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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Standard Chartered slashed its cryptocurrency price targets, warning bitcoin could slide toward $50,000 and ethereum near $1,400 in the coming months before a projected rebound, signaling mounting pressure across digital assets despite a resilient long-term outlook.

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Solana treasury companies are starting to turn to staking income and on-chain financing tools as lower SOL prices pressure balance sheets and share prices.

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Meme coins slipped modestly this week but outperformed core cryptocurrency Solana (SOL) as on-chain trading volumes remained high and leading launchpads sharpened their focus on trading.

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Resilience built from the debris of 2022 is now shaping the Solana ecosystems future, leaders from Jupiter, Backpack, Kamino and DoubleZero argued at Consensus Hong Kong 2026.

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The Hyperlane Nexus Bridge will enable holders to transfer wBTC tokens between Ethereum and Solana, the team wrote in a press release.

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From ETFs to stablecoins to AI infrastructure, Solana's pitch in Hong Kong was clear: less memecoin mania, more internet capital markets.

Solana leans into tokenization and payments at Hong Kong's Accelerate APAC event

Upexi said digital asset operations, mainly staking income, now account for the majority of company revenue.

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Despite a $8.43 million inflow led by Bitwise, SOL's price continues to bleed amid ongoing macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds.

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Bubblemaps alleged that X's $1 million article competition winner profited from memecoin rugpulls on Solana.

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An analyst known for making timely crypto calls believes one Ethereum (ETH) rival is now forming a market bottom. Pseudonymous analyst Bluntz tells his 337,200 followers on X that Solana (SOL) is likely completing a three-wave correction and could soon enter a long-term bullish phase.

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Fireside chat with Michael Lau spotlights finance focus, Asia's centrality, and revenue-driven growth

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Solana's sell-off deepened this week, with SOL down about 18% week-over-week (WoW) according to CoinMarketCap data, as record on-chain activity failed to stem mounting bear market fears.

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Ripple on Monday announced a partnership with Figment to offer Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) staking through Ripple Custody, allowing banks to offer crypto services without building their own infrastructure. The Institutional Custody Push According to the press release, banks can now offer Ethereum and Solana staking rewards to customers without running their own validator computers.

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Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $264 million in Bitcoin in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The digital asset firm says the outflows are a sign of stabilization after weeks of major outflows.

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With no debt and the largest public solana treasury, Forward Industries' CIO says it can play offense and consolidate rivals as the sector strains.

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Prominent publicly traded crypto treasury firms are underwater on their holdings as Bitcoin and Ethereum keep falling.

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Liu's remarks come as cryptocurrencies plunge and other industry leaders are narrowing their own visions for blockchain utility.

Solana Foundation's Liu urges refocus on finance as crypto slides and narratives narrow

Kyle Samani pledged to continue making personal investments in the crypto sector as he pursues other tech interests.

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Uniswap (UNI) was also among the underperformers, declining 3.6% from Tuesday.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Solana (SOL) drops 5.3% as nearly all assets decline

Standard Chartered on Tuesday downgraded its near-term outlook for Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) but raised long-term price targets, arguing the network is evolving beyond meme coin speculation toward stablecoin-driven micropayments. Near Term Cut, Long Term Raised Standard Chartered lowered its 2026 Solana target to $250 from $310 as the token struggles in the short term, recently trading near $97 following a sharp drawdown, Decrypt reported on Tuesday.

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The price of Solana (SOL) fell to its lowest levels in nearly two years this week, even as the network logged record-breaking on-chain activity.

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