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Circle Mints Another $1B USDC on Solana as 2026 Gross Issuance Approaches $57 Billion
Circle has minted another $1B USDC on Solana in 24 hours, extending an accelerating issuance streak that has pushed 2026 gross issuance to approximately $57B.
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Collector Crypt Sets Weekly Pack Record With 215K Opens, Crosses $50M in Revenue
Collector Crypt opened 215,000 tokenized TCG packs in a single week on Solana, setting a platform record while crossing $50M in cumulative protocol revenue.
Solana Becomes Presenting Sponsor of WSOP 2026, Enabling Zero-Fee Crypto Buy-Ins
The Solana Foundation is the official presenting sponsor of the 2026 World Series of Poker, enabling zero-fee buy-ins with SOL, USDC, and USDT via MoonPay.
Solana Foundation Launches Frontier Traders, an Invite-Only Program for Institutional Market Makers
The Solana Foundation launched Frontier Traders, a tiered invite-only program for hedge funds and prop trading firms with $500M+ in monthly DEX volume.
"Fortune Names Solana
Fortune’s inaugural Crypto 100 ranks Solana #3 in Blockchains and Protocols, behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, in the magazine’s first scored crypto ranking.
Solana Foundation Launches Enterprise Developer Platform as Worldpay and Western Union Sign On
The Solana Developer Platform bundles 20+ infrastructure providers into a single API, with Worldpay targeting merchant settlement and Western Union building cross-border stablecoin rails.
WalletConnect Pay Adds Solana, Making SOL and Stablecoins Spendable at Merchants
WalletConnect Pay added Solana to its merchant payment infrastructure, letting users spend SOL, USDC, and USDT at any merchant on the network's 700-plus wallet platform.
Kalshi Takes SOL Perpetual Futures Live on Its CFTC-Regulated American Perpetuals Platform
Kalshi went live with Solana perpetual futures on June 10, making SOL the fourth asset on the first CFTC-regulated domestic perps venue in US history.
Pump.fun Launched 42,000 Tokens in One Day. Fewer Than 2% Will Ever Reach a DEX.
Pump.fun drove ~42,000 token launches on Solana in a single day. With 11.9M total launches and $800M+ in revenue, fewer than 2% ever graduate to a DEX.
Brera Holdings Rejects Forward Industries' All-Stock Bid for Its SOL Treasury
Forward Industries proposed 1.54 FWDI shares per SLMT share at a 30.7% premium to acquire Brera's SOL treasury. Brera's board rejected the bid on June 6, 2026.
Mastercard Launches Agent Pay for Machines With Solana Foundation Among 30+ Partners
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) enables autonomous AI microtransactions across stablecoins and card rails. Solana Foundation is among 30+ launch partners.
Solana Foundation Named Presenting Sponsor of the World Series of Poker
The Solana Foundation becomes the official presenting sponsor of the 2026 WSOP, enabling zero-fee SOL and stablecoin tournament buy-ins via MoonPay starting today.
Arcium Hits 1 Million Confidential Computations as ZINC Breaks Into Solana's Top 3 by Fee Revenue
Arcium crosses 1 million confidential computations on Solana mainnet while ZINC, built on Arcium’s MPC network, ranks #3 in 24-hour fee revenue within two weeks of launch.
Loopscale Expands Earn With Curated Vaults, Bringing Managed Lending Strategies to Solana DeFi
Loopscale Earn's Curated Vaults let third-party managers deploy capital across fixed-rate lending markets on Solana, reaching $141M in total deposits by Q1 2026.
SOL Enters CME's First Crypto Basket Futures as Part of Market-Wide Institutional Benchmark
CME Group and Nasdaq launched the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures on June 8, placing SOL alongside BTC and ETH in CME's first market-cap-weighted basket product.
PiggyBank's LAB Basis Trade Unwinds, Cutting Vault NAVs by Up to 15%
PiggyBank closed a failed basis trade on locked LAB tokens in early June 2026, triggering NAV drawdowns of 15% in its USDC vault, 12% in SPYx, and 9% in JitoSOL.
Morgan Stanley and Galaxy Digital Let HNW Clients Lend BTC, ETH, and SOL for ETP Shares
Morgan Stanley and Galaxy Digital launch a referral arrangement letting HNW clients lend BTC, ETH, or SOL and receive spot ETP shares without a taxable sale.
Solana Reaches 10% of Global USDC Supply as Circle Mints $500M in a Single Day
Circle minted $500M in USDC on Solana on June 8, pushing the network to 10.3% of global USDC supply, its highest share ever, as Ethereum's allocation contracts.
Pump.fun Launches GO, a Bounty Marketplace Where Users Pay Anyone to Do Anything
Pump.fun launches GO, a Solana bounty marketplace. 320+ tasks, $144K unclaimed in hours, and immediate moderation questions over extreme listings on day one.
SOL Strategies Appoints Bitcoin Foundation Co-Founder as Chairman as Staking Surpasses 3.6M SOL
Bitcoin Foundation co-founder Jon Matonis takes the SOL Strategies board chair as May metrics show 3.65M SOL delegated and a 521K SOL treasury worth ~CAD $57.6M.
Jupiter Launches Forecast, Solana's First Native Prediction Market With Multi-Market-Maker Quoting
Jupiter launched Forecast on June 4, introducing Prop AMMs that route prediction market orders across competing market makers for best-price execution on Solana.
SBI VC Trade to Manage WIZE's Solana Treasury as Japan's Biggest Financial Group Enters SOL Custody
SBI VC Trade will handle trading, custody, and asset management for Tokyo-listed WIZE's Solana treasury under a deal announced June 4 by Japan's SBI Holdings.
Forward Industries Moves $31.9M in SOL to Coinbase Prime After Month of Wallet Dormancy
Forward Industries (FWDI), the largest public Solana holder, transferred 455,784 SOL to Coinbase Prime after 30 days of dormancy, with its treasury sitting roughly $1.13 billion underwater.
Axelar Connects Solana to 70+ Blockchains on Mainnet
Axelar's Solana mainnet integration goes live June 3, connecting Solana to 70+ chains via General Message Passing and the Interchain Token Service.
Solayer Launches Margin Trade, an On-Chain Perps Platform for Crypto, Commodities, and Equity Indices
Solayer's Margin Trade goes live on mainnet, offering cross-margin perpetuals across crypto, gold, silver, oil, and a synthetic US equity index on the Solana SVM L1.
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