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Solana Foundation Launches Official RPC Performance Dashboard at solana.com/data
The Solana Foundation's RPC benchmark at solana.com/data shows near-real-time latency for Alchemy, Helius, QuickNode, and Triton One from seven global regions.
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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.
Solana Mobile Opens 27M SKR Claims for Seeker Summer Round 2 Participants
Solana Mobile distributes 27M SKR to Seeker Summer Round 2 badge earners, 2M more than Round 1. Check Seed Vault Wallet Activity tab from July 30 at 4PM UTC.
Pyth Network Powers 97.6% of $44.5B Daily Volume in Top RWA Perpetual Markets,
New rwa-markets.xyz dashboard shows Pyth Network powers 97.6% of $44.5B
Backpack Embeds Full SEC EDGAR Filing Repository in Every Stock Page
Backpack embeds the full SEC EDGAR filing archive on every stock page: financial reports, material updates, insider transactions, and ownership disclosures.
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.
HastraFi Launches AUTO Token, Bringing Near-Prime US Auto Loans to Solana via Kamino
HastraFi's AUTO token brings near-prime US auto loan yield to Solana DeFi for the first time, offering 9.07% APY with Kamino lending and looping up to 2.9x.
Jurassic Finance Tokenizes Museum-Grade Triceratops Skull on Solana in 660,000 USDC Raise
Jurassic Finance is tokenizing Deaton, a museum-grade Triceratops skull, as an SPV-backed RWA on Solana. Trading opens August 17 in a 660,000 USDC raise.
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 $0.30/GB cap for Mobile deployer earnings, with HNT minted to cover any shortfall.
SEC Chair Atkins Pledges Technical Assistance on CLARITY Act as Polymarket Odds Fall to 34%
SEC Chair Atkins made his first on-record endorsement of the CLARITY Act July 28, pledging technical assistance to Congress as Polymarket odds fall to 34%.
Backpack Securities Lists Tokenized Strategy ($MSTR) Shares on Solana, Redeemable 1:1 for Real Stock
Backpack Securities listed tokenized Strategy ($MSTR) on Solana via Sunrise on July 28, redeemable 1:1 for real shares. Strategy Q2 earnings land Thursday.
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.
Senate Shelves CLARITY Act Until September as Thune Prioritizes Russia Sanctions
Senate Majority Leader Thune has shelved the CLARITY Act until September,
xStocks Opens Jersey Mike's as Its Third Tokenized IPO on Solana, Ahead of
"xStocks adds Jersey Mike's as its third tokenized IPO on Solana, giving eligible
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.
Coinbase Asset Management and Superstate Launch $25M CUSHY Stablecoin Credit
CUSHY stablecoin credit fund from Coinbase Asset Management has a $25M
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.
