Solana completed Q2 2026 with zero downtime for the ninth consecutive quarter, maintaining a median slot duration of 400 milliseconds and processing 25.3 billion transactions, vastly outpacing Ethereum's 200 million. The network's fees remain sub-cent, supporting high-frequency use cases despite a drop in fee revenue share for validators. Upcoming upgrades, including Alpenglow for faster block finality and Firedancer for higher throughput, promise to enhance performance further. Solana's stable and affordable network is attracting significant institutional activity and could reshape latency-sensitive applications once upgrades deploy.
Solana (SOL) has broken above a months-long consolidation pattern, with the $110-$113 range now the immediate resistance to watch. Holding support between $90.50 and $100.48 is crucial for maintaining bullish momentum. A sustained move above $113 cou...
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko criticized Robinhood Chain's average transaction fee of $0.40, calling it 'brain dead' and arguing that the brokerage profits from network congestion rather than transparent user charges. Robinhood Chain, which run...
Solana activated a rent reduction on September 3rd, lowering on-chain account storage costs by about 90%. This change reduces the Lamports-per-byte requirement, allowing existing accounts to withdraw surplus SOL without closing. Approximately 3.08 mi...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a Nasdaq Texas rule change that officially classifies Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP as digital commodities. This change allows more flexible management of crypto investment products on t...
The G7 Cyber Expert Group has called on financial institutions to start planning a coordinated transition to post-quantum cryptography to safeguard against future quantum computer threats. This shift is a long-term effort requiring extensive inventor...
