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Solana-foundation

Solana Pushes the Token Supercycle Thesis

Solana Foundation published a new ecosystem article on September 2, 2026 titled "The Token Supercycle: Everything of Val...

2026-09-03

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile adds USDC Earn Vault

Solana Mobile’s latest notable update in the fallback window is the launch of the USDC Earn Vault inside Seed Vault Wall...

2026-09-01

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile adds USDC Earn Vault

Solana Mobile's blog data shows a notable August 19 post: "Introducing the USDC Earn Vault in Seed Vault Wallet." The po...

2026-08-31

Solana-foundation

Solana spotlights Frontier Traders launch

Solana Foundation published a new news item on August 27 featuring Frontier Traders, a launch positioned around a fresh ...

2026-08-31

Firedancer

Firedancer ships fresh testnet release

The official Firedancer releases feed shows a new release entry published on August 26: Frankendancer Testnet v0.1202.40...

2026-08-31

Solana-foundation

Solana Weighs Transaction v1 Trade-offs

Solana Foundation published a detailed research post examining transaction v1 and the trade-off created by removing Addr...

2026-08-27

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile adds USDC Earn Vault

Solana Mobile published a product update introducing the USDC Earn Vault in Seed Vault Wallet, placing a yield-oriented ...

2026-08-26

Solana-foundation

Solana speeds up mainnet in latest changelog

Solana Foundation’s latest changelog packages several important network and tooling updates into one official snapshot, ...

2026-08-26

Firedancer

Firedancer ships new testnet release

Firedancer’s latest official release, v26.08.1, landed on GitHub as a new testnet build for Solana’s alternative validat...

2026-08-26

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Launches Bug Bounties and Grants

Solana Mobile has announced a formal vulnerability disclosure policy, a bug bounty program, and a new security grants in...

2026-08-21

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships a Mainnet-Ready Release

Firedancer has released Frankendancer Mainnet v0.1106.40201 and explicitly labels it as a mainnet-ready release. The upd...

2026-08-21

Solana-foundation

Solana maps the economics of 200ms slots

Solana's newest Foundation post focuses on one of the ecosystem's most consequential performance changes: reducing slot ...

2026-08-20

Solana-foundation

Why Asia is leading stablecoin rails on Solana

Solana Foundation's latest Bits to Bricks feature highlights Reap co-founder Daren Guo's case for why Asia is ahead in s...

2026-08-17

Solana-foundation

Solana Changelog highlights 350ms slot-time push

Solana's August 6, 2026 changelog packages a meaningful cluster of core ecosystem updates into one release checkpoint. T...

2026-08-15

Solana-mobile

Seeker Summer keeps Solana Mobile hot

Solana Mobile published a fresh ecosystem update showing that Seeker is being treated as more than a crypto phone launch...

2026-08-14

Firedancer

Firedancer Testnet v26.08.0 ships

Firedancer’s official releases page shows a major new testnet drop with `v26.08.0`, and it is the most technically signi...

2026-08-14

Firedancer

Frankendancer Ships New Mainnet Release

The Firedancer team published a new mainnet-ready Frankendancer release, `v0.1105.40200`, on GitHub. The release updates...

2026-08-13

Solana-foundation

MoneyGram Ramps Goes Live on Solana

Solana Foundation announced that MoneyGram Ramps is now live on Solana, adding direct access to MoneyGram’s cash on- and...

2026-08-12

Firedancer

Firedancer ships mainnet-ready 1.1.4

Firedancer’s latest official release, `v1.1.4`, is tagged as mainnet ready and lands on August 10 with a focused reliabi...

2026-08-11

Solana-foundation

Solana spotlights x402 agent payments

Solana Foundation published a new recap on August 5 focused on x402, a protocol and payment flow designed to give AI age...

2026-08-09

Solana-foundation

Solana pushes x402 for agentic payments

Solana Foundation published a fresh recap of its “Agentic Payments” webinar, focusing on x402 as a way for AI agents to ...

2026-08-08

Solana-foundation

Solana July roundup spotlights capital markets push

The Solana Foundation's latest ecosystem roundup packages a busy July into one signal: the network is being positioned a...

