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Solana Policy Institute Files CFTC Letter Proposing Wallet Software Rules, 24/7 Market Standards, and Blockchain Recordkeeping
SPI filed a July 9 CFTC RFI letter proposing three rule fixes: wallet software exemptions, 24/7 compliance standards, and on-chain recordkeeping recognition.
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Solana Mainnet Reaches Epoch 1000 After More Than Six Years of Continuous Operation
Solana mainnet hit Epoch 1000 on July 10, 2026, more than six years after its March 2020 launch, with June 2026 setting a 3.77B non-vote transaction record.
DeFi Development Corp. Narrows Focus to SOL Per Share After Volatile June
At its July 8 AMA, DeFi Development Corp. outlined cost cuts and Treasury Accelerator changes while doubling down on SOL per share as its sole success metric.
Solana Foundation Names Michael Coates as Its First Chief Information Security Officer
Solana Foundation has appointed Michael Coates, Twitter's first CISO and former Mozilla Head of Security, as its first-ever Chief Information Security Officer.
Three Tokenomics Proposals Line Up for Formal Votes as Solana's Governance System Goes Live
SIMD-550, SIMD-123, and SIMD-553 each address a different layer of SOL's economics. With SGPs now live, here is what each one proposes and where it stands.
Upexi Partners With Blueprint to Put Its 2.4M SOL Treasury to Work
Upexi (NASDAQ: UPXI) has partnered with Blueprint, Hivemind Capital's institutional staking arm, to stake a portion of its 2.4M SOL corporate treasury.
DeFi Development Corp. Ends UK Treasury Accelerator Partnership as DFDV UK Reverts to Cykel AI
DFDV ends its UK Solana treasury accelerator partnership June 29. DFDV UK reverts to Cykel AI PLC and pivots to AI, ending the model's only real-world test.
Jeff Park of ParaFi Capital Joins Solana Foundation as Advisor
Jeff Park, Partner at ParaFi Capital ($1.9B AUM), is joining the Solana Foundation as a personal advisor, citing Solana's capital-markets infrastructure work.
Forward Industries and Upexi Enter Major US Equity Indexes as Solana Treasury Companies Land in Russell Reconstitution
FWDI joins the Russell 2000 and 3000 today. Upexi joins the Russell Microcap June 29. First simultaneous Russell entry by multiple Solana treasury companies.
House Schedules Back-to-Back Crypto Hearings as Solana Policy Institute Marks August 7 as CLARITY Act Watershed
House sets July 14 and 17 digital asset hearings as Solana Policy Institute warns Senate must clear the CLARITY Act by August 7 or crypto rules slip for years.
Anza CEO Says SIMD-123, SIMD-550, and SIMD-553 Will All Ship This Year
Anza CEO Brennan Watt says SIMD-123 is nearly code-complete and issued concept ACKs for SIMD-550 and SIMD-553, placing all three on a 2026 delivery track.
Morgan Stanley Amends Solana and Ethereum ETF Filings to Add Staking and Disclose 0.14% Fee
Morgan Stanley amended S-1 filings for its MSOL Solana Trust and MSSE Ethereum Trust, adding staking provisions and disclosing a 0.14% annual fee, the lowest in each category.
Solana Governance: SIMD-553 Targets Compute Unit Mispricing That Distorts Transaction Scheduling
SIMD-553 adds a Solana resource fee on requested compute units to fix the mispricing gap that distorts how the scheduler prioritizes and orders transactions.
bitFlyer to List SOL on June 24 as FSA-Licensed Exchange Joins Japan's Solana Push
bitFlyer, a Japan FSA-licensed crypto exchange founded in 2014, will list Solana on June 24, the third Japan/SOL institutional move in two weeks.
Forward Industries Strikes Out Again as HSDT Rejects Third All-Stock Bid for Solana Treasury
Forward Industries has been rejected or ignored by all three Solana DAT targets it approached in two weeks, exposing a flaw in its all-stock bid strategy.
CLARITY Act July 4 Target at Risk After Ethics Clause Deal Collapses
The CLARITY Act ethics deal collapsed June 11 after Republicans dropped state AG enforcement language, putting the White House's July 4 passage target at risk.
SIMD-0550 Proposes Doubling Solana's Disinflation Rate, Cutting $1.5B in Future SOL Emissions
A new Solana governance proposal would double the annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, eliminating an estimated $1.5B in future SOL emissions and reaching terminal supply three years earlier.
Japan's Enish Sells All Bitcoin Holdings, Pivots to Solana-Focused Treasury Strategy
Tokyo-listed game developer Enish sells 8.063 BTC for ¥79.27M and pivots to Solana staking and validator operations under a new DAT 2.0 active treasury framework.
Solana Policy Institute CEO Urges Senate to Keep Open-Source Developer Shields in CLARITY Act
Kristin Smith urges the Senate to preserve Section 604 of the CLARITY Act, which shields non-custodial software developers from money-transmission prosecution.
DFDV Co-Founder Parker White Departs to Lead Apyx as Solana Treasury Pioneer Holds 2.3M SOL
DeFi Development Corp co-founder Parker White exits to lead Apyx, a dividend-backed protocol DFDV had backed with preferred stock. No replacement named.
SOL Strategies Sells 65,001 SOL to Retire Debt and Restructures Related-Party Credit Facility
SOL Strategies sold 65,001 SOL at an average CAD $87.88 to retire ~C$5.75M in debt and restructured a related-party credit facility with former chairman Antanas Guoga.
SIMD-547 Would Multiply Solana's Daily SOL Burns Up to 100x Through Resource-Based Fees
SIMD-547 proposes charging 0.1 lamports per cost unit consumed and burning 100% of those fees, projecting daily SOL burns of 10,800–64,800 versus today's 648.
SIMD-0550 Would Halve the Time to Solana's Terminal Inflation Rate, Cutting $1.5B in Future Emissions
Two Helius engineers propose SIMD-0550, doubling Solana's disinflation rate to 30% and reaching terminal inflation in 2029, cutting $1.5B in SOL emissions.
Solana's Tokenomics Fork in the Road: SIMD-547 Burns Fees, SIMD-0411 Cuts Inflation
Two competing Solana governance proposals — SIMD-547's resource-based burn and SIMD-0411's faster disinflation — could reshape SOL's monetary policy. Here's what each proposes.
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