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What's Next For Solana In 2026?

What's Next For Solana In 2026?

Deep dive into Solana's 2026 outlook covering ETF inflows, payment for order flow dynamics, Axiom's revenue model, and why JitoSOL is losing market share to Sanctum.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Jan 01, 2026 · 27 min read
Solana's Next Big Catalyst In 2026 - Lightspeed Weekly Roundup

Solana's Next Big Catalyst In 2026 - Lightspeed Weekly Roundup

Deep dive into Solana's evolving market structure, prop AMMs dominance, X-stocks opportunity, and why equity perps could be the chain's next major catalyst in 2026

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Dec 04, 2025 · 23 min read
Live Weekly Roundup With Kevin Ricoy

Live Weekly Roundup With Kevin Ricoy

Kevin Ricoy joins Lightspeed to discuss Eclipse's unconventional social media strategy, the Ethereum Foundation's developer compensation controversy, and what the SKR token means for Solana mobile holders.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 24, 2025 · 28 min read
Everything You Need To Know About Meteora's Token Launch | Soju & Zen

Everything You Need To Know About Meteora's Token Launch | Soju & Zen

Meteora's new co-leads Soju and Zen reveal everything about the upcoming MET token launch, including groundbreaking tokenomics with 48% float at TGE, the LIBRA fallout recovery, and their vision for Solana DeFi.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 21, 2025 · 25 min read
Solana Foundation: The Future of DePIN On Solana | Amira Valliani

Solana Foundation: The Future of DePIN On Solana | Amira Valliani

Solana Foundation's Head of DePIN discusses the future of decentralized physical infrastructure, including energy grids, AI robotics data collection, and why crypto could transform critical infrastructure.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 17, 2025 · 26 min read
The Future of Staking On Solana | Michael Repetný

The Future of Staking On Solana | Michael Repetný

Michael Repetný reveals Marinade's origin story, why native staking is beating liquid staking, how they're winning ETF deals, and what's next for Solana staking infrastructure

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 14, 2025 · 26 min read
Why This Early Solana Investor Is Still All In | Viktor Fischer

Why This Early Solana Investor Is Still All In | Viktor Fischer

Rockaway X founder Viktor Fischer reveals why he invested in Solana at 4 cents, his $2000 SOL price target thesis, and why DATs will reshape the ecosystem in 2026.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 10, 2025 · 25 min read
The Ultimate Solana Thesis With Michael Marcantonio

The Ultimate Solana Thesis With Michael Marcantonio

Galaxy's Head of DeFi reveals why Solana is positioned to become the decentralized NASDAQ and capture the global tokenized securities market

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 07, 2025 · 26 min read
Privy CEO: Why Did Stripe Acquire Privy?

Privy CEO: Why Did Stripe Acquire Privy?

Privy CEO Henri Stern explains why Stripe acquired the wallet infrastructure company, discusses crypto payment rails, agentic payments, and shares insights on Solana's unique position in the multi-chain future.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 03, 2025 · 26 min read
Lightspeed - Solana Gets Even Faster With Robin A. Nordnes

Lightspeed - Solana Gets Even Faster With Robin A. Nordnes

Robin Nordnes explains how Raiku's $13.5M raise will bring guaranteed transaction inclusion and sub-50ms pre-confirmations to Solana, unlocking institutional use cases.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Oct 01, 2025 · 26 min read
The State Of Solana, Frankendancer & Crypto's Bullish Catalysts | Ian Unsworth

The State Of Solana, Frankendancer & Crypto's Bullish Catalysts | Ian Unsworth

Deep dive into Solana's strongest bull catalysts including Forward Industries' $1.4B treasury, Frankendancer performance, stablecoin strategy, and Pump Fun's explosive growth with Kairos Research co-founder Ian Unsworth

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 26, 2025 · 27 min read
The Solana Bull Thesis & Pantera's DAT Strategy | Cosmo Jiang

The Solana Bull Thesis & Pantera's DAT Strategy | Cosmo Jiang

Pantera Capital's Cosmo Jiang reveals why they launched HSDT, their Solana digital asset treasury, with over $1 billion in disclosed SOL holdings and plans to become the preeminent Solana DAT.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 23, 2025 · 28 min read
The Future Of Onchain Capital Markets Is On Solana | Chris Chung

