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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.
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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 Arciumβs 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.
Mastercard Brings Always-On Stablecoin Settlement to Solana With USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD
Mastercard expands card settlement to Solana and seven other blockchains using regulated stablecoins, enabling intraday, weekend, and holiday payments.
Solana Foundation Backs Fully Onchain Perpetuals Push to Challenge Hyperliquid
The Solana Foundation is backing teams building fully onchain perpetual futures, setting explicit technical criteria as Hyperliquid holds ~70% of decentralized perps volume.
Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile Acquires Helium Mobile, Leaving HNT and DAO Intact
Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile acquires Helium Mobile's consumer carrier from Nova Labs. HNT and MOBILE tokens remain under Helium DAO control on Solana.
Solana Launches Native Subscription Billing and Recurring Payments on Mainnet
Solana's Subscriptions & Allowances program launches on mainnet, audited by Cantina and Spearbit, with seven partners including Helius, Confirmo, and Dynamic.
Charles Schwab Adds 24/7 SOL Futures to thinkorswim
Charles Schwab has added 24/7 Solana and Micro Solana futures to thinkorswim, the first Schwab product to trade around the clock across its $12.6T client base.
Raiku Launches rkuSOL, a Solana Liquid Staking Token Backed by Blockspace Auction Revenue
Raiku's rkuSOL gives Solana stakers exposure to AOT and JIT blockspace auction revenue on top of standard staking rewards, a new yield layer for LSTs.
Solana Led All Blockchains in App Revenue in May 2026
Solana apps generated roughly $91M in revenue in May 2026, more than any other blockchain, led by Pump.fun, Jupiter, Jito, and Raydium, per DefiLlama data.
Galaxy Research: Solana Held Its DEX Lead in Q1 While RWAs Grew 58% and Stablecoins Diversified
Galaxy's Q1 2026 Solana report: DEX leadership held at 31% share despite a volume drop, RWAs grew 58% to $2.5B, and stablecoins diversified well beyond USDC.
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