Solana

DeFi

Anchor Begins Countdown to Launch of Bank-Beating DeFi Savings Account

Brady DaleMar 14, 2021

Anchor was originally slated for an October launch, but the team pushed that back to late November. With the countdown showing on its website, this could really be it.

DeFi

Alameda Research Pumps $20M Into Cross-Chain DeFi Platform Reef Finance

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 12, 2021

Sam Bankman-Fried's investment shop has bought $20 million in REEF tokens, with an eye to purchasing more.

Solana

OKEx and MXC to Invest $40M in Solana-Based Projects in DeFi Arms Race

Colin HarperMar 25, 2021

The funds will pay developers and projects building on the Solana ecosystem.

Tether

Tether Stablecoin Expands Its Reach to Another Blockchain

Jamie CrawleyMar 11, 2021

Tether has announced the expansion of its USDT token to an eighth blockchain.

DeFi

Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration

Ian AllisonFeb 24, 2021

The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.

Solana

The Graph

Blockchain Data Indexer ‘The Graph’ to Support Polkadot, Solana, NEAR and Celo

William Foxley

The project’s custom API “subgraphs” provide data to some of Ethereum’s top DeFi apps.

Ethereum

Ether Soars to Another All-Time High, Carrying DeFi and Rival Coins With It

Muyao Shen

Investor excitement ahead of the CME's planned ether futures contract is one reason for the price push.

Coin Center

$175K Donation to Coin Center Tops Latest Fundraising Push for Crypto Policy Group

Zack Voell

The donation from a group headlined by NEAR, Solana and Celo comes in addition to $300,000 raised via Gitcoin.

Solana

Solana Devs Call ‘All Hands on Deck’ as Unknown Bug Stops Block Production

William Foxley

Solana, a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain championed by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is "stuck" due to an unknown issue.

Audius

Audius, the ‘Decentralized Spotify,’ Is Moving Part of Its Service to Solana Blockchain

Brady Dale

Decentralized music-sharing platform Audius is moving certain hosting functions onto the Solana network, though staking remains on Ethereum.

USDC

USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi

Zack Voell

USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.

Staking

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

Jaspreet Kalra

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