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Decrypt Picks Jupiter to Power Trading in Its Money Accounts on Solana
Decrypt named Jupiter as the swap engine for its USDT Money Accounts on Solana, with trading inside articles starting on a few major tokens before RWAs follow.
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Raydium Q3 2026 Net Revenue Jumps 264% to $7.99M on Tokenized Stocks and LaunchLab, Blockworks Report Shows
Raydium net revenue rose 264% to $7.99M in Q3 2026, per a Blockworks report Reactor Labs funded, with $5.23M in RAY buybacks and $3.99B tokenized asset volume.
X9.150 QR Code Payments Demo at Money20/20 Lets One Invoice Be Paid Over FedNow, RTP or USDC on Solana
Matera, Payfinia and Solana Foundation demoed the X9.150 QR payment standard at Money20/20: one invoice code payable via FedNow, RTP or USDC on Solana.
Solana Says It Led All Chains in Stablecoin Transfers in September With 557M, Edging BNB Chain by 2.6%
Solana says it led all chains with 557M stablecoin transfers in September, up 33%, just 2.6% ahead of BNB Chain. The count says nothing about dollars moved.
Helius Opens Solana Preconfirmations to All Paid Plans and Adds Four New Filters
Helius opened its preconfSubscribe preconfirmation stream to all paid plans on 16 October, adding source, signer, signature and instruction filters for Solana.
Spout Raises $2M for 0% Interest Loans on Tokenized US Stocks, Funded by Covered Calls
Spout raised $2M from Anchorage, Flow Traders and Solana Labs founders for 0% USDC loans on tokenized US stocks, paid by weekly covered calls. Devnet only.
Castle Labs Report Ranks Solana First for App Revenue as RWA Value Holds at $4.4 Billion
Castle Labs ranks Solana first for app revenue at $193.1M. DefiLlama confirms the order, and rwa.xyz puts Solana RWAs at $4.39B, flat over the last 30 days.
Solana Mobile Names Ledger Its First Hardware Expansion Partner, Preinstalling the Seeker App on Ledger Atom
Solana Mobile named Ledger its first hardware expansion partner on Oct 15. Ledger Atom will ship with the Seeker app and dApp Store, targeting summer 2027.
NEAR Launches Confidential SOL Yield on Kamino via Gauntlet Vault as NEAR Token Lists on Solana Through Sunrise
NEAR launched confidential SOL yield on near.com via a Gauntlet-curated Kamino vault on Oct 15, the same day NEAR began trading on Solana through Sunrise.
ckSOL Goes Live as DFINITY Says the Internet Computer Now Speaks Solana
ckSOL, a 1:1 SOL-backed token on the Internet Computer, went live after an NNS vote on 12 October. How DFINITY's minter, signing and SOL RPC canister work.
Jito Announces BAM Direct Bundle Ingest, Routing Solana Bundles Past the Block Engine's 50ms Hop
Jito's BAM now takes Solana bundles straight from searchers, skipping the Block Engine. Jito reports 16.9% more landed bundles; access is by whitelist only.
Building Financial Software on Solana: Quicknode's Free Book Builds Ten Finance Programs, From Escrow to Perps
Quicknode has published Building Financial Software on Solana by Mike MacCana: ten programs from escrow to perpetual futures, free by email or in paperback.
USDGO Goes Live on Jupiter Lend's AMM on Solana in Anchorage-Issued Stablecoin's 'DeFi Debut'
USDGO, the dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and distributed by Hong Kong's OSL, went live on Jupiter Lend's AMM on Solana on Oct. 12, 2026.
ASTER on Solana: Sunrise Lists Aster''s Token and Names a Contract Address, With No Word Yet From Aster
Sunrise listed Aster's ASTER token on Solana on 11 October 2026 and named a contract address. Aster has not confirmed it. Here is what on-chain data shows.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Triton One Announces Account Sync, an SDK That Serves Solana Account Reads From a Local Cache
Triton One's Account Sync SDK answers Solana getAccountInfo calls from a local cache fed by a gRPC or WebSocket stream, billed at $0.08/GB with no request fee.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Goes Live on Solana via Sunrise, Confirmed by the Official SHIB Account
Shiba Inu (SHIB) is live on Solana via Sunrise, confirmed by the Shiba Inu and Solana accounts. Contract address, trading venues and early on-chain data.
Backpack Wallet Adds Solana v1 Transaction Support and Launches AI Search
Backpack Wallet now signs Solana v1 transactions, which raise the size cap to 4,096 bytes. Phantom, Solflare, Ledger and Trezor have yet to announce support.
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