Solana News

Solana Foundation hires Binance, Polygon veterans as it ramps up tokenized finance push
Rachel Conlan and Jamal Raees join as Solana aims to court institutions moving payments and assets onchain.

Solana lender Kamino taps fintech veteran Michael Weisz as CEO for massive U.S. expansion
Michael Weisz will lead Kamino from a new New York headquarters as the DeFi lender is expanding into tokenized assets.

Kalshi election data goes live on DoubleZero ahead of U.S. midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders access to full-depth political prediction-market order books ahead of the U.S. midterms.

A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49%
The exploit caused the neobank's AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.

Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish
Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with Kraken and Galaxy-linked validators switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.

South Korea’s top financial conglomerate team up with Visa to test stablecoin issuance and B2B settlements
Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models.

Solana ETFs extend growth streak to 5 days after year's biggest inflows
Monday's $33.5 million was the largest single-day inflow since December, pushing cumulative net inflows to a record $1.22 billion and trading volume to $166.8 million.

Bitcoin holds $64,000 and solana leads gains amid 7% Korean chip stock slide
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET.

Kalshi taps DoubleZero for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
Kalshi is looking to meet institutional demands by adding DoubleZero data to its order book.

