Lightspeed Newsletter

The new layer-1 will only use the Firedancer client and will implement multi-local consensus

The move hints at Helium Mobile’s broader development strategy

Nothing about Argentine President Javier Milei’s disastrous memecoin launch was that unprecedented

Anatoly Yakovenko in 2017 embarked on the technical challenge of solving blockchain’s scalability problem

The move is further confirmation that apps users can play with on their phones are becoming table stakes for crypto projects

“If we were to be successful, we would be on par with the Teslas and the DeepMinds of the world,” Frodobots’ co-founder said

Solana LSTs mostly saw their yields go up across the board today

As Solana’s tech matures, some founders are starting new businesses based on old ideas that weren’t formerly feasible

President Touadéra cast the Central African Republic as being at the “forefront” of a “revolution” being wrought by blockchain

Exploring the fundamentals of blockchain, Solana’s use cases and the network’s long-term vision

Since November, validator revenue consistently netted at least $40 million every roughly two days, according to data from 21 co

Some are calling for Solana to pump the brakes until validators are able to share the extra fees with stakers

Legacy subscribers will keep their $20 per month price

MetaDAO’s founder thinks MetaDAO can become the default governance platform for Solana within six to 18 months

Why has utility become such a losing bet?

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick warns that people in crypto and tech tend “to overreact to short-term market dynamics”

Vector is a mobile social trading app with a built-in crypto wallet that lets users broadcast their trades to other users

SOL could see sell pressure from locked FTX tokens and Grayscale Trust shares

By acquiring most of Moonshot, Jupiter now benefits from experienced and inexperienced memecoin traders alike

Solana-based social project Clout saw its downloads take off after launching an iPhone app

The lawsuit illustrates a tension between the ethos of the open-source crypto world and the reality of doing business with institutions

A Nova Labs exec referred to the last-day lawsuit “as irresponsible as it is wrong-headed”

The Solana network housed around $6.1 billion stablecoins on Friday, according to Blockworks Research data

A pair of fundraises by Tapestry and Oh both came with expansive ideas about the future of AI and the role of humans in it