INSIGHT: Perps activity on @solana just set a fresh quarterly record. Q2 notional volume surged to $183.2B, up 27% from the previous all-time record.
Data: @Blockworks
INSIGHT: Cumulative tokenized equity volume on @Solana has surpassed $8B, accounting for over 96% of all tokenized equity volume ever traded onchain.
Data: @Blockworks
BREAKING: @AnthropicAI officially debuts Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet model to date. The model approaches Opus 4.8 performance at a lower price and handles autonomous tasks including browser use, planning, and coding.
BREAKING: @Solana has been chosen as one of the launch networks for Open USD, a new stablecoin backed by 140+ global companies including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Google.
The largest corporate blockchain onboarding in history.
LATEST: @X Money has launched for Premium+ users with a 6% yield, metal Visa card, 3% cashback and up to $10 million in sweep-based FDIC coverage, built on Cross River Bank.
INSIGHT: @Backpack Securities is waiving stock-trading fees through July as it expands its regulated brokerage on @Solana.
Users can trade real US stocks and ETFs, and tokenize them for 24/7 onchain trading, with more tokenized securities on the way.
Market open: A mixed start to the last session of the quarter. Nvidia and the chipmakers climb while Alphabet, Meta and Tesla slip, as investors close out the best quarter since 2020 with one eye on Doha.
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INSIGHT: US stocks are set to close their best quarter since 2020.
The S&P 500 has gained about 14% and the Nasdaq nearly 20%, both their strongest quarter in five years, while the Dow rose about 13% to a record, its best since late 2022.