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As Solana gained prominence on Wall Street, the Solana APAC Accelerator launched globally, bringing Solana to Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen.
This week was a big one. Here's everything that happened.
📰 Headlines
- @Gemini Launches Solana Credit Card
- Solana Now Open at 35 Wall Street (h/t @solanaspaces)
- @Fidelity Offers Retail Access to Solana
- Hong Kong Approves First Solana Spot ETF
- @SolanaFndn Launches with Kora and CommerceKit
- @a16zcrypto's 2025 State of Crypto Report Names Solana a "Center of On-Chain Economic Activity"
📰 New Product Releases
- @meleemarkets Creates Bonding Curve-Based Prediction Markets
- @OREsupply Improves Its SOV Mining Protocol
- @BitlayerLabs Brings $YBTC.B to Solana
- @JupiterExchange Adds Prediction Markets Powered by @Kalshi
- Solana Stablecoin Transfers Now Available to Most People
- Zepz Launches @sendwaveapp Wallet
- @fireplacegg made a clever SOL revamp with support for @Polymarket
- @moonbirds created the Soulbound token for @solanamobile users
- @coinbase New York City users can now send and receive USDC on Solana
- @TridentSolana developed a VS Code extension for Solana
- @alpha_ledger launched Vulcan Forge, a platform for tokenizing Solana-native securities
- @GamingOnSolana_ Game Pass Season 1 missions are live
- @wardenprotocol launched BetFlix for gamified trading
- @pumpdotscience "F1y Grand Prix" Season 2 is live
- @Blockworks launched a new Solana Aggregators dashboard
- @merit_systems x402scan now supports Solana
- @believeapp holders can now chat in-app
- @HeebooOfficial announced the launch of An entertainment startup built by the @Claynosaurz team
- @loyal_hq announces the launch of a private AI protocol powered by @magicblock
- @mallowdotart opens beta registration for its Art-first wallet
- @Arpitx35 creates a Solana ChatGPT suite
- SendAI adds Solana support to x402-mcp
📰 Milestones
- Solana RWA totals $700 million
- @ionet surpasses $20 million in on-chain revenue
- @Raydium surpasses $250 million in tokenized stock trading volume
- @maplefinance surpasses $250 million in syrupUSDC supply
- @MetaDAOProject surpasses $500,000 in cumulative revenue
- @rush_trade_app surpasses 100,000 predictions and $200,000 in trading volume
- @xStocksFi surpasses $24-hour trading volume $50 million
- @Titan_Exchange surpasses $3 billion in app transaction volume in one month
- @PreStocks surpasses $20 million in transaction volume/300,000 trades
- @cubexch acquired by Mercer Park
- @Quantoz completes first livestream on @ubyx_
- @ManifestTrade surpasses $40 million in daily transaction volume
- @triadfi's first livestream attracts approximately 200,000 viewers on YouTube
A huge thank you to all the shipping teams. If we missed your updates, please let us know.