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Solana's First Full Epoch at the 200ms Slot Time Target Averaged 218.3ms and Lasted 26.2 Hours
Solana's first full epoch at the 200ms slot time target, epoch 1053, averaged 218.3ms per slot and lasted 26.2 hours, according to Solana Compass epoch data.
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US Spot Solana ETFs Shed About $25M in a Week as Outflows Hit All Five Sessions
US spot Solana ETFs lost about $25M in the week of Oct 5-9, 2026, with outflows in all five sessions. Bitwise's BSOL accounted for roughly $21M of the total.
Jito Details BAM's Alpenglow Plan: Maintenance Mode for All Mainnet Nodes, No FireBAM During the Transition
Jito plans to put all mainnet BAM nodes in Maintenance Mode before Alpenglow and tells FireBAM validators to switch clients. BAM carries 37% of Solana stake.
Anza CEO Brennan Watt Proposes Raising Solana's Block Compute Limit From 50M Back to 100M CUs
Anza CEO Brennan Watt opened a GitHub discussion on October 10 proposing to lift Solana's block compute limit from 50M to 100M CUs in five feature gates.
Helium Says First Wakefern Grocery Stores Are Live on the Helium Network, Carrying Carrier Traffic Over Store Wi-Fi
Helium says first Wakefern stores are live on the Helium Network, carrying carrier mobile traffic over store Wi-Fi. Store count and carriers are undisclosed.
Solana's 200ms Slot Time Is Live on Mainnet at Epoch 1053, Completing SIMD-0525
Anza confirmed Solana's 200ms slot time went live at epoch 1053 on 9 October 2026. Solana Compass data shows earlier steps ran 15ms to 19ms above target.
sbpf-linker 0.2.3: Blueshift Says Solana Programs Now Build on Upstream Rust and LLVM
Blueshift's sbpf-linker 0.2.3, released 9 October 2026, adds default math builtins and an sBPF v3 default for building Solana programs on upstream Rust.
Sanctum Launches Sanctum Wrapped SOL (swSOL), a 1:1 wSOL Alternative That Pays Staking Yield to Integrators
Sanctum launched swSOL on October 9, 2026: a 1:1 wrapped SOL alternative to wSOL that stakes part of its pool and pays the rewards to integrating protocols.
Grass Launches Contents API, a Live Web Retrieval Tool for AI Agents
Grass, the bandwidth-sharing network behind the GRASS token on Solana, launched the Contents API, which turns public web pages into clean text for AI agents.
Securitize Launches Securitize Stocks on Solana: 12 U.S. Equities as 1:1-Backed Security Entitlements
Securitize Stocks launches on Solana with 12 equities, including Apple, Nvidia and Tesla, as 1:1-backed security entitlements. NYSE and OKXICE venues pending.
Orca and Loopscale Merge to Form Formation as Orca's Council Moves to Re-Run the ORCA Tokenholder Vote
Orca and Loopscale are merging into Formation under CEO Luke Truitt. Orca's Council says it is cancelling its live ORCA vote and re-running it October 11 to 16.
Samsung Wallet to Add USDC Transfers for US Galaxy Users, With Solana and Sui as Network Partners
Samsung Wallet will add USDC transfers for eligible US Galaxy users in late October 2026, with Bastion and Coinbase on custody and Solana and Sui as networks.
VanEck Solana ETF (VSOL) Declares First Cash Distribution of $964,960 From Staking Income
VanEck Solana ETF (VSOL) declared its first cash distribution: $964,960 from staking income, payable October 7, 2026 to shareholders of record on October 6.
Jupiter's Swap API Adds Opt-In Solana Transaction v1 Support for Integrators
Jupiter's Swap API now builds Solana v1 transactions on request: 4,096 bytes, no lookup tables. How integrators opt in, and when the API still returns v0.
Sanctum Burns Its CLOUD Community Reserve, Cutting Token Supply to 740.7 Million as SANC Ticker Appears
Sanctum burned its CLOUD Community Reserve: one transaction destroyed 250M tokens and total supply fell to about 740.7M. Solscan now shows the ticker SANC.
Orca Tokenholders Vote on Cutting xORCA Rewards to 10%, Moving 14.2M ORCA to the Team and Dissolving the Council
ORCA holders are voting on Realms until October 10 on a proposal to cut xORCA rewards to 10% of fees, move the treasury to the team and end the Council.
Triton One Publishes Alpenglow Integrator Guide: What Solana RPC, gRPC and Indexing Users Must Change
Triton One's 7 October guide lists what Solana RPC, gRPC streaming and indexing users must change for Alpenglow: bank_id, vote-free blocks and commitments.
Solana's 200ms Slot Time Is Pending on Mainnet, Scheduled to Go Live at Epoch 1053 on October 9
Anza says Solana's 200ms slot time feature gate is pending on mainnet-beta. Under SIMD-0525's one-epoch delay, 200ms slots start at epoch 1053 on October 9.
Circle's USDC Bridge Adds Solana, Linking It to 18 Other Chains
Circle's USDC Bridge at bridge.usdc.com now supports Solana, letting users move native USDC between Solana and 18 other chains through Circle's own interface.
Solana Foundation Announces @solana/web3.js v3, a Kit-Based Rebuild of the Classic JavaScript API, With a New Wallet Adapter
The Solana Foundation announced @solana/web3.js v3 on October 6, 2026: the classic API rebuilt on Solana Kit, plus a new wallet adapter. Here is what breaks.
Kamino Opens Apyx Market, Letting apyUSD Holders Borrow USDC on Solana
Kamino opened an Apyx Market curated by Hyperithm on 6 October 2026, letting apyUSD holders borrow USDC on Solana against a token with a 20-day redemption.
Venice Token (VVV) Goes Live on Solana via Sunrise, Connected by Wormhole NTT
Venice Token (VVV), the token of Erik Voorhees' private AI platform, is live on Solana via Sunrise and Wormhole NTT. Contract address, apps and early data.
MagicBlock Releases Validator v1.0 for Ephemeral Rollups on Solana, With New Session and Commit Fees
MagicBlock released Validator v1.0 for its Ephemeral Rollups on Solana on 6 October 2026, adding Intent Bundles, Magic ATAs and a 0.003 SOL session fee.
DeFi Development Corp. Estimates NAV Per Share Doubled Since August as SOL Treasury Reaches 2.56 Million
DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) estimates NAV per share more than doubled from Aug 12 to Sept 30 and reports 2.56M SOL, but gives no absolute per-share figures.
Solana Foundation Announces Solana DvP, an Open-Source Atomic Settlement Program With Input From J.P. Morgan
Solana Foundation announced Solana DvP, an MIT-licensed escrow program that settles asset and cash legs in one transaction, with input from J.P. Morgan.
