Solana News
DeFi News
Layer 1s Fall Back to Earth After Surge in Popularity
Fantom, Avalanche and Other EVM Networks Have Become DeFi Infrastructure Amid Falling Revenue
Dive
Solana Endures 'Crucible' as FTX Connection Deletes 70% of TVL
Fall of SBF's Empire Rocks Layer 1 As It Was Rebounding From Tough Year
DeFi News
Solend Cranks Up The Risk with Liquidity Pools For All
Solana-based Lender Says Beware of its Own Offering
Dive
Inside Solana's 'Textbook' Response to Exploit
Crisis Management Becomes a Key Exercise as Crypto Exploits Mount
DeFi News
Solana to Develop Smartphone to Speed Web3 Adoption
Audacious Move to Build Handset Would Give Solana a Mobile Payment App
Dive
Solend and Mango Markets Team Up to Handle Whale's $207M Debt
Scramble to Protect No. 1 Lender on Solana Shifts into New Phase
Dive
Solend to Not Freeze Whale's $216M Account After Move Decried as 'Opposite of DeFi'
The Money Market dApp on Solana is Anxious About Liquidation Exposure
Markets
Liquid Staking Providers Buck Bear Market With Hefty Inflows
Data Shows $2.3B Flow Into Lido as Other Protocols Suffer Withdrawals
DeFi News
OpenSea Adds Solana to Its Quiver of Networks
The deal between OpenSea and Solana promises to scale both platforms.
Byte
Devs Flock to Ethereum But Fulltimers Still Sorely Needed as DeFi Expands
A new report finds that devs love working in the Ethereum ecosystem.
DeFi News
Market Action: Terra Leapfrogs Binance Smart Chain with Surge in TVL
Terra continues to defy the crypto selloff with its TVL surging 43% and surpassing Binance Smart Chain.
DeFi News
Questions Swirl as Solana Loses a Fifth of its Value in Seven Days
Solana, a DeFi darling that vaulted into the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency, has taken the biggest hit of major tokens in the last seven days.
DeFi News
Market Dispatch: Metaverse and GameFi Sectors Drop 30% in Crypto Selloff
Metaverse and plat-to-earn game tokens took big hits in the latest crypto selloff.
DeFi News
ConstitutionDAO Members Decry High Gas Fees After Narrowly Losing Auction
ConstitutionDAO lost its bid for a copy of the founding charter of the United States.
DeFi News
Markets Roundup: Ethereum Burn Rate Surges as DeFi Tokens Post Mixed Performance
This week's markets roundup reports on Ethereum's burn rate and the mixed performance of top tokens like Solana and Aave.
Byte
Solana Powers Up Web3 Gaming Projects with $100M Funding Deal
Solana led a $100M funding round in Web3 ventures.
Byte
Fantom Surges 90% in 30 Days to Hit All-Time High and Challenge Elite Layer 1s
Fantom's FTM token hit an all-time high this week and is a hot new entrant in the elite club of Layer 1 blockchains.
DeFi News
Layer 1s Better Watch Their Backs as L2s Surge in TVL
Smart contract platforms — Terra, Solana and Avalanche, to name a few — had a summer to remember. Terra’s LUNA rocketed 421% between June 1 and Sept. 30 and its fellow Layer 1s (L1s) Avalanche and Solana also delivered triple-digit returns. Now Layer 2s (L2s), which make Ethereum transactions more affordable and faster by executing them…
DeFi Research
Exploring the Multi-Chain Universe Amid Incentives & Upgrades
On-Chain Markets Update by Lucas Outumuro, IntoTheBlock Smart contract platforms’ tokens have been amongst the top performers of 2021. While Ether has recorded a remarkable 330% return year-to-date, newer platforms such as Solana, Avalanche and Terra have seen their tokens grow over 1,000% in 2021. The rise in these platforms has been driven initially by…
DeFi News
Oracle Pyth Goes Haywire on Solana with Bad Prices
The Pyth Network malfunctioned on Sep. 20 as the data provider reported a Bitcoin price of $5,402 on a day when other sources like CoinGecko didn’t report a BTC price below $40K. That wasn’t the only snafu. Pyth’s price feed for the stock of movie theater chain, AMC, showed a spike to $772 on Sep.…