DRW Labs

New Venture Creation & Incubation at DRW (formerly @Ergonia)

[Flint Trade @flint_trade_]

https://t.co/bkq2lk0FVV

[Flint Trade @flint_trade_]

Excited to share that Flint is now part of @SolanaFndn's Frontier Traders!

Reminder: Flint makers pay $0 fees, and are now eligible for the $15K spot rebate pools.

[Cashen @Cashen_cc]

As we cross 300M CC locked, we wanted to look back at what Cashen set out to build at launch. Chapter One is out.

A founder essay written by Luke in June 2026, on how Cashen became the credit layer of Canton, and what comes next.

Read: https://t.co/7g3QExefzJ

[Flint Trade @flint_trade_]

Flint runs a propAMM on-chain.

propAMMs have taken real share of Solana spot volume for a simple reason: the maker owns the inventory and the quote, instead of a passive curve owning both.

@thedavidgorski breaks down how they work 👇

[Josh Watts @Josh_E_Wa]

I'm excited to share what we have been building for the last few months: Flint, a live prop AMM that streamlines quoting on Solana.

Why Solana? The volume and the users are already here.

📊 Solana was the top chain for DEX volume on all but six days in 2026, capturing roughly 54% of global spot DEX volume over the last six months. Monthly active addresses sit at 35.1M.

So the demand is proven. The barrier is technical. Building a serious latency-sensitive trading system on Solana means knowing the whole stack: RPC architecture, transaction landing, priority fee markets, account management. All before you've even priced a quote.

We built Flint to remove that barrier. Market makers bring their pricing and risk model, pick a quoting style, and plug into our client library. Flint handles quote generation, transaction building, and infrastructure from there.

This is just the beginning. My cofounder @theDavidGorski, the team, and I are excited to show how this architecture and our philosophy extend across new markets and products.

[dgski @thedavidgorski]

Six months ago, @Josh_E_Wa and I started @flint_trade_ with support/guidance from @Ergonia_.

Our goal: build the next-generation of DeFi on Solana by specifically targeting the current shortcomings.

Since then, we've built a killer team and with their help, laid the foundation for a suite of upcoming programs, services and tools which will unlock the power of Solana for more users than ever.

Very proud to show off our first offering: an end-to-end system which provides access to Solana flow via active liquidity provision mechanisms. The shortcoming addressed here is the necessity to build out Solana-specific infra and talent in order to provide active liquidity on-chain.

@flint_trade_ abstracts away the nuances of the chain like gas, fees, and transaction landing; letting market makers focus solely on pricing and inventory. This is a massive unlock. While there is a fair amount of active liquidity on Solana already, magnitudes more waits on the sideline due to the overhead cost. No more; I believe we'll see that the depth we've had so far is not depth.

A key aspect of the design exemplifies how we think about solutions in the space. While 'nice-to-have' parts of the system are off-chain, the core, the soul, the essence is on-chain. That is something we don't want to compromise on; real DeFi is on-chain and protocols should not incur 'downtime' because 'our' servers go down.

Another thing I/we deeply believe is that the power of real decentralization, composability, transparency and verifiability should speak for itself; a good product is a good product because of its actual domain-specific merits; not just because it's built on a particular platform. For us, Solana is the platform that enables that merit; it's not just a name to tweet mindlessly.

The last while has been very heads-down for me; moving from the infra layer building the block engine and BAM at @jito_labs into the layer-spanning domain between infra and product; has been incredibly brain-stretching but rewarding. Feels great to be applying everything I've learned in the trading and blockchain space in a holistic fashion.

This is just the start; many exciting things lie ahead. Super excited to be more public with this; hoping to write more about the journey.

Always looking for feedback and guidance; so feel free to reach out.

- David🫡

[Flint Trade @flint_trade_]

How Flint works

The book lives on-chain. Matching and settlement both happen in the Solana program; no off-chain engine holding the real state. The server is an edge, not a sequencer: landing, market data streams, analytics.

@thedavidgorski on the full system 👇

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

@FlintTrade makes quoting on Solana as simple as quoting anywhere else. Market makers no longer need dedicated solana infra or talent to participate, they just show up and quote

[Flint Trade @flint_trade_]

https://t.co/yDN0B73g3Z

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

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[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

@perpltrade 👀

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

Congrats to Luke and the team

[Cashen @Cashen_cc]

Governance requires enforcement. Adherence requires capital.

Introducing Cashen's Delegated Lock Marketplace.
Secure the locked CC you need.
Get compliant by June 19th FA locking deadline.

Onboard now ⤵️
https://t.co/JqU8e9h8wj

[Cashen @Cashen_cc]

Governance requires enforcement. Adherence requires capital.

Introducing Cashen's Delegated Lock Marketplace.
Secure the locked CC you need.
Get compliant by June 19th FA locking deadline.

Onboard now ⤵️
https://t.co/JqU8e9h8wj

[Titan @Titan_Exchange]

https://t.co/pkgRYKXPeD

[Sunrise @sunrise]

SUI is now listed on @Solana via Sunrise.

You can trade SUI, the native token of @SuiNetwork, against Solana assets.

If you hold SUI outside Solana, you can move it onto Solana — and back — through Sunrise.

💧

[Sunrise @sunrise]

AVAX, the native token of Avalanche, is now listed on @Solana.

You can now trade @avax against Solana-native assets.

If you hold AVAX outside Solana, you can move it onto Solana and back through Sunrise.

[Ondo Finance @Ondo]

Today, Solana goes TradFi.

Hundreds of tokenized stocks & ETFs are now live on @solana, bringing the full TradFi portfolio to crypto’s largest trading ecosystem.

Millions of Solana users can now access Wall Street-grade liquidity across 200+ assets, including tokens tracking:

✅ Stocks across all sectors
✅ ETFs, market indexes, and sector funds
✅ Gold, silver, oil, strategic metals
✅ Treasury and corporate bonds
✅ Leveraged and inverse ETFs
✅ & more

Ondo Global Markets is how trillions in value connect to internet capital markets.

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

@totlsota @elonmusk

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

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[π* | ¤ @totlsota]

I’ll be at Breakpoint this year

I like to stay at my desk and focus on trading usually - but this seems worth it

If you are a trader, engineer, or quant in crypto - especially DeFi - come find me - plenty of hiring for Ergonia happening

If you aren’t any of those things - but you are pleasant interesting or have some questions I can help with - come say hi anyhow

[DRW Labs @drwlabs]

While the longer-term directional bias remains clearly bearish, the severity of October’s liquidations has prevented traders from maintaining sustained short positions with conviction, resulting in a market dominated by tactical, short-term momentum trades rather than committed directional exposure - @CryptoDeFiGuy

https://t.co/VM4hfKR7gK

[Chris Newhouse @CryptoDeFiGuy]

DeFi at the NYSE!

Shout out to @davijlu @niteshnath @hylo_so @realRockyChung @gmryot @gizmothegizzer and all the other DeFi GOATs building on @solana

Thanks again for the invite @ramzyyalii what a historical event for Solana!