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Community Vote Sends Rarible Back to Solana: Development and Audits Begin
Rarible is returning to Solana after a RARI DAO governance vote. Development, integrations, and security audits are underway with a four-week launch target.
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Solana Foundation Rebuilds Its Developer Docs With CI-Tested Code, Ecosystem Bot Scanning, and an MCP Server
The Solana Foundation is overhauling its developer docs with CI-tested code samples, ecosystem bot scanning, and a new MCP server for Cursor and Windsurf.
Vybe Network Goes Live on pay.sh With 46 Solana Analytics Endpoints for AI Agents
Vybe Network is now live on pay.sh, bringing 46 Solana on-chain analytics endpoints to AI agents at $0.01–$0.03 per call in USDC, no API key required.
MoonPay Launches PayBox, a Non-Custodial Payment Vault That Embeds Solana Wallet Access in ChatGPT and Claude
MoonPay's PayBox gives ChatGPT and Claude users a non-custodial payment vault on Solana and 7 EVM chains, secured by Sodot MPC/TEE cryptography. Live July 29.
KSNet Signs MOU With Solana Foundation to Pilot Solana Pay and x402 AI Payments for Korean Merchants
KSNet, a 26-year Korean merchant payment operator, signed a Solana Foundation MOU on July 30 to pilot Solana Pay for Korean merchants and x402 AI micropayments.
Jupiter Spot V2 Launches, Merging Swap and Terminal Into One Solana Trading Platform
Jupiter's Spot V2 merges Solana's swap aggregator and trading terminal into one interface with live market news, sector heatmaps, and whale wallet tracking.
MoonPay Launches PayBox, Letting Claude and ChatGPT Users Trade on Solana Through Conversation
MoonPay's PayBox is a non-custodial AI wallet for Claude and ChatGPT users to trade on Solana: describe a transaction, approve it by passkey, pay via x402.
Solflare Launches Bridge: Permanent Cross-Chain Deposit Addresses via NEAR Intents
Solflare Bridge gives users permanent deposit addresses across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and six other chains, routing assets to Solana through Aurora Intents.
PhoenixTrade Crosses $10M Open Interest for the First Time as Flight Club Drives 16.6x Volume Surge
PhoenixTrade hit $10M open interest for the first time on July 28 as Flight Club drove 24-hour volume to $67.1M, 16.6x above the prior week's average.
Phoenix Trade Lists Cerebras Systems, TSMC, Qualcomm, Arm Holdings, and ASML as Equity Perps During Big Tech Earnings Week
Phoenix Trade listed CBRS, TSM, QCOM, ARM, and ASML as 10x equity perps the day QCOM and ARM report earnings, plus a $25K Frontier Traders leaderboard.
Helium HIP-149 Goes Live, Establishing $0.05/GB Floor and $0.30/GB Cap on Mobile Deployer Earnings
Helium activates HIP-149 on July 29, establishing a $0.05/GB floor and $0.30/GB cap for Mobile deployer earnings, with HNT minted to cover any shortfall.
Solana DEXs Post Fourth Consecutive Week Ahead of Bybit, Coinbase, and Kraken in Spot Volume
Solana DEXs held second in global weekly spot volume for four consecutive weeks, trailing only Binance and outpacing Bybit, Coinbase, and Kraken, per DefiLlama.
Morgan Stanley's MSSE and MSOL Begin Trading on NYSE Arca With Staking From Day One
Morgan Stanley MSSE and MSOL ETPs launched on NYSE Arca July 28 at 0.14%, the lowest fee in each category, with Ethereum and Solana staking included from launch.
Solana Raises Mainnet Block Compute Limit 66% to 100M CUs with SIMD-0286 at
SIMD-0286 raises Solana's mainnet block compute limit 66% to 100M CUs at Epoch 1009 on July 29, 2026. No breaking changes apply to developers or indexers.
Phoenix Trade Launches Flight Club With $420,000 USDC in Rewards After Crossing $1 Billion in Unincentivized Perpetuals Volume
Phoenix Trade's Flight Club pays out $420,000 USDC over 28 days, the first incentive program from Ellipsis Labs' Solana perps exchange after $1B in volume.
FOMO Social Trading App Hits $1.57M Weekly Revenue All-Time High on Solana
FOMO's weekly protocol revenue hit $1.57M for the week ending July 27 per DeFiLlama, breaking the prior $1.39M all-time high for the second time in eleven days.
Solana Agave v4.2 to Halve Slot Times, Cut Rent 90%, and Triple Transaction Size
Anza's Agave v4.2 activates starting August 17, halving slot times to 200ms, cutting rent 90%, and raising the max transaction size from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes.
21Shares Waives TSOL Sponsor Fee to Zero for 12 Months, Making It the Cheapest Spot Solana ETF
21Shares cuts the TSOL Solana ETF sponsor fee to 0.00% for 12 months starting July 28, 2026, undercutting Grayscale GSOL, Fidelity FSOL, and VanEck VSOL.
'Jupiter Exchange Reorganizes Into Three Product Pillars: Trade, Earn, and
'Jupiter Exchange reorganizes its expanding product suite into three
Kamino Finance Launches PAXG Market, Enabling Gold-Backed Lending on Solana
Kamino Finance opened its PAXG Market on July 27, letting users supply Paxos-issued PAX Gold as collateral and borrow USDG, curated by Steakhouse Financial.
Coinbase Opens 'Launches' Tab for Instant DEX Trading of New Base and Solana Tokens
Coinbase's Launches tab lets users trade freshly minted tokens on Base and Solana via built-in DEX moments after launch, with Jupiter routing Solana trades.
Overclock Validator's narya-ed25519 Cuts Solana Signature-Verify Tile Count
Overclock Validator's narya-ed25519 uses AVX-512 IFMA to verify Ed25519 sigs 5.8x faster than Go stdlib, cutting Solana verify tiles from 72 to ~8 at 1M TPS.
Exponent Finance Launches srONyc Yield Trading as Kamino's OnRe Market Passes $200M
Exponent Finance adds PT-srONyc and YT-srONyc yield trading for OnRe's reinsurance tranche as Kamino's OnRe Market hits $200M and Exponent TVL crosses $120M.
Coinbase Now Accepts jitoSOL as USDC Loan Collateral, Up to $100,000
Coinbase added jitoSOL as collateral for USDC loans up to $100,000, powered by Morpho on Base. Borrowers keep earning Jito staking rewards throughout the loan.
Meteora's Referral Staking Program Draws 65 Million MET in Its First Four Days
Meteora launched Referral Staking on July 20, 2026, drawing 65 million MET tokens in its first four days as LPs earn real DLMM protocol fees paid in USDC.
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