For the third week in a row, digital asset investment products saw significant outflows, which amounted to $795 million, as the impact of the tariff issues continues to weigh on the sector. This has led to a record $7.2 billion in outflows since February, nearly wiping out all YTD inflows and leaving only $165 million.
The team behind Infected, a speculative pandemic-simulation game that recently gained viral traction, announced its decision to migrate from Ethereum’s Layer-2 network Base to the Solana blockchain. The announcement was made via the game’s official X account. It cited Base’s inability to handle transaction volume during the game’s launch and broader concerns about the scalability
The crypto market is navigating turbulent waters as it attempts to rebound from the shockwaves caused by President Donald Trump’s newly imposed global tariffs. While traditional markets initially saw investors fleeing to gold and silver, pushing the former to a record $3,168, digital assets are now showing slight signs of recovery, with Solana (SOL), Ethereum
“Many whales unstaked and dumped SOL today,” reported blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain on April 4. It highlighted four transactions of over $3 million worth of the Solana native token, the largest of which was a whopping 258,646 SOL worth around $30 million. The Solana selloff has been a result of the meme coin bubble bursting
The social media buzz around Solana (SOL) has reportedly reached a fever pitch, buoyed by GameStop’s $1.3 billion Bitcoin (BTC) play and BlackRock’s recent expansion onto the blockchain. This surge in institutional interest has fueled overwhelmingly positive sentiment toward Solana, with Santiment reporting a near-record high 18:1 positive-to-negative sentiment ratio. Institutional Backing Boosts Solana’s Appeal
Pump.fun’s decentralized exchange (DEX), PumpSwap, has achieved record-breaking numbers, with a daily volume of $426 million and 243,000 users. The Solana-based platform also collected more than $1 million in fees, including $213,000 in protocol charges on March 24, marking its best performance since its launch. Despite the success, its market share of 14.5%, as captured
Popular meme coin launcher Pump.fun has unveiled PumpSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Solana. The new platform promises frictionless token migrations with zero fees and enhanced liquidity, positioning itself to challenge Raydium directly, Solana’s dominant DEX. What PumpSwap Brings to the Table In a post on X introducing the service, Pump.fun stated that it
SOL’s price performance over the past 24 hours has been in line with that of the rest of the cryptocurrency market and remains largely in red. Let’s check out some of the more important Solana ecosystem news. Raydium launches Pump.Fun competitor Raydium – Solana’s most popular decentralized exchange – saw a surge in its token’s
The price of Raydium’s RAY token shot up 28% after reports emerged that the Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) was planning to launch a rival meme coin platform, LaunchLab, to compete with Pump.fun. It follows rumors that Pump.fun is testing its own automated market maker (AMM), potentially threatening the exchange’s revenue stream. The Battle for Solana’s
The Solana Foundation has removed an advertisement from its official X account following criticism over its political messaging on gender identity. The ad, posted on March 17 to promote the Solana Accelerate conference, attracted negative commentary from the crypto community for its references to gender and pronouns. Solana Co-founder Disapproves of the Campaign The video