Solana


Finance

Solana-Based Drift Raises $25M to Build 'SuperApp' for DeFi Trading

The DeFi platform plans to build an array of financial services tools, including spot and derivatives trading and a predictions market.

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Finance

Tokenized RWA Platform Huma Finance Gets $38M Investment, Plans Expansion to Solana and Stellar’s Soroban

Huma's payment-finance platform aims to address the liquidity needs of trade financing using blockchain technology for faster settlement.

Founders of Huma Finance and Arf (PRNewsfoto/Huma Finance, Arf)

Markets

Crypto Traders Remain Cautious About Downside Risks in Bitcoin, Ether; SOL Stands Out

Options tied to bitcoin and ether show a bias for puts, according to QCP Capital.

Frustrated trader. (Getty Images)

Finance

Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale

The blockchain project is taking advantage of an increasingly popular fundraising method known as "node sales" just months after a traditional $12 million fundraise.

Chris Zhu, CEO and co-founder at Sonic SVM, onstage this week at Korea Blockchain Week (Sonic SVM)

Markets

Solana's SOL Gets First Implied Volatility Index on Volmex

The new index will help traders guage expected SOL price turbulence over two weeks.

Trading (Pixabay)

Finance

This 'Degenerate' Crypto-Culture Publication is Betting on Print

Newspapers are dead. Can Superbasedd make it with a monthly glossy?

Superbasedd's founding team (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

PayPal's Stablecoin Hits $1B Market Cap as Incentives Boost Activity on Solana

The payments company's stablecoin entry was off to a slow start last year on Ethereum, but its recent expansion to the Solana blockchain and DeFi reward programs reignited the token's growth.

A large PayPal logo is on display outside its corporate HQ (Shutterstock)

Finance

Second Solana ETF Approved in Brazil

The product will be launched by Brazil-based asset manager Hashdex in partnership with local investment bank BTG Pactual.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash)