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MetaDAO's Futarchy Just Executed Its First Onchain Take-Private as ZKFG-008 Passes
ZKFG-008 passed on MetaDAO on June 20, triggering a $0.15 USDC redemption for Zinc token holders, a 7-day escrow window, IP transfer, and protocol wind-down.
Pay.sh Adds MCP Elicitations, Requiring Human Approval Before AI Agents Spend USDC
Pay.sh v0.19.0 adds Elicitations: AI agents must get human sign-off before spending USDC on Solana, routed through MCP when biometrics aren't present.
TinyHumans AI Launches Tiny Place, an Agent-to-Agent Social Economy on Solana
TinyHumans AI's Tiny Place gives AI agents @handle identities, Signal-encrypted DMs, and x402 USDC payments on Solana. Phantom and MoonPay are launch partners.
Solflare Adds Card Borrows, Reclaim SOL, and Titan Swaps in June Shipping Update
Solflare ships Card Borrows in its June 2026 update, letting users borrow USDC against SOL collateral without selling, plus Reclaim SOL, Titan swaps, and mobile widgets.
Kraken Embeds On-Chain Solana DEX Trading Directly in Its App, Unlocking 2,500+ Solana Tokens
Kraken adds on-chain Solana DEX trading to its main app via Privy embedded wallets and Jupiter routing, opening 2,500+ tokens to US and global users without wallet setup.
Superteam Brazil Relaunches Solana-Claude as Solana AI Kit, Available Now on the Claude Code Plugin Marketplace
Superteam Brazil rebrands solana-claude as Solana AI Kit: 15 agents, 29 commands, 18 skill submodules, installable via one Claude Code plugin command.
Jupiter's Limit Order v2 Traded Blockchain Guarantees for Privacy. Here's the Bill.
Jupiter's engineering team explains how moving Limit Order v2 state off-chain for privacy forced a full rebuild of durability, atomicity, and idempotency in software.
Pyth Network Adds FX Indices for EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY, Completing Traditional Asset Class Coverage
Pyth Network launches continuous 24/7 FX indices for EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY, completing its coverage of all major traditional asset classes on-chain.
AWS CloudFront Publishers Can Now Charge AI Bots Per Request in USDC on Solana
Amazon Web Services integrates x402 into CloudFront, letting publishers charge AI crawlers per-request in USDC instead of blocking them, settled on Solana.
Phoenix Trade Adds Google, Tesla, and Micron to Its On-Chain Equities Markets With Up to 20x Leverage
Ellipsis Labs' Phoenix Trade brings Alphabet, Tesla, and Micron to its on-chain order book with up to 20x leverage, plus a $10,000 48-hour trading competition.
Pye Finance Launches Speedstake, Letting Solana Stakers Sell Future Rewards for Immediate SOL
Pye Finance's Speedstake splits staked SOL into Principal Tokens and Reward Tokens, letting native stakers sell future rewards for immediate SOL while staying delegated.
Pyth Network Brings Crude Oil Pricing On-Chain With 24/7 WTI and Brent Indices
Pyth Network's WTI and Brent crude oil indices went live June 17, enabling 24/7 commodity pricing for DeFi perpetuals and structured products on Solana.
Collector Crypt Draws 40,000 Daily Users as Solana's Consumer App Layer Matures
Collector Crypt hit 40,000 daily users and $4.07M in weekly protocol revenue on Solana, driven by the Solflare Packs integration launched June 11.
Sanctum Opens Wave 2 of Mobile App Early Access for iOS and Android
Sanctum opens Wave 2 of early access to its iOS and Android staking app, built on the Infinity pool infrastructure powering Solana's liquid staking ecosystem.
Triton One Open-Sources SuperBank, a 38x Faster Historical Ledger Layer for Solana Built on ClickHouse
Triton One's SuperBank replaces BigTable with ClickHouse for Solana's 400TB ledger. Signature status lookups are 38x faster, address history queries 5x faster.
Credible Finance and OwlTing Open China Payment Corridor on Solana Stablecoin Rails
NASDAQ-listed OwlTing Group partners with Credible Finance to route cross-border payments into China and India via Solana stablecoin infrastructure.
ZINC Blocks MetaDAO Buyout Proposal as Governance Dispute Heads to Private Talks
ZINC is opposing MetaDAO's ZKFG-007 proposal to buy out token holders at $0.15 and take Turbine Cash DAO LLC private, with both sides in private talks.
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.
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.
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