Lightspeed Newsletter

3,865 tokens launched yesterday, about 15% of launchpad market share

Stripe and Circle launch L1 chains

ETF flows slow, REV stagnates, Pump strikes back and Drift punches up

Maple’s syrupUSDC will let traders earn passive income while using it to back perp positions on Solana

Institutions launching their own L1s isn’t good for Solana — but it’s just as bad for everyone else

Solana’s third-largest DEX has planned staking for September

Recently, pump.fun has made a bit of a comeback against Letsbonk

After its first phone drew jeers from a popular tech YouTuber, Solana Mobile delivered on its newest device

Switchboard’s price feeds are now sub-100ms

The major crypto wallet deepens its trading capabilities

Solana apps and app tokens could be in for a ‘mass repricing’

The SEC begins a new chapter in its crypto love affair

Firestarter Storage brings decentralized storage and delivery to Solana

Many of Solana’s top DEXs now have associated memecoin launchpads

BAM, DoubleZero and Alpenglow will drive the new upgrades

Memecoins, tech, and inflation have dominated the first half of the year

DeFi Dev nears 1 million SOL with $19 million in share proceeds

The all-cash deal will push Sanctum beyond liquid staking tokens

The network got slower in June — and it wasn’t for tech-related reasons

Momentum’s back — BTC leads, risk assets follow

Firedancer has yet to go fully live, but its progress has been “pretty impressive,” a dev said

One wallet bought pump.fun’s token from 500 different addresses

Data shows frontrunning has declined on the network compared to last year

The non-profit’s “Project Open” seeks to let stocks trade directly on Solana