1,000 epochs on @Solana. 🎉 A huge milestone for the ecosystem and a reminder of how far Solana has come. Behind every epoch are the builders, validators, engineers, founders, researchers, creators and community members who kept showing up, kept improving the network and kept shipping. Across DeFi, RWAs, DePIN, payments, stablecoins, consumer apps, tokenized equities and infrastructure, Solana has grown into one of the most important ecosystems in crypto. And the world is paying attention. PayPal. Visa. Stripe. Mastercard. Western Union. Circle. SoFi. Major names are moving closer to Solana rails across stablecoins, payments, settlement and onchain financial infrastructure. Congratulations Solana. The next chapter is just getting started.

Some crazy Kamino SOL borrow rates right now, causing Multiply products to go massively negative (seeing -150% APY across a few LST Multiply loops) This usually resolves naturally in a couple of days. If you have a Multiply position you may want to keep an eye on it though.

You don't need an Uber Black every ride, but it's nice to have the option. Same goes for privacy onchain. Now users on @JumperApp can add privacy when they need it. Hear how @HoudiniSwap integrated seamlessly, and what optional privacy means for the future of crypto.

The beauty of blockchain is open finance: consumers make their own choices. Now that brokerage giants like @RobinhoodApp are diving deeper into crypto, this foundational value of crypto can expand even further. SOL Strategies CSO Stephen Ehrlich and CEO Michael Hubbard discuss.

Private swap flows are now live in Noah. We integrated @HoudiniSwap so @solana builders can add privacy first payments, swaps, treasury, and DeFi flows from one prompt. What it unlocks: → swaps routed through multiple CEX hops → optional XMR routing for added privacy → no browser wallet connection required → no token approvals needed Demo below 👇

Massive month, exciting to see continuous expansion of @solstrategies infra reach: - Send privately through @solflare - uses our infra - get SOL & staking exposure via the VanEck Staked Solana ETF ($VSOL) - uses our infra - borrow USDC against STKESOL - uses our infra - 70+ validators receiving stake from our LST - uses our infra - own a @solanamobile and stake in their native wallet - uses our infra - swap 1m+ tokens across 120+ chains with optional privacy - uses our infra - private swaps on @jumperapp - uses our infra

June was a big month. Here’s what happened: 🟣 Houdini Swap acquisition closed 🟣 Jumper integration went live 🟣 STKESOL: 646k+ SOL staked 🟣 3.46m+ SOL under delegation | 100% validator uptime Solana infrastructure, staking & privacy tech. Under one roof. Full update 👇

Having personally run the last few governance votes by manually issuing tokens to validators and providing tally tools - a painful and manual process - this is an incredibly important step forward for Solana governance. Validators are a truly decentralised and globally distributed set of network guardians and a network that enables them to represent views based on the stake entrusted to them is critical to long term health and safety of the network and ecosystem.

1/ Solana onchain governance is live🗳️ Validators can now propose, support, and decide core protocol decisions via Solana Governance Proposals (SGPs) These are fully onchain, stake-weighted, and verified by Merkle proof 👇

1/ The wait is finally over! ☁️ Sanctum App is now officially live on iOS & Android. No more waves. No more waitlist. Download now and start growing your SOL today 👇🏻

This is really really massive. They didn't create a better token program that new tokens can use (like Token22), they created a drop-in replacement for the existing one that is 25x more efficient! Imagine you're running an old Windows 98 Desktop PC and your IT guy comes and upgrades it to Windows 11, swaps out some RAM, new CPU, but your desktop, your apps, your emails, your documents, everything is where it was before, it just works but it's 25x faster. Every single existing Solana Token (except Token22) benefits from this, immediately and automatically. Tokens power the blockchain, almost every single transaction (except votes) uses tokens. Insane improvement.

Excited to see our Liquid Staking Token ranked as the best LST for geographic distribution thanks to our our Wiz Score scoring method that tracks ~120k data points per validator to compute their score for inclusion assessment!