This week Solana reached retail users in Mexico through Western Union’s USDPT, institutional allocators in Hong Kong through a second spot SOL ETF, and Da Nang’s innovation ecosystem through a new MOU with its Startup Support Centre.
BREAKPOINT is less than 30 days away. See you in London.
📰 Headline News
- Pando Solana ETF launched on HKEX, becoming Hong Kong’s second spot SOL ETF
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@anza_xyz scheduled the Alpenglow consensus upgrade for mainnet-beta on Oct 21, cutting finality to ~150ms
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@solanamobile named
@Ledger its first hardware partner, preinstalling the Seeker App and Solana dApp Store on Ledger Atom
📰 Launches
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$AVGO,
$TSM,
$CMG,
$RIOT, and
$UVXY went live on Solana via
@sunrise, issued by
@Backpack Securities
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$ZEC launched on Solana via
@sunrise, powered by
@near_intents
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@SolanaFndn signed an MOU with the Da Nang Innovation Startup Support Centre to advance regional ecosystem adoption
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@Bitso listed
@WesternUnion’s Solana-based
$USDPT stablecoin in Mexico for direct retail trading
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@upshift_fi launched Upshift Gamma USDC with $7M+ in initial deposits, curated by
@Gamma_Research_
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@reflectmoney opened pre-deposits for the
@SteakhouseFi $USDG High Yield vault on
@kamino
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@tryramp added support for
@global_dollar (
$USDG) on Solana for zero-fee on/off ramps, deposits, and vendor payouts
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@ORE allocated 50% of ORE Reserve stablecoin deposits to USDv from
@solomon_labs
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@2WA_Official brought USDGO Plus SP onchain, market-neutral digital asset fund, tokenized and distributed via
@osldotcom
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@PhoenixTrade launched Anthropic pre-IPO perpetuals with up to 6x leverage
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@openroboto’s SN80, the largest robotics subnet on
@bittensor, integrated peaqOS
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@UmbraPrivacy launched Umbra v2, and introduced private stablecoin uUSDv backed by USDv powered by
@solomon_labs
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@jito rolled out BAM Direct Bundle Ingest (DBI) and rebuilt ingestion pipelines on mainnet
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@ArcherExchange_ rolled out Archer V2 with onchain resting limit orders, 80 CU makerbook updates, and permissionless market creation
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@LaunchOnSF unveiled Baskets powered by
@useDiversiFi, launching the FRONTIER tech index token
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@JupiterExchange debuted YOLO, offering up to 1,000x leveraged directional trading
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@machinedotfun debuted robotics token launches paired against industry equities
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@Flovia402 launched free access to OpenAI, Exa, Firecrawl, and CoinGecko APIs using Solana stablecoin and machine rails
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@altitude launched Altitude MCP v1 to connect AI autonomous agents directly to transaction data
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@brij_fi launched flight search APIs on pay. sh, letting AI agents lock in fares
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@Ledger Agent Intent integrated with pay. sh, letting AI agents queue transactions for asynchronous hardware signing
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@superteam partnered with
@helius to provide free Developer and Business tier plans to members
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@BlockRips opened its trading card marketplace with zero added fees, powered by
@Collector_Crypt
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@Beezie announced its ecosystem migration from Base to Solana, opening October 20
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@sanctumso teased native multisig security built on
@multisig
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@yugalabs brought its Mudwater TCG to Solana, featuring 120 BAYC art pieces across physical and digital editions
@SuperteamIN’s Solana Summit India is 15 days out
📰 Milestones
- Solana tokenized equity holders crossed an ATH of 1.4M unique addresses
- 65% of tokenized stock volume on Solana occurred outside traditional U.S. market hours
- Solana ranked #1 for stablecoin transfers with 557M in September, up 33% from August
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@xStocksFi crossed $7.5B in cumulative trading volume on Solana
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@Ondo surpassed $500M in tokenized real-world assets on Solana
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@kamino lend’s tokenized stock supply grew 15x year-over-year, rising from $3M to $50M
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@xStocksFi’s
$NVDAx crossed 180K holders
- Sunrise listed and Backpack issued
$SPCX crossed 86K holders and $1.5B in cumulative volume
- Solana captured 61.5% of all cross-chain TCG gacha spending in Q3
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@crediblefin processed over $1B in payment volume on Solana
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