Solana

Solana is an open source project implementing a new, high-performance, permissionless blockchain. Solana is a general purpose blockchain similar to Ethereum. End user applications as of now include decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFT), marketplaces, games, and more. It aims to improve scalability by introducing a proof-of-history (PoH) consensus combined with the underlying proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus of the blockchain.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko published a whitepaper describing Proof of History, a technique that would become critical to Solana's blockchain infrastructure, in Nov. 2017. 

Co-founder Greg Fitzgerald, who had worked with Yakovenko at Qualcomm, began prototyping the open source implementation of the whitepaper. It was published under the name Silk in 2018. 

After starting the company under the name Loom, Yakovenko, Fitzgerald, and other co-founders rebranded to Solana. Solana launched on Mainnet Beta in March 2020.

Solana was built to facilitate the development of scalable, user-friendly decentralized apps with low costs and high speeds for transactions.

Solana believes its unique blockchain architecture that combines the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and its own proof of history mechanism is the key to achieving these goals.

Proof of history works almost like a cryptographic timestamp that proves that an event has occurred at a specific time. It enables the blockchain to work fast while maintaining security and decentralization.

There are about 304 million SOL in circulation as of November 2021. Solana has an initial inflation rate of 8%, which will decrease by 15% a year until it reaches a long-term inflation rate of 1.5%. SOL is Solana’s native token.

Solana competes with other blockchain platforms such as Ethereum and Avalanche to host crypto projects such as NFTs, decentralized exchanges, and gaming. 

Developers and users flocked from Ethereum to Solana due to high transaction costs, but many could gravitate back towards Ethereum if it manages to lower costs, which could happen as a result of the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade and layer 2 rollups. 

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With GENIUS Act passed and Clarity Act gaining momentum, Kristin Smith of Solana Policy Institute foresees floodgates for institutional capital and tokenized assets.

Crypto Policy Enter A New Phase: Insights From Solana Policy Institute

Support for Magic Eden's crypto wallet is ending soon, meaning users will have to export their private keys to avoid losing access to funds.

If You Hold Solana on Magic Eden's Wallet, It's Time to Move It or Lose It

Solana (SOL) slid roughly 8% week-over-week as continuing tensions in the Middle East rattled markets and overshadowed another week of on-chain progress.

Solana News: SOL Sinks as Geopolitical Turmoil Eclipses Gains in Payments, AI

Cardano

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Banks are exploring Cardano's (CRYPTO: ADA) Midnight partner chain for institutional blockchain infrastructure because it offers programmable privacy and front-running protection that Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) can't provide natively. The Three Banking Requirements Institutions need three things from blockchain that public chains struggle to deliver: privacy with selective disclosure, execution predictability without MEV extraction, and compliance tooling that doesn't broadcast sensitive information to the entire world.

Why Banks Are Looking At Cardano Midnight Instead Of Ethereum And Solana

Bitcoin

Interactive Brokers launched crypto trading for eligible EEA investors, offering 11 cryptocurrencies alongside stocks and futures.

Interactive Brokers launches crypto trading in EEA, including BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP

Solana (SOL) price fell to its critical support, but buyers halted the decline.

Coinidol.com: Solana Resumes Its Sideways Move Above $80

The altcoin market suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, with total capitalization dropping below $1 trillion for the first time in weeks. ETH and SOL Spearhead the Retreat The altcoin market endured a brutal session on Friday, March 27, as investors aggressively unwound positions in a frantic flight to liquidity.

Altcoins Tumble as Total Market Capitalization Falls Below $1 Trillion Mark

Umbra has opened its private wallet to the public, enabling shielded transfers, encrypted swaps, and compliance tools for Solana users.

Umbra opens privacy wallet to the public on Solana, powered by Arcium's encrypted execution engine

This shift could fundamentally reshape internet business models, Solana Foundation's Vibhu Norby believes.

Solana bets on AI agents: Foundation says network is becoming core infrastructure for ‘agentic' internet

The Solana Foundation has introduced an API-driven platform to help enterprises and financial institutions build and scale compliant financial products on the Solana network. The Solana Foundation announced the launch of the Solana Developer Platform (SDP) on March 24, 2026.

Solana Foundation Launches New AI-Ready Developer Platform for Global Financial Institutions

Solana closed out the week down around 4%, disappointing hopes of a broader sector rebound as renewed Middle East tensions jolted risk assets.

Solana News: SOL Stalls as Geopolitical Conflict Rekindles, App Revenue Slumps

Major financial players are building via the Solana Developer Platform, which is meant to streamline enterprise development on the network.

Mastercard, Western Union, Worldpay Building With New Solana Enterprise Platform

The platform offers three API modules to help issue RWAs, support payments, and enable onchain swaps supported by 20 launch partners.

Mastercard, Western Union tap Solana Foundation's new enterprise developer toolbox

The platform is a toolkit that lets enterprises create and scale financial applications on Solana without deep crypto infrastructure expertise.

Solana Foundation taps Mastercard, Western Union, Worldpay for institutional developer platform

Crypto recovered on Tuesday morning even as Monday's relief rally unraveled across traditional markets, with oil jumping 4% on reports that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are moving to join the conflict.

Bitcoin, ether, solana prices move higher as Gulf allies inch toward joining Iran war

The organization argued that the next phase of crypto adoption will depend less on transparency alone and more on giving companies control over what they reveal — and to whom.

Solana Foundation targets institutions with new privacy framework

The remaining tokens are subject to long-term lockups tied to company milestones and a potential IPO.

Backpack launches BP token on Solana with 25% airdrop, no insider allocation

Traders on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid are increasingly favoring perpetual futures tied to commodities.

Oil, silver trading is way more popular than XRP, solana on Hyperliquid

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Eighteen crypto assets spotlight a broader regulatory shift as U.S. agencies clarify digital commodities as an open category, reshaping how blockchain-based tokens are classified and valued beyond a fixed list.

SEC Identifies 18 Crypto Tokens as Digital Commodities in Move That Could Reshape Markets

Over 2 million Solana wallets sit idle despite easy earning options. The reason has nothing to do with crypto and everything to do with how people make decisions.

2 Million Solana Wallets Are Idle. The Fix Is Human, Not Tech

Solana (SOL) prices surged above the moving average lines, reaching a high of $97.

Coinidol.com: Solana Slumps to the $80 Critical Support

While blockchain gaming has yet to live up to its promise, some companies, and top brands, have not given up.

Solana Foundation president says crypto gaming is dead

Solana treasury firm Forward Industries bought back more than 6 million shares for $27.4 million as it seeks to add shareholder value.

Solana Treasury Forward Industries Uses Loan to Buy Back Shares After 89% Price Dive

Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FWDI) will repurchase 6.16 million shares for $27.4 million using a $40 million loan from Galaxy Digital at 3.4% APR, increasing SOL-per-share by 29% annualized. The Share Repurchase Math The transaction reduces Forward's common shares outstanding from 83.14 million to 76.98 million, the company announced Thursday.

Forward Borrows Against Solana Stack At 3.4% To Repurchase 6 Million Shares

The structure has Forward industries leaning on short-term, low-cost debt to amplify exposure to SOL per share.

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