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What’s New On Solana - @kamino launches Apyx Market: enabling USDC borrowing and leveraged yield strategies against apyUSD. - @MarinadeFinance launches Marinade Borrow: letting users borrow USDC or SOL against staked SOL without unstaking. - @DGLD_Official brings tokenized PAMP gold to Solana: opening access to 1M+ @SwissBorg users with @ArrakisFinance liquidity. - @AgantFinance launches GBPA on Solana: bringing its institutional-grade pound sterling stablecoin onchain. - @MeteoraAG unveils DLMM Pro: enabling fully customizable market configurations for token launches. - @sanctumso launches swSOL: introducing a wrapped SOL asset. - $EWZ and $RACE go live on Solana: tokenized ETF and equity exposure via @Backpack Securities and @sunrise. - $WLD, $SHIB, and $VVV arrive on Solana: expanding token access through @sunrise. - @grass launches Contents API: converting public URLs into clean, AI-ready text. - @PayAINetwork and @BlockRunAI launch batch x402 payments: settling multiple API calls in a single Solana transaction. - @USDC Bridge adds Solana support: enabling direct USDC transfers between Solana and 18 ecosystems. - @backabledotbiz launches Backable: a frontier fundraising platform built by @MetaDAOProject. - @scoutfinance_ launches social investing app: bringing its investment platform to iOS and Android. - @DualMintRWA tokenizes 200 claw machines: bringing physical amusement assets onchain. - @comicbookhq launches DC Comics Gacha: featuring vintage and modern collectible comics. - @MapleMarketApp tokenizes Canadian maple syrup: bringing real-world commodity exposure onchain with @BAXUSco and @SuperteamCAN. - @2WA_Official launches market-neutral fund: introducing a USDGO-based strategy for professional investors via @osldotcom. - @SolanaFndn releases Microscope: an open-source monitoring and alerting tool for Solana programs and Squads multisigs.

The world’s largest phone maker is putting Solana in its wallet. Samsung Wallet is getting USDC cross-border payments, BNY opened SOL custody, Securitize brought U.S. stocks onchain, and blocks got 2x faster underneath. Here’s everything that shipped: 📰 Headline News - Samsung partnered with Solana to bring USDC cross-border payments via Samsung Wallet - 200ms slot targets went live on Solana mainnet-beta, completing @anza_xyz’s SIMD-0525 rollout - @SolanaFndn launched Solana DvP, open-source delivery-versus-payment settlement for institutions, built with input from J.P. Morgan - BNY expanded its digital asset custody to the EU under MiCA, offering institutional custody for SOL - @Securitize launched Securitize Stocks on Solana, bringing 1:1 share-backed U.S. equities onchain - @orca_so and @Loopscale combined as @formation_so, putting issuance, trading and credit on one set of rails 📰 Launches - @kamino launched the Apyx Market, enabling USDC borrowing and leveraged yield strategies against preferred equity-backed apyUSD - @MarinadeFinance launched Marinade Borrow, enabling users to borrow USDC or SOL directly against staked SOL without unstaking - @DGLD_Official brought MKS PAMP’s tokenized gold, available to 1M+ @SwissBorg users with @ArrakisFinance liquidity - @AgantFinance made its institutional-grade pound sterling stablecoin GBPA available on Solana - @Helium partnered with grocery co-op Wakefern Food Corp to offload carrier cellular traffic onto Wi-Fi - @MeteoraAG unveiled DLMM Pro with fully customizable market configurations for token launches - @sanctumso shipped swSOL, a wrapped SOL asset - @nansen_ai previewed autonomous AI agents that research and execute onchain trades - @ZetaChain demonstrated Anuma Nearby, which uses private AI memory to connect people nearby - @grass debuted its Contents API, turning any public URL into clean, model-ready text for AI agents - @PayAINetwork and @BlockRunAI shipped batch @x402 payments on Solana to settle multiple API calls in a single transaction - @altitude integrated Altitude Accounting with Xero for direct transaction ledger mapping - $EWZ ETF and $RACE shares went live on Solana via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities - $WLD, $SHIB, and $VVV went live on Solana via @sunrise - @backabledotbiz launched Backable, a frontier fundraising platform built by @MetaDAOProject - @scoutfinance_ launched its social investing app on iOS and Android - @DualMintRWA tokenized a fleet of 200 physical claw machines on Solana - @comicbookhq launched its DC Comics collectibles gacha machine featuring vintage and modern grails - @MapleMarketApp introduced tokenized Canadian maple syrup on Solana powered by @BAXUSco and @SuperteamCAN - @2WA_Official launched the first market-neutral fund built on USDGO, live for professional investors in Hong Kong via @osldotcom - @SolanaFndn released Microscope, an open-source monitoring and alerting tool for Solana programs and Squads multisigs - @jtx_trade revealed plans for a mobile app alongside equities and perps trading features - @galileowilson won @joinfrontier’s Singapore edition and heads to finale at Breakpoint, with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS on the line - @TrustWallet expanded its 0% swap fee campaign on Solana to cover SOL, wSOL, and five stablecoins - @USDC Bridge added Solana support, enabling direct USDC transfers between Solana and 18 ecosystems 📰 Milestones - Stablecoin-holding addresses on Solana topped a record 14M - Solana hit 1.88M daily active addresses, a 13-month high - Stablecoin card spend on Solana crossed $1B all-time - Solana’s tokenized equities have grown to over 2,000 products - @leaps_finance crossed $100K in options sold during its beta, paying sellers upfront yield on SOL, cbBTC, and USDC - @ImperialPerps’ ARMADA prop AMM surpassed $14.1M in notional volume in 7 days - @hylo_so crossed $44M in combined open interest across $xSOL, $xBTC, and $xHYPE - @xStocksFi hit $2.4B in monthly volume, up 28x year over year 35 DAYS TILL BREAKPOINT Artwork by the one and only @foursixsix 🔥