The Future Of Onchain Capital Markets Is On Solana | Chris Chung

Chris Chung reveals how Titan's mathematical optimization approach beats traditional DEX aggregators and why Solana is positioned to dominate internet capital markets

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 19, 2025 · 29 min read
Collector Crypt: Onchain Capital Markets On Solana | Tuomas Holmberg

Collector Crypt: Onchain Capital Markets On Solana | Tuomas Holmberg

Discover how Collector Crypt is revolutionizing the $10B+ trading card industry by bringing physical collectibles on-chain with positive EV mechanics, AI pricing oracles, and deep Solana integration.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 16, 2025 · 28 min read
Sanctum Founder: Solana's Liquid Staking Future | FP Lee

Sanctum Founder: Solana's Liquid Staking Future | FP Lee

FP Lee reveals Sanctum's expansion beyond liquid staking into transaction landing infrastructure, the acquisition of Ironforge, and why infinite LSTs are Solana's future.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 12, 2025 · 28 min read
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: A New Era For Crypto In The U.S

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: A New Era For Crypto In The U.S

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses the regulatory pivot on crypto, liquid staking clarity, tokenized equities, and what builders should do now to capitalize on this historic moment.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 09, 2025 · 29 min read
DATs & ETFs Will Be Solana's Next Big Catalyst

DATs & ETFs Will Be Solana's Next Big Catalyst

Brandon Potts breaks down why Solana DATs and ETFs could create $100 billion in market cap value and why institutions may be underpricing these catalysts.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 09, 2025 · 25 min read
Solana's Next Big Catalyst | Brandon Potts

Solana's Next Big Catalyst | Brandon Potts

Framework Ventures partner Brandon Potts breaks down Solana's upcoming catalysts including DATs, ETFs, stablecoins, and the emerging DeFi 2.0 narrative that could reshape the ecosystem.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 05, 2025 · 26 min read
Are DATs Bullish For Solana DeFi?

Are DATs Bullish For Solana DeFi?

Sang Kim explains why Solana DATs investing billions in DeFi protocols like Fragmetric could trigger a new DeFi summer while helping companies hedge inflation.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 03, 2025 · 23 min read
Solana DeFi Summer Is Coming | Sang Kim

Solana DeFi Summer Is Coming | Sang Kim

Fragmetric co-founder Sang Kim explains how Solana DATs could drive restaking adoption, generate sustainable DeFi yields, and why he's more bullish on Solana restaking than Eigenlayer.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Sep 02, 2025 · 25 min read
Prop AMMs Are Solana's Biggest DeFi Innovation | Chris Hermida

Prop AMMs Are Solana's Biggest DeFi Innovation | Chris Hermida

Deep dive into prop AMMs - the innovative trading infrastructure giving Solana users tighter spreads than centralized exchanges while reshaping DeFi market structure.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Aug 29, 2025 · 30 min read
Alpenglow: Solana's 100x Improvement

Alpenglow: Solana's 100x Improvement

Solana's Alpenglow proposal promises 100x faster finality at 150ms. Deep dive into what this means for validators, Firedancer, and the future of blockchain performance.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Aug 27, 2025 · 25 min read
The Jupiter End Game With Kash Dhanda

The Jupiter End Game With Kash Dhanda

Kash Dhanda reveals Jupiter's ambitious lending strategy, the power of JLP as Solana's cornerstone asset, and why UX-first design is winning the DeFi race.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Aug 26, 2025 · 25 min read
Are DATs Bullish For Solana? | Carlos Gonzalez Campo

Are DATs Bullish For Solana? | Carlos Gonzalez Campo

Deep dive into the billion-dollar Solana DAT announcements from Galaxy, MultiCoin, and Sharps Technology, plus VanEck's groundbreaking JitoSOL ETF filing and the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Aug 26, 2025 · 24 min read
The Future Of DeFi On Solana | Kash Dhanda & Samyak Jain

The Future Of DeFi On Solana | Kash Dhanda & Samyak Jain

Deep dive into Jupiter's new lending product built with Fluid, featuring insights on capital efficiency, smart debt, and the future of decentralized finance on Solana.

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Solana 🧭 Compass · Aug 22, 2025 · 28 min read
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