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Solflare Validator Stops Earning Rewards After Provider Security Incident
A Solflare-linked validator stopped earning rewards after a provider security incident, with about 1.56M SOL affected; migration is underway.
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Marinade Waives Bond Charges for Agave Slot-Skipping Bug
Marinade waives bond charges for validators hit by an Agave slot-skipping bug, with a fix in an Agave 4.4 candidate.
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Solana bug reports now cost 1 SOL as AI floods security teams with spam
Solana now requires a 1 SOL burn per bug report after AI-generated spam flooded security teams, with 809 reports in one contest.
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Akash Opens Vote to Move From Cosmos to Solana
Akash's Prop 346 would let AKT holders vote on a one-way conversion from Cosmos to Solana, with staking rewards ending at a later cutover.
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Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Ships. Adoption is the Real Test
Galaxy Research looks at whether Solana's Alpenglow upgrade will drive real adoption after shipping. Useful context on the upgrade, though the snippet gives little detail.
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JPMorgan Brings MONY and JLTXX Tokenized Funds to Solana
JPMorgan brings its MONY and JLTXX tokenized funds to Solana for qualified US investors.
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Solana’s biggest network change since 2020 is live. Here’s how users benefit
Solana's largest network change since 2020 has gone live, with a new voting system targeting about 150ms settlement. Existing wallets keep working.
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Solana Activates Alpenglow on Mainnet, Swapping Out TowerBFT for a Faster Consensus Engine
Solana switched to Alpenglow consensus on mainnet, replacing TowerBFT and cutting finality to roughly 150 milliseconds, per onchain data and Solana and Anza accounts.
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Alpenglow Is Live On Mainnet-beta, Finality Reduced From 12.8 Seconds To 150 Milliseconds
Solana's Alpenglow consensus is live on mainnet-beta, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds, per Anza's launch data.
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Anza’s Alpenglow goes live on Solana, cutting finality to 150 milliseconds
Solana activated Alpenglow, replacing TowerBFT and cutting transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds.
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Solana’s Alpenglow, its biggest network overhaul since 2020, goes live Wednesday
Solana's Alpenglow consensus overhaul goes live Wednesday, targeting about 150ms finality after a failed migration and rollback during testing.
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Tokenization On Solana: The Companies Behind The Chain's RWA Growth
A data-driven overview of Solana's real-world asset market, showing $4.37B in distributed RWAs concentrated among a few products.
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Ethereum staking hits record as yields fall and Solana activity grows: Bitwise
Bitwise data shows record Ethereum staking of 43.8M ETH in Q3 as yields fell to 2.63%, and record Solana staking.
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Alpenglow: What We Learned Running Solana's Biggest Consensus Change
Galaxy Research shares lessons from running Solana's largest consensus change, Alpenglow, in production.
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Solana treasury firm SkyAI sells all SOL holdings, launches $201M buyback
SkyAI sold all its Solana holdings and is offering a $201M buyback of shares and warrants using its $223.8M cash. A notable treasury-company unwind that signals stress in DAT models.
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SkyAI sells off entire Solana treasury as it launches $201 million buyback
SkyAI sold its entire Solana treasury and launched a $201M buyback, a notable treasury-strategy shift.
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SkyAI Sells Entire Solana Treasury, Launches $201 Million Tender
SkyAI sold its entire Solana treasury and launched a $201 million tender, with a contested $3 share price challenged by Bastion Trading.
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Solana shows resilience, but some areas need continued observation, Fidelity says
Fidelity report finds Solana has had no mainnet outages in two years but flags stake, hosting and client concentration risks.
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Morning Minute: Solana Is About To Get Faster
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is due next week, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds.
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Ledger unveils Atom Android device with Solana Mobile integration and new tamper protections amid investigation into modified wallets
Ledger's Atom is an Android device with Solana Mobile integration, AI-agent controls, and tamper protections.
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Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade replaces TowerBFT on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms.
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Major shareholder presses SkyAI on Solana sales after treasury shrinks 70% in a month
SkyAI's SOL treasury fell 70% in a month with 400,000 SOL unexplained, prompting a shareholder push on sales.
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Alpenglow Is Coming to Solana Mainnet Next Week
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade goes live October 21, targeting about 150ms finality.
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Anza Puts Solana’s Alpenglow Consensus Switch on the Mainnet Calendar for Oct. 21
Anza schedules Solana's Alpenglow consensus switch on mainnet for Oct. 21, cutting finality to about 150ms in a single-slot change after testnet and devnet runs.
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Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality
Solana has set Oct. 21 for the Alpenglow upgrade, which targets 150ms finality and removes vote transactions from blocks. Transaction counts will shift even if user activity stays flat, so read those metrics with care.
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Collector Crypt Logs $151 Million in Monthly Pack Sales
Collector Crypt recorded $151M in monthly Solana pack sales, but Pine Analytics finds 548 wallets made up 83% of spending.
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Anza Sets Oct. 21 for Solana’s Alpenglow Mainnet Upgrade
Solana's Alpenglow mainnet upgrade is set for Oct. 21, targeting 150ms finality, with validators needing software changes first.
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Pando Sets Oct. 13 Hong Kong Listing for Spot Solana ETF
Pando sets an October 13 Hong Kong listing for a spot Solana ETF with a 0.60% management fee.
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SkyAI Sells Half Its SOL Treasury, Plans $201 Million Cash Buyback
SkyAI is selling half its SOL treasury and proposing a $201M cash buyback at $3 per security, conditional on SOL staying above $100.
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DeFi Development grows SOL holdings 12% as CHAD hits record highs
DeFi Development added 22,070 SOL, lifting holdings to 2.59 million SOL, while its CHAD preferred stock hit record highs.