Solana

Solana is an open source project implementing a new, high-performance, permissionless blockchain. Solana is a general purpose blockchain similar to Ethereum. End user applications as of now include decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFT), marketplaces, games, and more. It aims to improve scalability by introducing a proof-of-history (PoH) consensus combined with the underlying proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus of the blockchain.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko published a whitepaper describing Proof of History, a technique that would become critical to Solana's blockchain infrastructure, in Nov. 2017. 

Co-founder Greg Fitzgerald, who had worked with Yakovenko at Qualcomm, began prototyping the open source implementation of the whitepaper. It was published under the name Silk in 2018. 

After starting the company under the name Loom, Yakovenko, Fitzgerald, and other co-founders rebranded to Solana. Solana launched on Mainnet Beta in March 2020.

Solana was built to facilitate the development of scalable, user-friendly decentralized apps with low costs and high speeds for transactions.

Solana believes its unique blockchain architecture that combines the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and its own proof of history mechanism is the key to achieving these goals.

Proof of history works almost like a cryptographic timestamp that proves that an event has occurred at a specific time. It enables the blockchain to work fast while maintaining security and decentralization.

There are about 304 million SOL in circulation as of November 2021. Solana has an initial inflation rate of 8%, which will decrease by 15% a year until it reaches a long-term inflation rate of 1.5%. SOL is Solana’s native token.

Solana competes with other blockchain platforms such as Ethereum and Avalanche to host crypto projects such as NFTs, decentralized exchanges, and gaming. 

Developers and users flocked from Ethereum to Solana due to high transaction costs, but many could gravitate back towards Ethereum if it manages to lower costs, which could happen as a result of the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade and layer 2 rollups. 

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The Senate Banking Committee released a draft bill Tuesday that would treat XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), and more the same way regulators currently treat Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)—as commodities, not securities. How Tokens Get Bitcoin-Like Treatment The draft specifies that tokens qualify as “non-ancillary assets” if served as the principal asset of an ETF listed on a national securities exchange as of January 1.

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The Solana ecosystem is up slightly this week, recording a modest 1.4% improvement in global market capitalization (market cap) since our last update.

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The draft provision would treat tokens as “non-ancillary” assets, exempt from SEC securities rules, if they were in an ETF by 2026.

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Analysts suggest macroeconomic conditions and stabilizing prices could support crypto markets in the medium term, with bitcoin potentially reaching $120,000 if sentiment improves.

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Institutional investors are once again selling Bitcoin and crypto investment projects. After an opening week of inflows, digital asset products saw $454 million in outflows for the week ending January 10th, according to CoinShares. This reversed most of the $1.5 billion gains from early January, driven by fears over delayed Federal Reserve rate cuts.

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Coinbase is one of the largest Solana stakers, with nearly 10% of the network's total staked SOL, according to its Validator Performance Report.

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The U.S. CLARITY Act could become a major catalyst for Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), and broader institutional crypto adoption, according to Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan. What Happened: Crypto markets are entering a transition phase where regulation, infrastructure, and real-world use cases matter more than speculation, Hougan said on a Milk Road podcast episode.

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Ethereum (ETH) joined Solana (SOL) as a top performer, rising 0.9% over the weekend.

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The first full trading week of January delivered a sharp divergence across crypto ETFs, with bitcoin and ether ending in net outflows while solana and XRP quietly extended their momentum. Fund-level flows revealed shifting investor preferences as risk appetite narrowed rather than disappeared.

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Solana's (SOL) price has remained positive above the moving average lines, holding and fluctuating below the $140 level.

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Experts note altcoins' superior performance compared to Bitcoin is driven by ETF narratives and markets awaiting key U.S. economic data.

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Coinbase has updated its official asset listing roadmap to include four digital assets that the exchange has decided may be listed in the future. According to an update on its blog, the assets newly added to the Coinbase roadmap include the Solana network Raydium (RAY) and Energy Dollar (ENERGY).

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CoinDesk and the Solana Foundation said the developer event will kick off Consensus Hong Kong on Feb. 11, setting the tone for a week focused on builders, capital, and policymakers.

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Solana Mobile announced it will airdrop its native ecosystem token, SKR, to Seeker device users and app developers on January 20.

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Solana ended 2025 with record revenue, transaction activity, and trading volumes across its ecosystem. Growth spanned apps, assets, DEXs, and trading platforms, underscoring the network's expanding role in crypto markets.

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Rising ETF trading volumes in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) are emerging as a key signal behind crypto's strong start to 2026, reflecting shifting investor conviction rather than short-term speculation.

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The team said that 20% of the total supply has been set aside for users and developers eligible to receive tokens.

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on Tuesday filed for an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Trust with the SEC, marking the bank's third crypto ETF filing in 48 hours after registering Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) trusts earlier this week. Ethereum Trust Will Stake ETH For Yield The Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust will be a passive investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Investment Management, holding ether directly and valuing shares daily based on a pricing benchmark derived from major trading venues, Decrypt reported.

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Upexi continues to add SOL and reduce its share count through buybacks and insider purchases despite weak equity performance.

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