DougFordYouSuck #wellandtribune #hamiltonhealthsciences #TakeCareOfOurChildren
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@puckrin You and your CMA gaps 😂, how about the gaps in my portfolio when are these getting closed 😭. Just kidding, love your posts Habibi, keep up the good work!
Before you go full doom mode:
ETFs + corporate treasuries absorbed almost all long-term holder selling
BTC ETF ownership jumped from 20% to 28% this year.
$38bn in LTH supply was met with $34bn in ETF inflows.
Strategy isn’t selling and added 8,178 BTC today.
Matt Hougan says the Clarity Act is the next bull catalyst (80% odds by early 2026).
When you stack it all up - steady institutional demand, real regulatory progress, a new ICO market, and better tokens.
And, even if the four-year cycle is over, the only reason it sounds bearish is because sentiment is terrible right now.
It could actually be a good thing.
Recent Solana News:
Institutional Adoption:
DeFi Development Corp. purchased 196,141 SOL (~$40 million) on September 4, boosting its Solana treasury to over 2 million SOL, signaling growing corporate interest.
SOL Strategies, a Toronto-based firm, secured Nasdaq listing approval under the ticker STKE, starting trading on September 9, 2025, highlighting Solana’s increasing traction in traditional finance.
Galaxy Digital became the first Nasdaq-listed company to tokenize its shares on Solana, marking a significant step toward onchain equity markets.
Franklin Templeton extended its Onchain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) to Solana, accessible via the BENJI platform.
Ecosystem Developments:
Solana Mobile: Over 150,000 Seeker smartphones, featuring Seed Vault key storage and a Solana dApp Store, began shipping, expanding Solana’s mobile presence.
Alpenglow Upgrade: Solana validators approve Alpenglow proposal, which will reduce transaction finality to 150 milliseconds, enhancing network speed and efficiency.
Solana Attestation Service: A new open-source protocol for privately verifying off-chain data associated with wallets went live, developed by the Solana Foundation and Solana Identity Group.
USDC Integration: Circle’s USDC stablecoin supply on Solana reached $12 billion, with integrations like Solana Pay now available to millions of Shopify merchants.
Helium Plus: Launched an initiative allowing businesses to join Solana’s DePIN network using Wi-Fi, lowering barriers for enterprise participation.
Market and Ecosystem Metrics:
Solana’s Total Value Locked (TVL) hit an all-time high, with 81% of decentralized exchange (DEX) transactions occurring on Solana, outpacing Ethereum.
The network processed 2.9 billion transactions in August, generating $148 million in app revenue, reflecting strong scalability and user engagement.
Regulatory Clarity: The U.S. SEC clarified on August 5, 2025, that liquid staking tokens on Solana are not securities, reducing regulatory uncertainty for staking projects like Jito, potentially spurring further DeFi innovation.
Challenges: Solana faced criticism due to memecoin scams and $485 million in outflows in February 2025, with capital flowing to Ethereum, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain amid a broader market flight to safety.📷
Events: Solana’s flagship event, Breakpoint 2025, is scheduled for December in Abu Dhabi, focusing on reinventing capital markets. A community event, Solana Accelerate, recently brought together over 3,000 founders, developers, and policymakers in NYC.
@solana@solanamobile #Solana
- A historic day for $CRO. Trump Media Group CRO Strategy announced a $6.42b U.S. Dollar treasury play. See the press release for more info on the proposed Business Combination and important info about $YORK, $YORKW and $YORKU. Here’s what you need to know:
- A definitive agreement for a business combination with Nasdaq-listed $YORK to establish Trump Media Group CRO Strategy was signed today
- at completion, it will trade as $MCGA — Make CRO Great Again
- at completion, Trump Media Group CRO Strategy will be the WORLD’S LARGEST HOLDER of $CRO, with 6,313,000,212 CRO
- This ~6.3 billion CRO tokens is worth approximately $1b as of the time of the announcement
- separately, Trump Technology Media Group ($DJT) acquired $105m of $CRO and https://t.co/dwRH3YcIjT acquired $50m of $DJT
- This brings the total $CRO under the Trump Media Group umbrella to ~7 billion tokens.
- $CRO will become the PLATFORM TOKEN of Truth Social as a part of this broad, strategic partnership
- at completion, Trump Media Group CRO Strategy is expected to have $200m CASH to acquire more CRO
- https://t.co/dwRH3YcIjT and Trump Media Group are each chipping in additional $100m cash each via warrants and Yorkville is chipping in $20m cash via warrants, bringing the TOTAL CASH to ~$420m
- the company will also have access to a further $5 BILLION LINE OF CREDIT from Yorkville to, yes, you guessed it right, acquire even more CRO
- cumulatively, this will add up to an UNPRECEDENTED amount of DRY POWDER for any Digital Asset Treasury company, exceeding the total market cap of $CRO as of the time of announcement
- to put it in perspective, to reach similar level of buying power and impact on Ethereum, leading ETH treasury companies would have to buy hundreds of billion of ETH — just unprecedented
- Trump Media Group CRO Strategy will hold the CRO it acquires FOREVER
- Trump Media Group CRO Strategy will stake the CRO it holds to further boost its CRO holdings and generate ROBUST REVENUES for $MCGA
- let’s talk about $MCGA — all founding partners are fully committed to long term success for all $MCGA shareholders
- This means 4 year LOCKUPS for Trump Media & Technology Group, Yorkville and https://t.co/dwRH3YcIjT and $MCGA management (12 months full lockup and then partial unlocks every 6/12 months)
- very reasonable public float of 13% — original $YORK holders
- this presents a differentiated opportunity for investors in the Digital Asset Treasury space
- the mission of Trump Media Group CRO Strategy is to enhance shareholder value by maximising THE FLYWHEEL EFFECT: more funds raised, more CRO bought, prices appreciate, allowing for more funds to be raised and more CRO to be bought
- as a result of the flywheel, one should expect Cronos to reach its FULL POTENTIAL as the backbone of all financial services, including powering payments for AI agents
- it appears that the market has responded well to the news
- In the wise words of the namesake of the soon-to-be world’s largest holder of CRO: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
- Here’s the official release: https://t.co/DCvwjCoqB2
When Ethereum hits $5,000 I will give 1 ETH to ten people who follow me.
The rules are simple:
- like this tweet, follow me and RT
- comment “5k incoming”
Let’s go! $ETH
In the past month, @JupiterExchange dropped; Not one. Not two. But THREE Major Innovations:
Juno—Ultra V2—Universal Send; Each powerful on its own 🧑🚀
But Together? They turn Jupiter into DeFi’s Super-App 🪐
Here’s how they’re changing the game 🧵👇
BULLISH SOLANA NEWS
- Blackrock enters Solana
- Solana ETFs being filed
- Nikita Bier is in Solana
- Polymarket is in Solana
- Accelerate event soon
- Seeker SOL phone soon
Solana is looking very strong