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MPCVault Team Launches Altus Beta to Buy Real U.S. Stocks With USDC on Solana
Altus, built by the MPCVault team, opens public beta August 22 for eligible non-U.S. investors to buy 11,000+ real U.S. stocks via USDC on Solana from $1.
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Re Finance's reUSD Market on Kamino Crosses $20M Eight Days After Launch
Kamino's reUSD lending market crossed $20M in total market size eight days after launch on August 13, with the initial supply cap filling in 76 minutes.
Solana's First On-Chain Governance Vote Opens Sunday With Three Proposals
Solana holds its first on-chain governance vote August 22 on three proposals: the Solana Constitution, SOL disinflation acceleration, and resource-based fees.
Seeker Summer Round 4 Goes Live With Mesh Mining, Mobile Gaming, and DeFi: Deadline August 26
Solana Mobile closes out Seeker Summer with Round 4: MINE mesh mining, Mattlefun, Bakeland MMORPG, and backyard.fi DeFi quests. Deadline August 26 at 2pm UTC.
FOMO Social Trading App Enters US iPhone Finance Top 3, Surpassing Cash App
FOMO, the Solana-based social copy-trading app, reached the US iPhone Finance top three on August 21, pushing Cash App to #4 behind Capital One and PayPal.
Meteora's MET Referral Staking Cycle 1 Closes With 76M Tokens Staked and $336K in Rewards
Meteora's Referral Staking Cycle 1 closed with 76M MET staked, $336K in USDC rewards, and 9,000+ referred users as Cycle 2 launches with a new leaderboard.
Agave 4.2 Breaking Changes: Eight Migration Items for Solana Developers Before Transaction V1 Activates
Triton One's Agave 4.2 migration guide covers Transaction V1 getBlock failures, Token-2022 field removals, new reward types, and Yellowstone gRPC minimums.
Solana Tokenized Equity Supply Reaches $465M as Raydium Crosses $4B in Cumulative
Raydium crossed $4B in cumulative tokenized stock volume. Eli Lilly and
South Korea's Shinhan Asset Management Signs Four-Party MOU with Solana Foundation, Orca, and Etherfuse for KRW Tokenized Fund
Shinhan Asset Management signed a four-party MOU with Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca to pilot a KRW tokenized fund ahead of Korea's 2027 STO framework.
Arbital Opens to the Public on Solana After $1.35B in Private Volume
Arbital opened public access on Solana on August 21 after seven months of private beta, logging $1.35B traded, 2,700 traders, and $435M monthly volume.
Ramp Adds x402 AI Agent Wallets on Solana, Giving 70,000+ Businesses Autonomous Payment Capabilities
Ramp's x402 integration in alpha lets AI agents fund USDC wallets on Solana with corporate spend controls and audit trails for 70,000+ business customers.
Solana Cuts Slot Time to 350ms at Epoch 1020, First Reduction Since Network Launch
Solana activated SIMD-0525 at epoch 1020, cutting slot time from 400ms to 350ms for the first time since the network launched. Four more steps target 200ms.
Kamino's Share of Onchain RWA Lending Has Climbed from 2% to 18% Since October
Blockworks Research shows Kamino Finance's share of onchain RWA lending rose from 2% to 18% since October 2025, with vaults now at 25% of all deposits.
Solflare Launches Merchant Cashback, Earning USDC at Nike, Best Buy, and 4,000+
Solflare's Merchant Cashback pays USDC to your self-custody wallet at Nike, Best Buy, Sephora, and 4,000+ retailers, with no points, no tiers, and no expiry.
Jupiter Portfolio v2 Adds Active DeFi Position Management to Solana's Most-Used Dashboard
Jupiter Portfolio v2 upgrades Solana's DeFi dashboard from read-only tracker to active management with borrowing, lending, swapping, and weekly PnL reports.
Raydium LaunchLab Mandates CPMM-Only Graduation and Locks Creator LP at Token Migration
Raydium's LaunchLab upgrade mandates CPMM for new launches, locks creator LP alongside the platform share at graduation, and adds configurable quote assets.
Backpack Securities Captured 87% of Tokenized SpaceX Trading Volume in Q2, Leading on Six of Nine Shared Stocks
Backpack Securities captured 87% of SPCX (SpaceX) and 95% of MU (Micron) DEX volume in Q2 2026, while holding just 5% of Solana's tokenized stock supply.
Dominion Market's SILV Draws $3M in First-Day Volume, Claims 60% of Solana's Tokenized Commodity Market
Dominion Market's SILV tokenized silver token launched on Solana via Sunrise on August 14, drawing $3M in first-day DEX volume and 60% of commodity trading.
Solana Leads All Blockchains in 30-Day Tokenized Treasury Inflows as RWA Ecosystem Hits $3.9B
Solana recorded $378M in tokenized U.S. Treasury net inflows over 30 days, the most of any blockchain, as the Solana RWA ecosystem hit a $3.9B all-time high.
Solana's Native Token Is Now Tradable on the XRP Ledger's Built-In DEX
Axelar bridged SOL to the XRP Ledger native DEX. Three frontends support
Grayscale Models SOL Supply Growth Below Gold by 2031 if SIMD-0550 and SIMD-0553 Pass
Grayscale models SOL supply growth falling to 1.1%/yr by 2031, below gold's 1.8%, if SIMD-0550 and SIMD-0553 pass their August 18 Solana governance vote.
FOMO Tops Hyperliquid in 24-Hour Protocol Revenue as Solana Copy-Trading App Extends Its Run
DeFiLlama data shows Solana-based FOMO copy-trading app surpassing Hyperliquid in 24-hour protocol revenue on Aug 16, continuing a pattern first seen Aug 8-9.
Bank Leumi Becomes First Israeli Bank to Offer Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana Trading
'Bank Leumi becomes the first Israeli bank to offer regulated Bitcoin,
Solana Tokenized Stock DEX Volume Hits $5.8B in Q2 as xStocks Commands 58% of DeFi Deposits
Solana recorded $5.8B in tokenized stock DEX volume in Q2 2026, a 114% quarterly jump. xStocks holds 58% of all tokenized equity DeFi deposits across 15 apps.
Solana Company (HSDT) Launches Tokyo Validator Cluster, Reports $2.5M Q2 Staking Revenue
Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) posted $2.5M in Q2 2026 staking revenue, up 58x year-over-year, and launched its first institutional validator cluster in Tokyo.
