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Videos

Solana Labs Faces Lawsuit; US Bans Crypto Holders From Writing Government Policies

A class action suit filed in California federal court accuses key players in the Solana ecosystem of illegally profiting from SOL. Separately, U.S. officials who invest in crypto are now banned from working on crypto-related policy that could affect the value of their assets.

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Tech

Crema Finance Attacker Returns Almost $8M, Keeps $1.7M Bounty

The protocol had more than $9 million worth of cryptocurrencies stolen from its platform over the weekend in a flash loan attack.

(Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images)

Policy

Solana Labs, Multicoin Accused of Violating Securities Law by SOL Investor

Solana’s SOL token is an unregistered security whose insiders have benefitted while retail suffered, the suit alleged.

The suit accuses Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko of securities violations. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Polygon Joins Solana in Bringing Web3 to Smartphones

Tech startup Nothing has tapped Ethereum scaling tool Polygon to offer NFTs on its new Android-based Nothing Phone (1). This comes as Polygon’s competitor, Solana, is also developing its own Web3-focused phone called Saga.

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Markets

Solana-Based Chingari Tokens Plunge 87%, Developers Flag Big Sell Order

The team denies rumors of an exploit or insider trading.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Polygon Joins Solana in Bringing Web3 to Smartphones

Tech startup Nothing has tapped the Polygon network to offer NFTs on its new phone.

Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)

Tech

Solana DeFi Protocol Crema Loses $8.8M in Exploit

Crema Finance developers said they are coordinating with “relevant organizations” to gather more information.

Inverse Finance developers paused borrowing functions for users and said they were investigating the incident. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Hxro Begins Testing Crypto Derivatives Trading Platform on Solana

Trading will be restricted to dummy collateral as the developers stress test their network.

Hxro's institutional backers are also participants in the network. (Dan Gunsberg)

Finance

STEPN’s DEX Surpasses Orca to Become Largest Decentralized Exchange on Solana

The anonymous founder of the Solend protocol has expressed interest in integrating STEPN’s tokens into its lending platform.

STEPN’s DEX surpasses Orca. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Nansen to Track Solana NFT Data Amid Boom in Minting, Trading Activity

The platform’s data comes from the ecosystem’s two most popular marketplaces, Magic Eden and OpenSea.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)