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SOL Strategies Fiscal Q4: Houdini Swap Brings In C$3.4M of C$4.0M Revenue as Staking Income Stays Flat
SOL Strategies' preliminary fiscal Q4 2026 results show C$4.0M revenue, C$3.4M from Houdini Swap fees, while staking and validation income held near C$625K.
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Anza's Agave v4.5 Schedule Cuts Solana Mainnet Adoption to Two Steps and Pauses Feature Activations for Breakpoint
Anza's Agave v4.5 schedule moves Solana mainnet to two steps, 20% of stake then general adoption, pauses feature activations for Breakpoint and plans rent cuts.
Forward Industries Reaches 8.73 Million SOL, Secures $50 Million Bank Credit Facility Backed by Staked SOL
Forward Industries (FWDI) held 8,727,694 SOL on 9 November and secured a two-year $50M bank credit facility at SOFR + 150bp, backed by SOL that stays staked.
Solana Foundation's Jacob Creech Says SFDP 'Has Done Its Job' as Validator Removals Go Ahead
Jacob Creech says the Solana Foundation Delegation Program has done its job: no pause on SFDP changes, some validators removed, stake for network contributors.
Layer33 Open Letter Asks Solana Foundation to Pause SFDP Validator Retirements
Layer33, a group of independent Solana validators, asks the Solana Foundation to pause weekly SFDP retirements and rethink its 12-month and 300,000 SOL rules.
ZetaChain Proposal 2 Passes, Locking In Dec 9 L1 Halt and ZETA's Move to Solana
ZetaChain holders passed Proposal 2 (on-chain 70) on Nov 7, approving a Dec 9 L1 halt and a 1:1 migration of ZETA to a native Solana token with no new minting.
Solana Foundation Puts a 12-Month Limit and 300,000 SOL Exit on Its Validator Delegation Program
Solana Foundation's SFDP now caps validator membership at 12 months and retires members past 300,000 SOL of outside stake. Who is affected and what changes.
PBOC Official Says China Halted Solana Accelerate China Events and Will Investigate the Shanghai Ads
A PBOC official told Financial News the central bank halted Solana Accelerate China 2026 and will investigate those behind Solana's Lujiazui ads in Shanghai.
Anza Urges Solana Validators to Upgrade to Agave 4.4.1 Before Epoch 1079 or Be Forked Off
Anza urges Solana validators to upgrade to Agave 4.4.1 or Firedancer v26.10.6 before epoch 1079 on 6 Nov, when a loader-v3 feature gate is set to activate.
ZetaChain Proposes Dec 9 for ZETA's Move to Solana as Proposal 2 Vote Runs to Nov 7
ZetaChain's Proposal 2 vote closes Nov 7. If it passes, the L1 halts around Dec 9 and ZETA becomes a native Solana SPL token, 1:1, with a 55M burn in 2027.
Solana Mobile's SKR Buy and Burn Is Live, With Over 1.1M SKR Burned Since October 15
Solana Mobile says its daily SKR buy and burn, funded by validator commissions and Seed Vault Wallet fees, has burned over 1.1M SKR since October 15, 2026.
Kamino CEO Michael Weisz Says KMNO Is Kamino's Only Token and Commits at Least $20M in First Letter to Holders
Kamino CEO Michael Weisz says the Kamino Foundation owns the IP and all revenue, KMNO is the only token, and at least $20M will fund expansion over two years.
Akash Network Votes to Move to Solana as Prop 346 Passes With 97% Support
Akash Prop 346 passed on 2 November 2026, approving a 1:1 SPL AKT token on Solana. Staking rewards run until a later cutover vote. What changes for AKT holders.
SIMD-0567 Merged: p-ATA Plans a Cheaper Associated Token Account Program for Solana
SIMD-0567 merged on 1 Nov 2026, proposing p-ATA, a Pinocchio rewrite of Solana's Associated Token Account program projected to cut its compute use by 81%.
Anza's Brennan Watt Proposes Replacing Standalone SIMDs With a Single Solana Protocol Specification
Anza's Brennan Watt proposes turning Solana's SIMD process into pull requests against one living protocol spec, merged only when a change activates on Mainnet.
Anza Tells Solana Mainnet Validators to Upgrade to Agave v4.4.0, Three Days Ahead of Schedule
Anza told Solana mainnet validators to upgrade to Agave v4.4.0 on 30 Oct, three days early. What changes for operators and RPC users before the Nov 9 window.
Anza Asks Validators to Put 20% of Stake on Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 by Oct 30, Ahead of Solana's Final Rent Cuts
Anza asks Solana validators to run 20% of stake on Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 by Oct 30, ahead of the final SIMD-0437 rent steps toward 696 lamports per byte, a 90% cut.
Temporal Publishes svm-vec, a Prototype Adding 512-Bit Vector Instructions to Solana's sBPF
Temporal's svm-vec prototype adds 512-bit vector ops to Solana's sBPF VM, reporting 232x fewer compute units on an int8 MLP and 25x faster Falcon-512 checks.
SkyAI Settles With Bastion Trading, Extends $3.00 Tender Offer to November 12 and Adds Warrants
SkyAI (SKYA) settles with Bastion Trading, which will tender all its stock and warrants. The $3.00 tender offer now runs to Nov 12 and covers stapled warrants.
Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 Carries the Fix Marinade Ties to Skipped Alpenglow Leader Slots
Anza's Agave v4.4.0-rc.1 carries a PoH fix Marinade links to Alpenglow first-leader-window skips on v4.3.2. Marinade waives validator bond charges for now.
Solana Developers Debate sol_math, a Proposed Syscall for Vector and 128-Bit Math
Discussion #708 proposes sol_math, a Solana syscall for vector and 128-bit math with claimed speedups up to 47.6x. Blueshift's Dean Little backs another design.
Akash Network Picks Solana to Replace Its Cosmos Chain as AKT Stakers Vote on Prop 346
Akash Network's core team picked Solana to replace its Cosmos chain. Prop 346 asks AKT stakers to approve a 1:1 SPL token, and voting closes 2 November 2026.
Solana Company (HSDT) Named a Hong Kong Strategic Enterprise, Plans Solana Validators in the City
Solana Company (HSDT) joins Hong Kong's OASES strategic enterprise list, sets up its Asia-Pacific HQ in the city and plans to run Solana validators there.
Solana Alpenglow Is Live on Mainnet as Anza Retires TowerBFT at Slot 459,653,000
Solana Alpenglow went live on mainnet at slot 459,653,000, retiring TowerBFT. Anza claims 150ms finality; here is what changes for validators and developers.
Bastion Trading Tells SkyAI Chairman and Three Directors to Explain SOL Liquidation or Resign
SkyAI holder Bastion Trading asks Chairman Paul Danner and three directors to explain the SOL sale and $3.00 tender or resign, and seeks a special meeting.
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