Solana

DeFi

Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than Ethereum

Brady DaleJul 28, 2020

Terra is joining forces with Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana to roll out a DeFi product meant for a wider consumer audience. Meet Anchor.

DeFi

FTX to Launch ‘Scalable’ Decentralized Exchange in Weeks

Paddy BakerJul 27, 2020

Building on the Solana blockchain means the new platform's operations are less restricted than those on Ethereum, the firm says.

Staking

Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails Expand Integration to Enable Staking of Solana Tokens

Jaspreet KalraAug 27, 2020

According to the announcement by Bison Trails, this will allow users on Coinbase Custody to stake their solana (SOL) tokens using secure offline storage.

Stellar

Kin Community Approves Move From Stellar Fork to Solana’s Blockchain

Jaspreet KalraJun 19, 2020

Devs, node operators and the Kin Foundation board have approved its move from a fork of the Stellar blockchain to Solana's network.

Kin

Fed Up With Its Fork of Stellar, Kin Is Looking to Move Onto Solana

Brady DaleMay 22, 2020

The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.

Solana

Stablecoins

Solana Blockchain Adds Korean Stablecoin Terra for Better Payments

Brady Dale

Solana is adding the Terra stablecoin in an effort to bring "novel applications that require price-stable payments" to its high-throughput blockchain.

Solana

Pitch Deck Says Solana Is Courting Dish Network, Kik for Its ‘Web-Scale’ Blockchain

Paddy Baker

Solana is looking to raise up to $12M at a $125M valuation, touting potential relationships with Dish and Kin in a pitch deck seen by CoinDesk.

Venture Capital

Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain

Zack Seward

Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development.