2026-08-07

Solana-foundation

Solana sets Breakpoint 2026 agenda

Solana Foundation published a new Breakpoint 2026 announcement built around what it calls the token supercycle. The post...

2026-08-06

Firedancer

Firedancer ships mainnet-ready v1.1.3

Jump’s Firedancer team published Firedancer Mainnet v1.1.3, explicitly labeling it a mainnet-ready release. The notes fo...

2026-08-06

Solana-foundation

Tokenized collectibles gain traction on Solana

Solana has published a fresh look at one of its more unusual but increasingly meaningful consumer categories: tokenized ...

2026-08-04

Solana-foundation

Institutions deepen RWA momentum on Solana

Solana Foundation’s newest institutional update highlights how firms like BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Visa, and Franklin Tem...

2026-08-02

Firedancer

Firedancer ships a new mainnet-ready release

Firedancer published a fresh mainnet-ready Frankendancer release on July 30, continuing the steady march toward stronger...

2026-08-02

Solana-foundation

Solana lifts mainnet block limits to 100M CUs

Solana Foundation's latest changelog says mainnet has now activated SIMD-0286, lifting block limits to 100 million compu...

2026-08-01

Firedancer

Firedancer ships new Frankendancer testnet build

Firedancer's latest official release page shows a new Frankendancer testnet build, `v0.1104.40200`, which is aligned wit...

2026-08-01

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Adds Review Tools for Publishers

Solana Mobile has rolled out Ratings & Reviews tooling inside the Solana dApp Store publishing portal. The update gives ...

2026-07-31

Solana-mobile

MONOLITH hackathon targets Solana mobile builders

Solana Mobile's latest notable builder push is the MONOLITH hackathon, a mobile-first competition built around Seeker an...

2026-07-30

Firedancer

Firedancer posts v0.1101.40201 release bump

Firedancer logged another official release with v0.1101.40201, continuing its steady cadence of validator updates in Jul...

2026-07-30

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Publishes SKR Playbook

Solana Mobile’s freshest non-duplicate notable update is its new guide to SKR, the native asset of the Solana Mobile eco...

2026-07-29

Solana-foundation

Solana revisits rent with a data-backed case

Solana Foundation has published a detailed analysis on whether the network can materially reduce the rent-exempt require...

2026-07-28

Solana-foundation

Solana ships fee and validator tooling updates

Solana Foundation’s July 23 engineering changelog is the clearest official roundup of the network’s latest developer-fac...

2026-07-27

Firedancer

Firedancer v1.1.2 Fixes Testnet Restart Crash

Firedancer has published testnet release v1.1.2 with a focused fix for a crash tied to cluster restarts and incremental ...

2026-07-25

Firedancer

Frankendancer adds slot-time and security updates

Firedancer's latest non-duplicate release in the window is Frankendancer Testnet v0.1102.40201, a testnet-focused update...

2026-07-22

Firedancer

Firedancer Testnet v1.1.1 Ships Fix

Firedancer posted its v1.1.1 testnet release on July 16, delivering a focused but important maintenance update. The rele...

2026-07-20

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Revamps dApp Discovery

Solana Mobile has introduced dApp Spotlight in the Solana dApp Store, a new recurring discovery surface meant to solve a...

2026-07-19

Solana-foundation

Solana Changelog Packs Core July Releases

Solana Foundation’s July 16 changelog is a dense ecosystem update rather than a single launch, but it is still one of th...

2026-07-19

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile pushes a bigger Seeker summer

Solana Mobile's latest summer update focuses on turning Seeker into a more active ecosystem surface rather than just a c...

2026-07-18

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships Testnet v1.1.0

Firedancer has published its official testnet v1.1.0 release, adding substantial infrastructure improvements across memo...

2026-07-17

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile passes 1,000 dApps

Solana Mobile has published one of its clearest ecosystem-growth milestones yet: the Solana dApp Store now lists more th...

2026-07-16

Firedancer

Firedancer ships mainnet v0.1006.40100

Firedancer has published a fresh mainnet-ready release, `v0.1006.40100`, continuing the cadence of production validator ...

