Tagged: solana

November 18, 2025 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SOL Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: STKE), a publicly traded company that claims to be the first in combining a substantial Solana treasury with a revenue-generating validator operating business, announced its selection as a staking provider for the VanEck Solana ETF via SOL Strategies’ Orangefin validator. VanEck… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments, the $6.4 trillion asset manager, is poised to debut its spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) under the ticker $FSOL. Scheduled for launch on November 18, 2025, this product arrives with a management fee of 0.25%, positioning it as a gateway for institutional and… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: FIGR) announced that its subsidiary, Figure Certificate Company (FCC), plans to start minting $YLDS, a registered public debt security, natively on Solana. $YLDS is described as being a security-version of stablecoin, intended to maintain a fixed dollar price and offer a “continuous… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 5:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenAI and Amazon’s $38 billion deal had Web3 tongues wagging, but other topics also caught their attention. Read on to find out which ones. Bitcoin good “October is over, and what a disappointment it was for crypto investors expecting the customary rally. Bitcoin closed October… Read More

November 3, 2025 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca, a global provider of brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to crypto, stocks, ETFs, options, and fixed income, announced that it joined Global Dollar Network (GDN). This should offer clients access to USDG on Solana, one of the “most used” blockchains with reported benefits such… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitwise has launched various crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The advent of the first Bitcoin ETF foreshadowed a cascade of crypto funds, with many generating significant investor interest. The newest ETF launched just this week is the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), which pays a yield… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SOL Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: STKE), a company that combines a Solana treasury with a “revenue-generating” validator business, announced it has successfully completed its SOC 2 Type 2 & SOC 1 Type 2 examination with no exceptions noted. The audit reportedly validates SOL Strategies’ controls, effective… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pier Two, the institutional staking and infrastructure provider, announced the acquisition of Solana validator Blockport. The latest acquisition highlights Pier Two’s growing commitment to the Solana ecosystem and brings on board Blockport Co-Founders Adrian Ciaffoncini and Nik Herrmann, whose experience and focus on the Solana… Read More

October 17, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum Bank Middle East announces the launch of Sygnum Validators, a new service launched from Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) which includes operating institutional-grade validator nodes for select blockchain net​​works that enable non-custodial staking. The first validator to launch supports the Solana network, enabling eligible… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The Jito Foundation has received a $50 million investment from a16z in a private token sale, according to a company statement. Jito aims to maximize scalability and economic value on Solana, supporting Solana’s goal of being the home of Internet Capital Markets. Brian Smith, President… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Exchange and Gemini Wallet clients are now able to deposit stablecoins USDT and USDC on the Solana network. With this latest update, digital assets firm Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) explained that its customers are able to complete transfers for these stablecoins via multichain rails with Solana,… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) supply on centralized exchanges has recently plummeted to a six-year low of approximately 2.83 million BTC, as reported by Glassnode, reflecting a surge in self-custody trends and aggressive institutional accumulation that reduces available sell-side liquidity. This scarcity aspect has coincided with BTC breaking… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 4:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from RedStone finds that Solana is now home to more than $13.5 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), including stablecoins. Contributing factors include institutional-grade performance, compliance-first tooling, and deeply integrated DeFi infrastructure. The data, previewed in RedStone’s upcoming Internet Capital Markets on… Read More

October 2, 2025 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com has announced a partnership with SOL Strategies Inc. (Nasdaq: STKE), a publicly traded Canadian company focused on investing in and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem. According to the announcement, SOL Strategies aims to diversify its custody operations by utilizing Crypto.com Custody for… Read More

September 30, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and Sharps Technology, Inc. announced that STSS has expanded its digital asset treasury strategy with Crypto.com services for its holdings. STSS is an emerging player in digital asset treasury management, with a vision to “align traditional finance with the Solana ecosystem.” The company has… Read More

September 19, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Helius Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: HSDT) has closed on a $500 million PIPE as it pursues a Solana (SOL) Treasury Strategy. Solana is a high-performance blockchain that some predict will become the one blockchain to rule them all when it comes to institutional and financial services… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset Treasury companies, or DATs, have become a growing trend. First, with Bitcoin and this week with SOL, the native crypto of Solana, with the advent of Helius Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: HSDT) becoming a SOL DAT. In a letter, Dan Morehead, the founder and Managing Partner of… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) saw its shares more than double yesterday following the news that the firm will become a Solana treasury company. Shares of Helius were around $8 earlier this week. Helius closed at $18.27 last night with the company poised to inch higher… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pantera Capital has partnered with Summer Capital to create a SOL treasury company. The plan was originally revealed last month. SOL is the native digital asset of Solana. According to a public release, Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSDT) has priced an oversubscribed private investment… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital has reportedly scooped up approximately $300 million in SOL tokens through transactions on prominent cryptocurrency platforms. Blockchain analytics from firms like Arkham Intelligence reveal that the investment powerhouse executed 13 separate transfers totaling 1.24 million SOL over the past day, sourcing the assets… Read More