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Solana’s Alpenglow protocol looks set to pass, with over 99% of cast votes in favor of the proposal that seeks to bring Solana’s transaction finality in line with Google search speeds.

Polkadot has launched Polkadot Capital Group to connect traditional finance with its blockchain ecosystem, focusing on tokenization and DeFi.

Solana briefly achieved over 100,000 transactions per second, and a developer said the blockchain could ‘theoretically’ eventually perform at 80,000 TPS.

The 12-week acceleration program offers funding, media support, strategic guidance, developer support and network access for crypto startups building on Injective.

Three public companies increased their Solana holdings this week, as BitGo speculated that firms are buying Solana to stake it and earn rewards.

Solana Mobile stands to earn at least $67.5 million from sales of the Seeker, which had pre-orders many times higher than the first-generation device.

The Cboe has filed to list Canary Capital’s staked Injective ETF, potentially making it the third staked crypto ETF following Solana and Ether.

Solana’s Firedancer validator client promises huge speed boosts but faces network limits as developer Douglas Colkitt tests its full potential on Fogo.

The Solana Foundation’s 2027 roadmap called market microstructures the “most important problem in Solana today.”

Solana isn’t the only network upgrading its block capacity; Ethereum's gas limit increased to just under 45 million units as of Tuesday.

MoonPay introduces liquid staking for Solana as the network sees record staking activity, ETF inflows and major treasury buys from firms like DeFi Dev and Upexi.

SSK, the first US ETF to combine spot Solana exposure with onchain staking rewards, attracted over $100M in 12 trading days.

DeFi Development Corp CEO Joseph Onorati said the company has no plans to expand its treasury with other crypto. Meanwhile, Solana crossed the $200 mark on Tuesday.

The move follows SEC guidance treating staking rewards as income, enabling asset managers like Canary to back blockchain-based tokens through delegated staking.

BNB Chain also teased that it’s working on infrastructure that will allow the network to support 20,000 transactions per second.