2026-07-16

Solana-foundation

SK Hynix tokenized stock goes live on Solana

Solana's official news feed highlighted a major internet capital markets milestone this week: SK Hynix exposure is now t...

2026-07-12

Solana-foundation

Solana changelog highlights fresh core releases

Solana Foundation's July 9 changelog packages a broad set of fresh engineering updates into one official checkpoint for ...

2026-07-11

Solana-foundation

Solana June Roundup Shows RWA Surge

Solana Foundation's June 2026 ecosystem roundup captures one of the network's broadest growth months in recent memory. T...

2026-07-10

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile launches Seeker Summer

Solana Mobile's newest post launches Seeker Summer, a multi-round campaign that turns the Seeker device into an ongoing ...

2026-07-09

Solana-foundation

Solana lines up Agave 4.1 and RPC 2.0

Solana Foundation's July 2 engineering changelog pulled together a meaningful batch of core infrastructure updates acros...

2026-07-09

Firedancer

Firedancer ships a new mainnet-ready build

Firedancer published a new mainnet-ready Frankendancer release on July 6, continuing the steady cadence of alternative-v...

2026-07-09

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships v1.0.1 Release

Firedancer posted v1.0.1 on its official GitHub releases feed. The note is minimal, but the tag is a fresh official vali...

2026-07-05

Solana-foundation

Sunrise Brings External Assets to Solana

Solana Foundation published a new update on how Sunrise brings external assets to Solana from day one as canonical mints...

2026-07-04

Solana-foundation

Crossmint Expands Solana Payment Rails

Solana published a case study on Crossmint's infrastructure stack, showing how the company uses Solana for enterprise wa...

2026-07-01

Solana-foundation

Solana Highlights Bare-Metal Validators

Solana Foundation published a network update on high-performance validators and bare-metal infrastructure. The post argu...

2026-06-29

Solana-foundation

Solana Pushes Bare-Metal Validators

Solana Foundation published an engineering-focused update explaining why high-performance Solana validators run best on ...

2026-06-28

Solana-foundation

Solana Pushes Bare Metal Validators

Solana Foundation published new guidance explaining why production validators should run on dedicated bare metal hardwar...

2026-06-26

Firedancer

Frankendancer Testnet Updates to Agave 4.1 RC

The Firedancer project published Frankendancer Testnet v0.1004.40101 on the official Firedancer releases page. The pre-...

2026-06-25

Solana-foundation

MoneyGram Joins Solana Developer Platform

The Solana Foundation announced that MoneyGram has joined Solana Developer Platform as an infrastructure partner while a...

2026-06-23

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile dApp Store Tops 1,000 Apps

Solana Mobile announced that the Solana dApp Store has crossed 1,000 live apps, marking a major distribution milestone f...

2026-06-22

Firedancer

Frankendancer Mainnet Release Ships

Firedancer released Frankendancer Mainnet v0.913.40003 on June 19 as the latest mainnet-ready validator client release. ...

2026-06-22

Solana-foundation

Solana Launches Frontier Traders

Solana Foundation introduced Frontier Traders, an exclusive community and program for onchain traders working across eme...

2026-06-19

Firedancer

Frankendancer Mainnet v0.912.40003 Ships

Firedancer published Frankendancer Mainnet v0.912.40003 on June 16, marking a new mainnet-ready release for Solana valid...

2026-06-18

Firedancer

Firedancer Testnet v1.0.0 Ships

The Firedancer team published Firedancer Testnet v1.0.0 on June 12, 2026 through the official firedancer-io GitHub relea...

2026-06-14

Solana-foundation

World Series of Poker Goes Onchain

Solana published a June 10, 2026 update titled "World Series of Poker, Dealt by Solana," spotlighting a mainstream gamin...

2026-06-12

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile opens its stack to OEMs

Solana Mobile announced on March 2, 2026 that its Solana Mobile Stack is now being offered to OEM partners and hardware ...

2026-06-10

Solana-foundation

Solana May Roundup Shows RWA Growth

Solana Foundation published its May 2026 ecosystem roundup, highlighting a month of growth across tokenized assets, stab...

