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BlackRock Launches BRSRV and BSTBL Tokenized Money Market Funds on Solana,
BlackRock launched BRSRV, a tokenized fund for stablecoin reserve compliance
Solana Validators Push SOL Burn and Disinflation Proposals to the Edge of the Vote Threshold
SGP-0003's 14x SOL burn and disinflation rewrite has 14.4% stake support. One percent point separates it from a formal vote; the deadline is August 18, 2026.
Crypto Trader rasmr Wins Inaugural WSOP Solana Showdown as Season Closes With $23M in Payments
Crypto trader rasmr won the WSOP Solana Showdown for $50,000 and a custom bracelet. Solana's first season at the WSOP closed with $23M in crypto payments.
Western Union and Rain Launch Stablecard on Solana in 37 Markets
Western Union and Rain launched Stablecard on August 4, 2026, enabling USDPT-backed Visa payments at 175 million merchant locations across 37 countries.
Anza Activates First Slot Time Reduction Feature on Solana Testnet
"SIMD-0525's first feature gate activates on Solana testnet August 5,
Roundhill Memory ETF Adds CXMT, the First Chinese Memory Maker in an International Fund
Roundhill's DRAM ETF has added CXMT, making the Chinese memory chipmaker the first to enter an international fund, accessible on Solana via Backpack Securities.
Tencent, Toyota, and Sony Head On-Chain as Pyth Network Completes Asian Equity Expansion
Pyth Network launched 100+ Hong Kong and Japan equity feeds on Pyth Pro. Tencent, Toyota, and Sony are among the live names, with 450+ feeds targeted.
Solana Foundation CISO: AI Deepfakes Are Now a Bigger Crypto Threat Than Smart Contract Bugs
Solana Foundation CISO Michael Coates warns that AI deepfakes and social engineering are now a bigger crypto threat than smart contract bugs, per CoinDesk.
Pyth Network Adds 100+ Korean Equities — Samsung, SK Hynix, NAVER, Kakao — to Pyth Pro
Pyth Pro adds Samsung, SK Hynix, NAVER, Kakao, and 100+ South Korean equities through its Asian Equities Package, covering Japan, Hong Kong, and China too.
Agave 4.2 Ships 90% Rent Reduction, 3.3x Larger Transactions, 200ms Slots, and a 50,000 SOL Bug Bounty
Anza ships Agave 4.2 with three upgrades (90% rent cut, 3.3x larger transactions, 200ms slots), the complete Alpenglow codebase, and a 50,000 SOL bug bounty.
Anza Researchers Propose Quantumglow: Post-Quantum Alpenglow Without the Speed Trade-off
Anza published Quantumglow on July 30: a post-quantum Alpenglow variant replacing BLS with a hash-based Ax scheme while claiming the same consensus latency.
Solana Mobile Opens Seeker Summer Round 2 With 27M SKR as Round 1 Staking Tops 50%
Solana Mobile activated Round 2 SKR claims on July 30 at 4PM UTC, allocating 27M tokens, 2M more than Round 1, as over half of Round 1 SKR was staked.
Bitwise Rebrands Ledger Wallet Validators From Chorus One to 'Ledger by Bitwise' on Solana, Cosmos, and Injective
Bitwise rebranded its Ledger Live validators from 'Ledger by Chorus One' to 'Ledger by Bitwise' on Solana, Cosmos, and Injective. Fees and rewards unchanged.
Solana's First 48 Hours With 100M CU Blocks: P90 Fees Fall 30%, Congestion Collapses
Pine Analytics: Solana p90 fees fell 30% and block cap congestion dropped from 12.5% to 0.5% in the 48 hours after SIMD-0286 raised the CU limit to 100M.
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.
BNY Launches Digital Transfer Agency on Blockchain with Baillie Gifford's BAGEY
BNY's Digital Transfer Agency went live July 29 with Baillie Gifford's
Kamino Opens Third Isolated RWA Market in Four Days as Obligate's oTFY Goes Live
Obligate Finance's oTFY trade finance token is live on Kamino, giving Solana's largest lending protocol three distinct isolated RWA markets in under a week.
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.
Solmate Infrastructure Partners With Kraken Institutional to Stake SOL Without Moving Assets Out of Custody
Solmate Infrastructure (SLMT) and Kraken Institutional announced July 30 that SOL staking rewards can be earned inside Kraken Financial's qualified custody.
Morgan Stanley's MSOL and MSSE Draw $33M in Second-Day Inflows, MSSE Outpaces BlackRock's ETHA
SoSoValue data shows MSOL drew $19.03M and MSSE drew $14.03M on July 30, with MSSE outpacing BlackRock ETHA amid sector-wide Ethereum ETF net outflows of ~$19M.
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.
Two Senate Republicans Flag Stablecoin Yield Risk Eight Days Before CLARITY Act August Recess Deadline
Senators Curtis and Cornyn raised CLARITY Act stablecoin yield objections July 30, adding Republican holdouts eight days before the August 7 recess deadline.
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.
BONKplay Launches as BONK's Official On-Chain Casino With $1M in Prizes and Fee-to-Burn Mechanism
BONKplay, powered by Betmode, launched July 30 with 5,000+ games, provably fair originals, on-chain stats, and up to 10% of fees earmarked for $BONK burns.
