Solana News

Solana News

Finance

Germany’s AllUnity expands EURAU to Solana as euro stablecoins gain traction

The firm's MiCA-compliant euro token aims to speed up euro transfers and support regulated onchain finance as the euro stablecoin market doubled since early 2025.

European Union Flag (Christian Lue / Unsplash / Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tech giant Meta starts paying some creators in stablecoin with Stripe's support

The tech giant is first offering the feature to select creators in Colombia and the Philippines.

Meta (Julio Lopez/Unsplash)

Finance

World Cup fever: Chiliz expands to Solana and Base to supercharge fan token trading

Chiliz rolled out its own layer-1 network in 2023 to host the trading of its tokens, but is transitioning to what it calls "omnichain distribution."

16:9 Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus in Singapore during Token2049 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Finance

Western Union eyeing stablecoin launch to settle global transactions without SWIFT, CEO says

The 175-year-old money-transfer firm also plans to issue a stablecoin-linked card for payments and cash-out options from crypto to local currencies, CEO Devin McGranahan said.

A Western Union sign above a shop. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Solana developers outline plan to protect network from quantum threats

Two of the network’s core developer teams, Anza and Jump Crypto’s Firedancer, have landed on the same solution: a new type of digital signature called Falcon.

Quantum Computing Optics (Ben Wicks/Unsplash)

Markets

Fidelity Digital Assets says bitcoin is leading crypto market stabilization

Despite muted prices to start the second quarter, the report said improving onchain metrics and network activity point to a market finding its footing.

Trading screen

Markets

Beaten-down digital asset treasury names lead crypto stock surge as bitcoin hits $78,000

Oil prices slumped as Trump said Iran committed to open the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. plans to acquire that country's enriched uranium as part of a deal.

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Tech

Wall Street trading-tech is coming to crypto as DoubleZero rolls out high-speed data for Solana

The project, called DoubleZero Edge, offers a real-time feed of raw data from the Solana blockchain, giving traders faster access to information that can influence prices.

Zapper adds NFT and DAO dashboards. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Drift gets $148 million funding from Tether and partners as it replaces Circle stablecoin with USDT after massive exploit

The money will be used by Drift to recover user funds after more than $270 million in clients assets were exploited this month, and will relaunch the protocol as a USDT-based perpetuals DEX on Solana.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

Alameda moves $16 million in Solana's SOL token for possible creditor distribution

Alameda unstakes $16 million worth of Solana's SOL token, according to Arkham.

Caroline Ellison, the government's star witness in their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, leaving court on Tuesday, Oct. 11 following her first day of testimony. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)