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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.
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.
SkyAI Settles With Bastion Trading, Extends $3.00 Tender Offer to November 12 and Adds Warrants
SkyAI (SKYA) settles with Bastion Trading, which will tender all its stock and warrants. The $3.00 tender offer now runs to Nov 12 and covers stapled warrants.
Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 Carries the Fix Marinade Ties to Skipped Alpenglow Leader Slots
Anza's Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 carries a PoH fix Marinade links to Alpenglow first-leader-window skips on v4.3.2. Marinade waives validator bond charges for now.
Temporal, the Firm Behind HumidiFi and Harmonic, Names Ex-Galaxy DeFi Head Michael Marcantonio CEO
Temporal, the Solana firm behind HumidiFi, Harmonic and Nozomi, named ex-Galaxy Digital DeFi head Michael Marcantonio CEO to lead a push into perps and options.
Jupiter Bridge Launches in Beta, Comparing Five Bridge Providers for Transfers In and Out of Solana
Jupiter Bridge, now in beta, quotes GUM, Mayan, Relay, NEAR Intents and Circle CCTP to move tokens between Solana and 50+ networks, with no platform fee yet.
Breakpoint 2026 Speakers: Solana Foundation Adds Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid and Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert
Solana Foundation's second Breakpoint 2026 speaker wave adds Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid, Revolut chair Martin Gilbert and execs from Zelle, Mastercard and DTCC.
Solana Developers Debate sol_math, a Proposed Syscall for Vector and 128-Bit Math
Discussion #708 proposes sol_math, a Solana syscall for vector and 128-bit math with claimed speedups up to 47.6x. Blueshift's Dean Little backs another design.
Akash Network Picks Solana to Replace Its Cosmos Chain as AKT Stakers Vote on Prop 346
Akash Network's core team picked Solana to replace its Cosmos chain. Prop 346 asks AKT stakers to approve a 1:1 SPL token, and voting closes 2 November 2026.
Solflare Launches Earn, In-Wallet USDC Yield Powered by Kamino
Solflare's new Earn feature supplies USDC to Kamino's lending market from inside the wallet, with no Solflare fee and a variable rate. Fees, risks and limits.
