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ApeCoin ($APE) Goes Live on Solana as a Canonical Token via Sunrise, Trading Open on Raydium
Sunrise listed ApeCoin (APE) as a canonical NTT token on Solana on Sep 22. $APE trades on Raydium and LaunchOnSF now accepts APE as a launchpad base pair.
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Jupiter Perps Adds Six Markets Including Tokenized SpaceX, HYPE, and ZEC via GUM Orderbook
Jupiter Perps added six markets via the GUM orderbook on Sep 22: HYPE, ZEC, SPCX (SpaceX), SNDK (SanDisk), SKHYNIX (SK Hynix), and JUP with up to 20x leverage.
X Cashtag Trade Button Goes Live in US, Routing $SOL and Stocks to Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini
X's US Cashtag Partner Program is live, attaching a Trade button to $SOL and other tickers that routes users to Coinbase, Kraken, or Gemini for order execution.
Jupiter Lend Hits $2.41 Billion in Total Deposits, a New All-Time High
Jupiter Lend reached $2.41 billion in total deposits on September 22,
Kamino Finance Launches Fixed-Rate Multiply Vault on Solana with 5.3% Locked Borrow Rate
Kamino Finance's first Fixed Rate Multiply vault is live on Solana, offering AUTO/wYLDS users a locked 5.3% annual borrow rate for rolling 30-day terms.
Solana Processes 76% of All x402 AI Agent Transactions, 23.2 Million in Four Weeks
Solana handled 23.2 million x402 AI agent transactions in four weeks, 76% of all network activity and nearly 7x the second-largest chain, per Artemis data.
Solana DEXs Log 208 Million Weekly Trades, Overtaking NYSE in Trade Count for First Time
Solana DEXs logged 208 million weekly trades, topping NYSE's 189 million in the first time a blockchain has outpaced a major stock exchange in trade count.
Backpack Securities Charges 0.12% Against Robinhood Chain 5.42% for Small-Dollar
Blockworks Research data shows Backpack Securities on Solana costs 0.12%
Jupiter Gacha Crosses $50M in Total Trading Volume on Solana
Jupiter Gacha crossed $50M in total volume on Solana on September 21, with five pack categories including Sports, Watch Packs, and Riftbound now live.
PEPE Lands on Solana as a Canonical SPL Token via Wormhole NTT, Hits $40M Volume in 24 Hours
Ethereum meme token PEPE launched as a canonical Solana SPL token via Wormhole NTT and Sunrise on September 18, clearing $40M in trading volume within 24 hours.
Tether and Circle Mint $750M in Stablecoins on Solana in Single Session
Tether minted $500M USDT on Solana in under 60 minutes, while Circle simultaneously issued $250M USDC — a $750M combined stablecoin injection into the network.
Raydium Routes 90%+ of Solana's Tokenized Stock DEX Volume With $5B Processed as September Sets Onchain ATH
Raydium captures 90%+ of Solana's tokenized stock DEX volume. Helius CEO mert confirms September 2026 is Solana's all-time high month for onchain activity.
Squads Protocol Reaches $20B in Annualized Stablecoin Transfer Volume on Solana
Squads Protocol now processes $20B in annualized stablecoin transfer volume on Solana, while Altitude itself does $1.7B in annualized payment volume, a milestone Stepan Simkin frames against a 2021 hackathon miss.
Switchboard Oracle Protocol Shuts Down, Giving Solana DeFi Six Days to Migrate
Switchboard Technology Labs shuts down September 25. Kamino Finance, Jito, MarginFi, and Drift Protocol have six days to migrate to Pyth Network or RedStone.
Agave 4.3 Hits Mainnet: Three Breaking Changes for RPC Providers and dApp Developers
Agave v4.3.0 hit Solana mainnet September 18 with three breaking changes: base64 for v1 transactions, new RPC parameters, and Yellowstone gRPC upgrades.
Coinbase Upgrades x402 Facilitator on Solana: 'Upto' Scheme Live, Verify Latency Cut 66%
Coinbase's x402 facilitator on Solana now supports the 'upto' payment scheme, 66% faster verification (75ms), and automatic retry for pending settlements.
Solana Explorer Launches MCP Server for AI Agent Access to On-Chain Data
Solana Explorer launched an MCP server on September 17, letting AI agents query on-chain accounts, programs, and transactions in real time without an API key.
Pyth Network Adds Anthropic and OpenAI as First Pre-IPO Price Indices
Pyth Network's first pre-IPO price indices went live September 17, adding Anthropic and OpenAI as continuously updating 24/7 indicative feeds via Pyth Terminal.
Injective's INJ Goes Live on Solana via Sunrise, Now Trading on Raydium and Meteora
Injective's INJ is now a canonical SPL token on Solana, listed September 17 via Sunrise, Wormhole Labs' NTT gateway. Trading 24/7 on Raydium and Meteora.
Backpack Securities Expands Equity Collateral to All 17 Listed Stocks and ETFs
Backpack Securities now accepts 17 equity perp assets as margin collateral, including NVDA, TSLA, and SPCX, for borrowing, futures trading, and spot margin.
"Prediction Market Monthly Volume Surged to $43.7B by June as Solana Earns $1.4M/Month,
CoinShares research shows prediction market monthly volume hit $43.7B
Galaxy Digital Launches Institutional USDC and USDT Vaults on Kamino Finance
Galaxy Curation's USDC and USDT vaults go live on Kamino Finance, bringing the institutional credit standards behind Galaxy's $1.4B loan book to Solana.
Phoenix Trade Enables SOL as Native Collateral for Perpetual Positions
Phoenix Trade accepts SOL as collateral for perpetual futures across 80+ crypto, equity, and commodity markets, weighted at 80% with P&L settling in USDC.
Column N.A. Launches Native Stablecoin Rails With Solana as Default Chain
Column N.A., a $1.77B FDIC bank, launched native USDC and USDT stablecoin rails on Solana as its default chain with 24/7 fiat conversion and no prefunding.
Jupiter to Sunset JUICED Loop in Late September, Fee Magnifier Awaits Open Positions
Jupiter Lend is retiring JUICED Loop in late September. Open loop positions must close before a fee magnifier activates; the JUICED token itself is unaffected.
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