Solana Compass
Solana Compass is an independent Solana analytics and staking platform. We have operated a validator on Solana mainnet since September 2021, and the data it produces powers the network statistics, staking and validator analytics, and ecosystem news published across this site.
Everything we publish — from staking statistics and network analytics to Solana ecosystem news — is grounded in on-chain data we collect and verify against our own infrastructure. Read more about how our articles are produced in our editorial standards, or see where our data has been cited in the press.
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Jupiter Lend USDC Withdrawals Return as Kamino Resumes SOL/BTC Borrowing
Jupiter Lend says its USDC liquidity crunch has ended, Kamino resumed SOL/BTC borrowing, and Velocity paused new deposits. Here is what the vault data shows.
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Anza's Brennan Watt Proposes Replacing Standalone SIMDs With a Single Solana Protocol Specification
Anza's Brennan Watt proposes turning Solana's SIMD process into pull requests against one living protocol spec, merged only when a change activates on Mainnet.
Anza Tells Solana Mainnet Validators to Upgrade to Agave v4.4.0, Three Days Ahead of Schedule
Anza told Solana mainnet validators to upgrade to Agave v4.4.0 on 30 Oct, three days early. What changes for operators and RPC users before the Nov 9 window.
Standard Chartered-Backed Anchorpoint Plans to Mint and Redeem HKDAP, Its Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin, Natively on Solana
Anchorpoint, the Standard Chartered-backed issuer of the HKMA-licensed HKDAP stablecoin, plans native minting and redemption on Solana. No launch date is set.
How to Choose a Solana Validator: Commission, Uptime, MEV and Decentralisation
How to choose a Solana validator: compare commission and MEV commission, uptime and skipped slots, commission hike risk and stake concentration before staking.
How to Stake Solana (SOL) Step by Step in Phantom, Solflare, Backpack and Ledger
How to stake Solana step by step in Phantom, Solflare, Backpack and on a Ledger: minimums, fees, when rewards start, and how to unstake your SOL later.
How Does Solana Staking Work? Where Your Rewards Come From and When They're Paid
How does Solana staking work? Where rewards come from, what commission and MEV tips change, when rewards are paid, and what 100 SOL can earn in a year.
Jupiter Lend Withdrawals Queue in Liquidity Crunch as Kamino Pauses SOL/BTC Borrowing After Binance Hack
Jupiter Lend says a liquidity crunch is holding up withdrawals despite no Binance exposure, while Kamino paused SOL/BTC borrowing. What depositors should know.
Solflare Opens In-App Stake Migration and Will Cover Missed Rewards for Stakers Who Move by November 1
Solflare says it will pay SOL staking rewards missed since Oct 26 to users who move to its new validator by Nov 1. Compass data shows most stake hasn't moved.
Bonk Q3 2026 Revenue Falls to $1.91M as BONKfun-Launched Tokens Trade $962M, Blockworks Report Shows
Blockworks' Bonk Q3 2026 report puts ecosystem revenue at $1.91M, 72% from BONKbot, as BONKfun-launched tokens traded $962M on a September USELESS surge.
Solana Foundation Launches the Solana Asset Registry: 3,293 Classified Assets With Allium, RWA.xyz and CoinGecko Data
The Solana Foundation's new Solana Asset Registry on tokens.xyz classifies 3,293 real-world assets with Allium, RWA.xyz and CoinGecko data and CSV export.
Polygon's Open Money Stack Adds Solana, Linking US Bank Rails to USDC, USDT and PYUSD Through One API
Polygon Labs' Open Money Stack now supports Solana, letting businesses move from US bank pay-ins to USDC, USDT or PYUSD and back to payouts through one API.
Ondo Intelligent Portfolios Launch on Solana, Including Three Built on BlackRock Strategies
Ondo Intelligent Portfolios are live on Solana: seven single-token portfolios of tokenized stocks and ETFs, three on BlackRock model strategies, non-US only.
Anza Asks Validators to Put 20% of Stake on Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 by Oct 30, Ahead of Solana's Final Rent Cuts
Anza asks Solana validators to run 20% of stake on Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 by Oct 30, ahead of the final SIMD-0437 rent steps toward 696 lamports per byte, a 90% cut.
Temporal Publishes svm-vec, a Prototype Adding 512-Bit Vector Instructions to Solana's sBPF
Temporal's svm-vec prototype adds 512-bit vector ops to Solana's sBPF VM, reporting 232x fewer compute units on an int8 MLP and 25x faster Falcon-512 checks.
Kamino Launches Backpack Market for USDC Loans Against Tokenized SpaceX, Micron, SK Hynix and SanDisk Stock
Kamino's new Backpack Market lets eligible users borrow USDC against Backpack Securities' tokenized Micron, SK Hynix, SpaceX and SanDisk shares on Solana.
Jupiter and BitGo Launch Institutional Validator for SOL Staking From BitGo Custody
Jupiter and BitGo launched a validator letting eligible BitGo clients stake SOL from custody. Compass data ranks Jupiter's validator fifth on Solana by stake.
Google Previews Multi-Party Compute Crypto Custody for Banks, With Solana Support Coming Soon
Google is previewing Multi-Party Compute, an MPC crypto custody service for banks. Its docs list Solana support as coming soon, and Alphabet already uses it.
DoubleZero Edge for Builders Opens Permissionless Data Feed Publishing on Testnet
DoubleZero Edge for Builders is live on testnet, letting exchanges and data providers publish real-time feeds over DoubleZero fiber by posting a 2Z bond.
Mirae Asset Securities Issues Tokenized Funding Notes on Solana, Distributed by Marketnode
Mirae Asset Securities (HK) issued tokenized six-month USD floating rate notes on Solana to institutional investors, distributed by Singapore's Marketnode.
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