It’s been an incredible few months for Pudgy Penguins, with major brand partnerships, new products, institutional Penguins, huge support from Capitol Hill, and more.
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"We will have done our job when you and I are transacting on Solana and we don't know that we're transacting on Solana, because it is the underlayer of whatever our traditional financial rails are."
- @RachelGreenHorn, CMO @SolanaInstitute
Messari State of Solana Q1 2026 report is now live
TLDR? RWAs up +43% to $2B and Solana now settles nearly half of stablecoin volume across major networks 🔥
Solana heads to Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 May 22 • Almaty
Superteam KZ is organizing the largest @solana event Central Asia has ever seen. @SuperteamKZ & @superteam
Expect over 1,000 participants from more than 30 countries - including top regulators, banking leaders, project founders, venture capitalists, and developers.
Kazakhstan is actively building its crypto future:
• Digital Tenge is already operational
• Local banks are fully prepared for crypto transactions
• Stablecoins are live and running
• Real-world assets are being tokenized on-chain
• $350 million sovereign crypto reserve in place
Confirmed speakers include:
Binur Zhalenov (Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan), Sanzhar Zhamalov (Mastercard Kazakhstan), Visa Stablecoins, Fonte Capital Ltd, KASE, AIFC, Etherfuse, Bybit, 3iQ , Nomadz and several others.
Main focus: The Future of Finance through Tokenization of Real-World Assets.
On-site highlights:
- Intense startup pitch battles
- Inspiring founder sessions
- Hands-on coding zones
- Live signing of strategic partnerships
Evening program: exclusive VIP dinner, spectacular drone performance, and big prize giveaways.
Location: luxurious Swissôtel Wellness Resort Alatau
Entry is free - simply submit your application on Luma and wait for approval.
Central Asia is quickly becoming the go-to hub for institutional on-chain innovation. Getting in early gives you a real edge.
Only 5 days left - don’t miss it! 🇰🇿
For future hackathons, what if we required all participants to stake 1 SOL along with their product submission?
If the submission was determined to be in the bottom 50%, your deposit would get slashed.
For startups in the top 50%, their deposit would be returned.
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