2026-06-09

Firedancer

Frankendancer Testnet v0.1002 Released

The Firedancer project published Frankendancer Testnet v0.1002.40103 as a new pre-release for Solana testnet operators. ...

2026-06-09

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Adds Publisher Reviews

Solana Mobile announced that Ratings & Reviews are now live in the Solana dApp Store publishing portal. Publishers can v...

2026-06-08

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships Mainnet Release

The official Firedancer releases page shows a new Frankendancer Mainnet v0.911.40002 release dated June 5. The release i...

2026-06-08

Firedancer

Frankendancer Testnet v0.1001 Lands

The official Firedancer repository published Frankendancer Testnet v0.1001.40101 on June 1. The release is explicitly ma...

2026-06-07

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Launches dApp Spotlight

Solana Mobile added App Spotlight to the Solana dApp Store as a new discovery layer for users. The feature highlights fo...

2026-06-06

Solana-foundation

Solana Adds Native Subscriptions and Allowances

Solana Foundation announced that Subscriptions and Allowances are now live on mainnet. The new shared program is designe...

2026-06-06

Solana-foundation

Solana Ships Native Subscriptions and Allowances

Solana Foundation has put a new payments primitive live on mainnet: native Subscriptions & Allowances. The launch is aim...

2026-06-03

Solana-foundation

Solana Backs Fully Onchain Perps

Solana Foundation is making a clear push toward fully onchain derivatives markets. The announcement says the network wan...

2026-06-03

Partner

PayPal Confirms SOL Support in Crypto FAQ

PayPal’s cryptocurrency FAQ now says crypto services will be provided by PayPal Digital, Inc. starting May 19, 2026. The...

2026-06-01

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Expands Into Open Mobile

Solana Mobile's newest architecture post is a strategic update, not just a product note. It describes how the company is...

2026-05-31

Solana-foundation

Solana Brings Fan Tokens to the Sports Economy

Solana Foundation published a May 27 update on how the network is becoming a home for onchain sports products. The post ...

2026-05-30

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Pushes Its 2026 Roadmap

Solana Mobile's blog homepage now spotlights a new piece titled The Solana Mobile Roadmap for 2026 and Beyond. The page ...

2026-05-27

Solana-foundation

Stablecoin Settlement Gets Practical on Solana

Solana published a new Bits to Bricks episode on May 20, 2026 focused on merchant settlement as a concrete stablecoin us...

2026-05-26

Solana-mobile

Seeker Activity Tracking Lands on Solana Mobile

Solana Mobile’s Activity Tracking feature gives Seeker owners a built-in view of how they use the device and the ecosyst...

2026-05-25

Firedancer

Firedancer v0.910.40000 Reaches Mainnet Ready

Firedancer's latest release, Frankendancer Mainnet v0.910.40000, is now marked mainnet ready. The update is small in sur...

2026-05-23

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Hackathon Winners Announced

Solana Mobile announced the winners of its first hackathon, spotlighting teams that built mobile-first Solana applicatio...

2026-05-22

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile wraps SKR claims and hackathons

Solana Mobile published a broad ecosystem update covering SKR claims, hackathon winners, and new Seeker activity. The po...

2026-05-21

Solana-foundation

Galaxy Tokenization Deepens on Solana

Solana Foundation published a new Bits to Bricks piece on tokenization and US financial power, centered on Thomas Cowan ...

2026-05-20

Firedancer

Firedancer ships v0.822.30114 for mainnet

Firedancer published v0.822.30114 on May 13 as a mainnet-ready release. The update is small on the surface, but it matte...

2026-05-19

Firedancer

Firedancer ships Testnet v0.909.40001

Firedancer published a new testnet release, v0.909.40001. The update is aimed at improving resilience while moving the s...

2026-05-15

Solana-mobile

SKR Is Now Live on Solana Mobile

Solana Mobile says SKR is live, with allocations ready to claim for eligible Seeker Season 1 participants. The launch tu...

