Solana's decentralized applications generated about $5.14 million in daily revenue, nearly 17 times more than Base's $304,000, according to DeFiLlama. This gap reflects Solana's strong app-layer monetization driven by high-frequency trading and launchpads, while Base, despite Coinbase backing and low fees, struggles to convert activity into significant app revenue. Solana's monthly app revenue rose from $91 million in May to $143 million in August, signaling accelerating adoption and supporting arguments for monolithic Layer-1 chains over Layer-2 solutions like Base.
Solana Mobile has suspended its third-party marketing email account following unauthorized access linked to a broader security breach at email provider Brevo. The breach exploited a vulnerability affecting 138 customer accounts, including Solana Mobi...
In 2026, BNB Chain added $3.62 billion in real-world asset (RWA) value, leading growth among blockchains according to CryptoRank. This surpasses Solana's $2.66 billion and Stellar's $2.50 billion increases, though Ethereum still holds the largest tot...
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, criticized Elon Musk and Sam Altman's recent call to slow AI development, suggesting their concern is driven by financial motives to protect their companies' $1 trillion market valuations. He argues that risin...
Solana (SOL) is under supply pressure due to Pump.fun's large ongoing sales totaling over 5 million SOL worth around $842 million, alongside whale investors shifting SOL into the STONK token. Despite this, exchange data shows net outflows, which may ...
During the Labor Day weekend when traditional stock markets were closed, tokenized stocks on decentralized exchanges traded over $1 billion in volume, nearly matching Friday's activity. Robinhood Chain led with $572.8 million in trades, followed by s...
