A $15T asset manager. A 175-year-old payments giant. A billion transactions in seven days. Different sides of finance, all moving through one network. Solana.
Here’s everything that happened this week:
📰 Headline News
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@BlackRock filed with the SEC to issue tokenized BRSRV fund shares on Solana
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@WesternUnion launched its USDPT-powered Stablecard with
@raincards across 37 markets
- Solana processed a record 1.01B non-vote transactions in a single week
📰 Launches
- Take-Two Interactive’s $TTWO stock went live on Solana via
@sunrise, issued by
@Backpack Securities
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@kamino launched Kamino Institutional Yield with an initial $25M Commodity Yield vault
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@AllUnityStable brought CHFAU, the first fully MiCAR-compliant Swiss franc stablecoin, to Solana
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@perena introduced Smart Borrow, powered by
@hobba_io, to borrow without sacrificing yield
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@upshift_fi launched
@sharpbytexyz’s RWA Ecosystem Vault, allocating to RWA cash flows including
@onrefinance’s ONyc
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@solomon_labs deployed the USDv program on Solana mainnet
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@phygitals debuted a Solana-native RWA mobile app
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@rarible opened its Solana marketplace, with
@Claynosaurz as its first featured collection
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@metaplex added real-time quotes, Jito tipping, and MEV protection to its trading interface
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@nuketrade rolled out its public beta, bringing institutional-grade market-neutral strategies onchain
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@Alchemy shipped Solana Account Archive for querying account states at any historical slot
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@Titan_Exchange opened Titan Pro early access for CEX-style onchain spot trading
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@triton_one launched Riptide endpoints and Triton Shred Streaming with
@DoubleZero
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@0xProject made its Swap API available on Solana
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@SaharaAI enabled Solana trading on
@HeySorinAI via
@OKX OnchainOS
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@TradeNeutral shipped Neutral Autopilot for automated strategy and yield optimization
- SIMD-0525 cut testnet target slot time from 400ms to 350ms, the first step toward 200ms target
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@SatRushIO debuted SatRush, a gamified Bitcoin-mining reward protocol
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@crittersquest launched Lucky Pick Mines on Solana
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@magicblock and
@SuperteamTH opened applications for the MagicBlock Founders Camp
- Solana’s poker series returns at Breakpoint 2026 and WSOP Bahamas following the
@WSOP Solana Showdown in Vegas
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@SuperteamKorea set Solana Summit Korea for September 30 in Seoul
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@solanaturbine opened Q3 applications for its revamped Builders Program
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@spenders_club brings Solana Summer House back to LA on August 29 with
@solanaspaces,
@SolanaEvents, and
@SolanaFndn
📰 Milestones
- Solana captured ~$1.45B in July tokenized-equities volume, representing ~82% global market share
- Tokenized Micron ($MU) shares topped $530M in spot volume within six weeks of launch
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@ArcherExchange_ surpassed 1M trades on Solana
- WSOP Solana Showdown crowned its first bracelet champion,
@rasmr_eth
- Frontier Traders crossed $1B in combined tokenized-equity spot and perps volume
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@Rosentica One Arena crossed $3.3M in volume across 7.5K matches
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@ShiftRWA crossed 1K unique tokenized-equity holders
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@CandyDigital recorded its 5,000th digital collectible sale
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@SolanaMBS marked five years since the Solana Monkey Business mint
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@xStocksFi crossed 190K holders on Solana
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