2026-05-14

Solana-foundation

Solana Ecosystem Roundup: April Climbs Everywhere

April was a busy month for Solana. Institutions moved deeper into bank, custody, and card-issuer infrastructure, while t...

2026-05-13

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Highlights Five New Seeker dApps

Solana Mobile published a new roundup of Seeker apps worth trying right now. The post leans into what the device is beco...

2026-05-10

Solana-foundation

Solana Launches Pay.sh With Google Cloud

Solana Foundation launched Pay.sh in collaboration with Google Cloud, aiming to make API access payable with stablecoins...

2026-05-08

Partner

Visa expands stablecoin settlement, keeps Solana

Visa announced an expansion of its stablecoin settlement pilot, adding five more blockchains and bringing total supporte...

2026-05-05

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Opens Builder Grants

Solana Mobile is funding mobile-first dApps through Builder Grants while also reporting that the dApp Store has crossed ...

2026-05-01

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Names Monolith Hackathon Winners

Solana Mobile has announced the winners of its Monolith Hackathon after more than 400 app submissions. The post highligh...

2026-05-01

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships Mainnet-Ready v0.821.30114

Firedancer released v0.821.30114 as a mainnet-ready build. The release is small on paper, but it matters because validat...

2026-05-01

Firedancer

Firedancer v0.906.40000 Hits Testnet

Firedancer shipped a new testnet release that updates its Agave submodule and improves resilience. The release is explic...

2026-04-30

Firedancer

Firedancer ships v0.906.40000 testnet release

Firedancer published a new testnet release, v0.906.40000. The update focuses on resilience, GUI improvements, and a smal...

2026-04-29

Solana-foundation

Tokens.xyz Makes Solana Assets Easier to Find

Solana Foundation’s Tokens.xyz write-up highlights a cleaner way to browse onchain assets. Instead of hunting through mi...

2026-04-28

Solana-foundation

Solana Maps Its Quantum Readiness Plan

Solana’s latest Foundation post lays out where the network stands on quantum readiness and what comes next. The message ...

2026-04-28

Solana-foundation

Noah and Jupiter launch sovereign payroll on Solana

Solana Foundation published a new case study on Noah and Jupiter, outlining a compliant payment stack that routes tradit...

2026-04-25

Firedancer

Firedancer mainnet release v0.820.30113 posted

The Firedancer team posted release v0.820.30113 on the official releases feed, labeled as a Frankendancer mainnet releas...

2026-04-22

Firedancer

Firedancer v0.904.40006 boosts Testnet performance

Firedancer published Testnet release v0.904.40006 as part of its ongoing Solana client optimization cycle. The update fo...

2026-04-21

Firedancer

Firedancer Ships v0.905.40007 Testnet

Firedancer published testnet release v0.905.40007. The update includes an agave submodule bump and a fix for slightly un...

2026-04-17

Solana-foundation

Solana Foundation Launches New Security Program

Solana Foundation announced a new security push for the ecosystem, with funding for STRIDE and SIRN led by Asymmetric Re...

2026-04-09

Solana-foundation

Solana Ecosystem Roundup Highlights March Growth

Solana Foundation’s March 2026 roundup covers a dense month of ecosystem activity, from enterprise adoption to protocol ...

2026-04-09

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile Stack goes global

Solana Mobile announced that the Solana Mobile Stack is now opening to every Android OEM, expanding the company’s reach ...

2026-04-05

Solana-mobile

Solana Mobile launches Builder Grants for Seeker

Solana Mobile has announced a new Builder Grants and RFP program aimed at teams building mobile-first apps for Seeker th...

2026-04-05

Firedancer

Firedancer ships fresh testnet release

Firedancer’s official releases page shows a fresh testnet release published within the last week, including an Agave sub...

2026-04-05

Solana

Bits to Bricks: Can Stablecoins Prevent De-Dollarization?

A new Solana Foundation analysis, 'Bits to Bricks,' explores the geopolitical impact of dollar-denominated stablecoins. ...

2026-03-26

Solana

Solana Foundation Launches Solana Developer Platform

The Solana Foundation has officially launched the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), a dedicated infrastructure suite desi...

2026-03-26