Lightspeed Newsletter

Post-conference musings on Firedancer, Kraken, Solana Mobile and Trump

A single upgrade could reshape how Solana sequences, votes and finalizes.

A report from the end of 2024 showed 350 DePIN tokens combined for $50 billion in market cap

Firedancer and Solana ETFs look less significant than before

Solana’s focus remains on fundamentals: stable usage, high yields, and expanding infrastructure

A memecoin community delivered on a brick-and-mortar pop-up store

Vibe coders are shipping faster than you think

Factory Labs founder Nick Almond steps in as the DAO is discussing JTO tokenomics

The resale exchange has expansion plans involving fan perks

Bridge flows churn in both directions as risk appetite returns

The agency’s final deadline is in October

The startup hopes to reduce crypto’s reliance on AWS and Google Cloud

Sol Strategies will be the tokenized stock platform’s first listing

LAYER drops 55% ahead of unlock

A number of blockchains make use of the Solana Virtual Machine

Solana leaders privately told validators to upgrade their software

A newly submitted SEC pilot proposal aims to tokenize US equities

Over 20% of SOL-USD swap volume goes through SolFi

Macro headwinds muddy Solana’s bullish narrative

Axiom merges Solana memecoins with Hyperliquid perps

Partial recovery is already in motion, according to the Loopscale team

Solana Crossroads kicked off today in Istanbul, and Solana builders decamped from around the world to Turkey

Around 150 Solana validators would lose their foundation stake under the new rule, perBlockworks Research estimates

Jupiter’s super-app story accelerates