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SE Asia's first tokenized physical gold fund launched on Solana, 14K buyers committed $177M to a pre-IPO sale, and Ramp enabled Tether on Solana.
Here's everything that happened:
📰 Headline News
- @bitget's preSPAX launch sale on IPO Prime closed with $177M committed across 14K+ participants
- @SolanaFndn lent USDT into @aave to back their recovery and announced AAVE is coming to Solana
- @OCBCBank, Lion Global Investors, and DigiFT issued GOLDX, SE Asia's first tokenized physical gold fund
- @tryramp added support for @tether on Solana
📰 Launches
- @USDai_Official's CHIP and @fluentxyz’s BLEND launched on Solana via @sunrise
- @Anchorage added @MarinadeFinance-powered Solana staking for institutional clients
- @Loopscale rolled out Loops 2.0 with a new execution engine and expanded RWA asset coverage
- @KASTxyz introduced USD Prime Vault, a dedicated account earning variable yield, powered by @m0
- @AviciMoney overhauled its application, delivering a completely redesigned user experience
- @arkham launched a decentralized trading platform on Solana
- @LanaAI released a conversational AI beta to query, trace, and trade across Solana
- @phygitals partnered with @FanaticsCollect to enable one-click cross-listing across both marketplaces
- @CandyDigital announced migration of its digital collectibles to Solana beginning in May
- @RipRip_io connected its digital-to-physical pack ripping platform to Solana via @phantom
- @superteam unveiled @SuperteamBlack, a founder success program to scale startups
- @SuperteamAU teamed with @audd_digital to back the SOLAUDD Developer Program
- @incubator opened applications for Solana Incubator Cohort 5
- @colosseum launched Cofounder Matching, a private network connecting builders
- @useKled introduced UFDP, a free CAPTCHA service that pays users to validate real AI training data
- @TradeNeutral introduced AdverseGuard Alpha, a mid-frequency market-making strategy
- @EitherwayAI shipped the Telegram Bot, letting users deploy Web3 apps from a single prompt
- @afkdotfun shipped an automated trading platform with a passive strategy marketplace
- @JupiterExchange opened the waitlist for its Jupiter Prediction Telegram Bot
- @interstatefdn debuted Predictions AI to automatically structure and generate event prediction markets from text prompts
- @surfcashx released the Travel Tab, an all-in-one stablecoin travel suite
- @wingbits mainnet went live on Solana for flight tracking DePIN
📰 Milestones
- @Collector_Crypt recorded Q1 2026 ATH with ~$147M revenue and $8.6M gross profit
- @DoubleZero captured 98.3% of Solana’s non-European stake growth during its Phase II expansion
- @risedotrich surpassed $100M in volume across 200K total transactions
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