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 ETFs saw a record $32M outflow as 21Shares' fund bled $42M, contradicting a $321M on-chain capital influx to the network.

Solana ETFs See Record Outflow as 21Shares' TSOL Bleeds $42M

With v3, the team says that about 85% of market orders will fill in under half a second, and liquidity will deepen enough to bring slippage on larger trades down to around 0.02%.

Solana's Drift Launches v3, With 10x Faster Trades

Plume is bringing real-world yield to Solana with the rollout of its Nest vaults, giving the network's users direct access to on-chain credit, Treasuries and receivables.

Plume Brings Institutional RWA Yield to Solana With Debut of Nest Vaults

Franklin Templeton expanded its crypto ETF beyond bitcoin and ether by adding XRP and solana alongside other major tokens, signaling a shift toward broader market exposure and rising demand for assets tied to real-world utility and diversified blockchain use cases. Franklin Crypto Index ETF Expands Asset Mix Franklin Templeton announced on Dec.

Franklin Breaks Past BTC and ETH Walls With XRP and SOL Driving ETF Expansion

Distribution is designed to go to the ecosystem, With 30% to airdrops, 25% to growth initiatives, and 10% for liquidity and launch support.

Solana Mobile to Launch SKR Token in January With 10B Supply

The SKR token, native to Solana mobile ecosystem, is designed to power control, economics, incentives, and ownership.

Solana Mobile says SKR token launch is coming in January

Asset management firm Franklin Templeton debuted its Solana exchange-traded fund, adding to its list of crypto-related investment products.

Franklin Templeton launches Solana ETF, expanding Wall Street's crypto offerings

Bitcoin

Bitcoin ETFs resumed their upward momentum with fresh inflows, while ether ETFs fell back into outflows. Solana funds, meanwhile, delivered another strong day, driven by broad-based inflows across all major issuers. Ether Slips, Solana Surges, and Bitcoin Extends Inflow Streak The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market closed Tuesday, Dec.

Bitcoin ETFs Reclaim Momentum as Solana ETFs Outshine Ether

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) gained attention on Wednesday after SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci said the blockchain is positioned to become an industry standard for tokenized assets. Scaramucci Predicts Three Or Four Winners In Blockchain Scaramucci told CNBC that tokenization will drive the next stage of digital finance as smart contracts move onto fast and inexpensive blockchain rails.

Anthony Scaramucci Says Solana Will Become The Tokenization Industry Standard

Cardano

The recovery followed a washout in derivatives markets, where roughly $457 million in short positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours.

SOL, ADA, XRP Zoom 12% as Bitcoin Bounces Above $93K. But Will The Rally Last?

The job listing calls for an engineering lead able to design a payments platform “from the ground up” rather than relying on third parties.

Elon Musk's X Money searches for ‘payments platform' tech lead and Solana is eager to help

XRP and Solana rose on Tuesday, regaining ground lost in crypto markets' recent slump.

XRP and Solana Are Jumping. They Just Got 2 Leveraged ETFs.

Kalshi rolled out tokenized versions of its event contracts on Dec. 1, 2025, bringing its CFTC-regulated prediction markets directly into the onchain trading arena.

Kalshi Launches Onchain Event Contracts as Solana Integration Goes Live

Ethereum

Vanguard's move to open crypto ETF access marks a pivotal expansion for millions of investors, widening mainstream exposure to digital assets such as BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL while reshaping how traditional portfolios approach emerging markets.

Vanguard Cracks Open Crypto Access With Expansive BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL ETF Listings

Solana exchange-traded funds debuted on Oct. 28 and performed flawlessly with inflows 21 consecutive days until the day before Thanksgiving.

SOL Bulls Take a Breather After Pumping Millions Into ETFs

Solana News: Solana Powers Kalshi, Latest TradFi Giant Dips Into SOL

Bitcoin ETFs opened December with a modest inflow, even as ether and solana products returned to outflow territory. Trading remained active across all three segments, signaling investors are still repositioning as year-end approaches.

Bitcoin ETFs Begin December With Modest Gains as Ether and Solana Slide

AI firm Anthropic says its latest tests showed AI agents autonomously hacking top blockchains and draining simulated funds, signaling that automated exploits may now threaten blockchains like Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) at scale. AI Agents Execute Realistic Exploits Across Ethereum, BNB Chain And Base A test environment showed AI models, including Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, exploiting 17 of 34 smart contracts deployed after March 2025.

Could AI Agents Exploit Ethereum, XRP, Solana? Anthropic Says It's Possible

Kalshi announced the launch of tokenized predictions on the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) network on Monday, enabling users to trade its contracts on-chain. Kalshi Calls Tokenization The ‘Endgame' Kalshi posted on X about the new development, stating that it will tap into “billions of on-chain liquidity” through tokenized predictions, aided by Solana-based decentralized finance protocols such as DFlow and Jupiter.

Kalshi Launches Predictions On Solana To 'Tap Billions' In On-Chain Liquidity: 'Tokenization Is The End Game'

Cantor disclosed its first position in a newly listed Solana ETF, adding momentum to TradFi's shift toward regulated crypto exposure.

Cantor Fitzgerald Reveals Solana ETF Holdings in Latest Filing to SEC

Vanguard's platform services more than "50 million brokerage customers" who manage "over $11 trillion," Bloomberg said.

Vanguard clients can trade funds holding crypto like Bitcoin, XRP and Solana starting this week: Bloomberg

Kalshi's prediction market contracts are now tokenized on Solana, unlocking access to the crypto economy, the firm announced on Monday.

Kalshi Pushes Further Into Crypto With On-Chain Prediction Markets on Solana

Kalshi has tapped Solana to move its prediction markets onchain and enable permissionless monetization of its "global liquidity pool."

Kalshi tokenizes ‘thousands' of its prediction markets using Solana

The prediction market is rolling out tokenized contracts on Solana to meet crypto traders where they already are, Kalshi told CNBC.

Kalshi Launches Tokenized Event Bets on Solana Blockchain: CNBC

Ryan Navi, who previously served at ParaFi Capital as managing director and head of venture, will lead Forward's SOL treasury strategy.

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