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Ethereum
Audius, the 'Decentralized Spotify,' Is Moving Part of Its Service to Solana Blockchain
Decentralized music-sharing platform Audius is moving certain hosting functions onto the Solana network, though staking remains on Ethereum.
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By Brady Dale
Oct 29, 2020 at 5:08 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
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Finance
Circle
USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi
USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.
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By Zack Voell
Oct 21, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2020
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Finance
Coinbase custody
Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails Expand Integration to Enable Staking of Solana Tokens
According to the announcement by Bison Trails, this will allow users on Coinbase Custody to stake their solana (SOL) tokens using secure offline storage.
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By Jaspreet Kalra
Aug 27, 2020 at 3:31 p.m. UTC
Aug 27, 2020
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Finance
Stablecoins
Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than Ethereum
Terra is joining forces with Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana to roll out a DeFi product meant for a wider consumer audience. Meet Anchor.
Terra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
By Brady Dale
Jul 28, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2020
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Dex
FTX to Launch 'Scalable' Decentralized Exchange in Weeks
Building on the Solana blockchain means the new platform's operations are less restricted than those on Ethereum, the firm says.
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By Paddy Baker
Jul 27, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2020
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The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)
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Stellar
Kin Community Approves Move From Stellar Fork to Solana's Blockchain
Devs, node operators and the Kin Foundation board have approved its move from a fork of the Stellar blockchain to Solana's network.
The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)
By Jaspreet Kalra
Jun 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2020
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SWITCHING CHAINS: Kin may soon be powered by the Solana blockchain. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Tech
Stellar
Fed Up With Its Fork of Stellar, Kin Is Looking to Move Onto Solana
The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.
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By Brady Dale
May 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
May 22, 2020
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Tech
Payments
Solana Blockchain Adds Korean Stablecoin Terra for Better Payments
Solana is adding the Terra stablecoin in an effort to bring "novel applications that require price-stable payments" to its high-throughput blockchain.
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By Brady Dale
Apr 15, 2020 at 11:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2020
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Dish Network and Kin are both looking to build on top of Solana's protocol, according to a pitch deck reviewed by CoinDesk. (Image via Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock)
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Blockchain
Pitch Deck Says Solana Is Courting Dish Network, Kik for Its 'Web-Scale' Blockchain
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.
Dish Network and Kin are both looking to build on top of Solana's protocol, according to a pitch deck reviewed by CoinDesk. (Image via Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock)
By Paddy Baker
Mar 9, 2020 at 7:49 p.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2020
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Venture capital
Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain
Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development.
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By Zack Seward
Jul 30, 2019 at 11:23 a.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2019
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