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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Solana's record monthly stablecoin transaction volume follows growing appetite for retail payments infrastructure over memecoins.

Solana stablecoin volume hits record $650 billion in February as onchain payments draw demand, Grayscale says

Bitcoin

Ethereum

The largest cryptocurrency briefly reclaimed the top of its range on Tuesday before sellers pushed it back to $67,000, while South Korean stocks posted their worst two-day drop since 2008.

Bitcoin holds, ether, solana slide as Mideast woes drag Asian equities to multi-year lows

Solana rose nearly 9% week-over-week (WoW) as crypto markets staged a fragile relief rally on fast-moving geopolitical headlines.

Solana News: SOL Rallies as Fund Flows Flip Positive, Apps Gain Traction

Japan's prime minister says she has no knowledge of or involvement in a Solana-based meme token that briefly reached a $27.7 million market cap before tumbling.

Japan prime minister Sanae Takaichi disavows Solana meme coin after it crashes by 75%

Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FWDI) CIO Ryan Navi declared the company aspires to be the “Berkshire Hathaway of the Solana ecosystem” as the largest institutional Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) holder sits on nearly $1 billion in unrealized losses. The $1 Billion Loss Forward Industries acquired its Solana position at an average price of around $230 per token after raising $1.65 billion through a PIPE backed by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital in September 2025.

Largest SOL Holder Down $1 Billion, But Exec Still Aims To Be The 'Berkshire Hathaway Of Solana'

Magic Eden is narrowing its focus to the Solana blockchain and its Dicey gambling platform while sunsetting various Bitcoin and Ethereum services. CEO Jack Lu announced on X that Magic Eden will streamline its marketplace to focus exclusively on Packs and Solana while doubling down on Dicey, its crypto casino and sportsbetting project.

NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Streamlines Operations to Focus on Solana and Dicey Gambling

An analyst known for making timely crypto calls believes one Ethereum (ETH) rival is flashing bullish signals. Pseudonymous analyst Bluntz tells his 339,000 followers on X that Solana (SOL) may be setting the stage for a breakout after posting a bullish divergence on the four hour chart.

Trader Who Called Bitcoin Top Sees Solana Flashing Multiple Bullish Signals Amid ‘Despair' in Crypto

Solana led major tokens with a 10.8% bounce, while ether reclaimed $2,000 and bitcoin climbed back above $66,800 ahead of traditional futures opens on Sunday.

Ether, solana, xrp surge up to 10% as majors recover Saturday's war-driven losses

The cryptocurrency market served as a real-time volatility barometer over the weekend as joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a sharp sell-off while traditional markets were closed. The Bitcoin Benchmarking The cryptocurrency market once again fell victim to its own always-on architecture.

Altcoins Crumble: ETH, XRP, SOL Lead Losses Amid Geopolitical Tensions

Dogecoin

The pullback erased most of Wednesday's push toward $70,000 as hot producer-price data and a post-earnings Nvidia decline dragged risk assets lower heading into the weekend.

Bitcoin slides to $65,000 in weekend sell-off, with solana, XRP, dogecoin down 6%

Magic Eden is pulling support for Ethereum-compatible and Bitcoin-based assets, marking an end to its multi-chain approach to user adoption.

Magic Eden Pulls Plug on Bitcoin and Ethereum Support, Doubles Down on Solana

Ethereum (ETH), down 3.7% from Thursday, joined Solana (SOL) as an underperformer.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Solana (SOL) falls 4.2%, leading index lower

Positioning in futures and options shows traders looking to protect against further declines.

Bitcoin falls with ether, solana while decred, AI-linked tokens advance

The goal is to reduce Solana's growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality.

A former Solana exec is taking a page out of Wall Street playbook to make global crypto trades faster

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) Executive Chair Michael Saylor shared his vision Wednesday for the future of “digital credit,” emphasizing its potential beyond Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) on networks like Solana (CRYPTO: SOL). Future Of ‘Digital Credit' In a keynote address at the Strategy World 2026 Conference, Saylor discussed the concept of “digital credit,” which involves issuing Bitcoin-collateralized, yield-bearing financial instruments, such as its Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (NASDAQ:STRC).

Michael Saylor Unveils 'Digital Credit' Vision, Signals Expansion Beyond Bitcoin To Solana

The rally marks one of the strongest single-day rebounds in weeks, snapping a steady slide that had pushed bitcoin down sharply from its October highs.

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