The Index Podcast - The Stablecoin Router Everyone Will Use: Ryne Saxe (Eco) on Solana, Visa & the Future of Money
youtube.comSolandy - Why Solana keeps adding Syscalls [Solana Tutorial] - Jul 27th '26
youtube.com$MRNA From Moderna Is Live On Solana Via Sunrise, Issued By Backpack Securities
Source: https://x.com/solana/status/2090177416375259541
BREAKING: $MRNA from Moderna is live on Solana via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities.
Moderna announced the first ever positive Phase 3 results for a personalized cancer vaccine.
Source: https://x.com/sunrise/status/2090176270885925087
Sunrise has listed $MRNA on @Solana.
Today, Moderna and Merck reported the first positive Phase 3 results for an mRNA cancer therapy.
Issued by @Backpack Securities, a tokenized Moderna share now trades on Solana, 24/7.
$MRNA Solana contract address:
MRNAzXzhNcaEXJPibHEn8cd4vyekCDiivTyEwswLUCT
This is the canonical $MRNA on Solana.
https://tokens.xyz/moderna?solana=MRNAzXzhNcaEXJPibHEn8cd4vyekCDiivTyEwswLUCT
Sunrise brings new assets to Solana with liquid, canonical markets.
Follow @sunrise to see what lists next.
Solandy - Syscall Basics [Solana Tutorial] - Jul 22nd '26
youtube.comNexus Mutual's First Non-EVM Listings Are Live On Kamino, Raydium, Orca_so & Jupiter Exchange
Source: https://x.com/solana/status/2089345920538124339
Solana, You're Covered Nexus Mutual's first non-EVM listings are live:
• @kamino
• @Raydium
•@/orca_so
• @JupiterExchange
We've been privately underwriting @solana risk for institutional funds. Today that protection goes public, and it reaches close to 90% of Solana lending.
Learn more here: https://nexusmutual.io/blog/solana-youre-covered
Weekly Discussion Thread, Chats & Trading Talks | August 17 To August 23, 2026
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Solana Ecosystem News - August 16-2026
Somewhere between a corner store, a silver vault, and a gacha machine, Solana had a week. Cash access hit nearly 500K retail locations, silver came onchain fully audited, and a luxury watch is waiting to be pulled.
Here’s everything that shipped this week:
📰 Headline News
- @MoneyGram launched Ramps on Solana, giving builders access to 60M+ customers across ~500K locations in 170+ countries via one API
- B@ullish executed the first tokenized equity trades on a regulated exchange, settling Solana-tokenized $BLSH 24/7 in stablecoins
- Solana’s RWA ecosystem reached a new all-time high of $3.9B in total value
- Solana set a new single-day record processing 171.9M non-vote transactions
- @sunrise brought tokenized Nebius shares ($NBIS) to Solana, issued by @Backpack Securities
📰 Launches
- @JupiterExchange launched Lend v2, with Smart Vaults turning loans into active DEX liquidity
- $SILV launched via u/sunrise, backed 1:1 by @Dominion_Market’s audited physical silver reserves
- @re’s reUSD went live on Solana
- @ThunesPayments enabled 24/7 EURC prefunding on Solana, bridging digital assets with 90+ fiat currencies
- u/@project0 and @_gammafi launched ML Vaults to capture cross-market spreads and optimize yields in real time
- @Collector_Crypt and @watchdotfun launched vault-backed luxury watch RWAs with gacha and arena redemptions
- @Pumpfun launched daily, volume-based Callout Rewards for callers in its app
- @MonkeDAO launched JungleFun with @magicblock, offering verifiable onchain pack openings
- @birdeye_so introduced Wallet Tracker for monitoring traders, holdings, and watchlists in one dashboard
- @Artifacte_inc launched Rip Room, enabling live-streamed pack openings with direct-to-wallet onchain minting
- @fomo launched Dev Tags, letting teams claim tags to update holders and build communities in-app
- @SuperteamCAN announced Solana Summit Canada for September 23–24
- @JurassicFi announced its tokenized dinosaur fossils launch on August 17
- @tokens open-sourced its platform
- @BitRobotNetwork opened applications for Access IDs to its Open Robotics Lab
- @solana_devs unveiled a seven-week Solana School fall program, running August 31-October 16
- @solanaspaces and @spenders_club announced Solana Summer House on Aug 29
- @SuperteamUK launched their 24/7 office in Somerset House
📰 Milestones
- @Collector_Crypt officially crossed $1B in cumulative gross revenue
- @crediblefin crossed $1B in total payments volume
- @kamino’s Institutional Commodity Yield Vault crossed $25M in deposits
- @LaunchOnSF has crossed over $86,000,000 of volume in 10 days, with 19k+ unique holders
- @metaplex set a July record with 900K+ Core assets created, pushing the total past 8M
- @HusherExchange surpassed $200M in cumulative private Solana swaps
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Coinbase Rolled Out Its First Production Solana Smart Contract
Source: https://x.com/0xrwu/status/2088384035923878271
Today, we fully rolled out Coinbase's first production @solana smart contract!
As part of the Vector acquisition, we brought over some hardcore Solana devs who are looking for every opportunity to optimize the DEX trading experience.
We rolled out a lightweight aggregator that gives us enough control to ensure 99.9% of Solana DEX tokens are routeable (quote errors are down 80%!).
More to come later this year: stay tuned 👀
THIS WEEK IN MEDIA - 8/7-8/14
Source: https://x.com/solana/status/2088565487794032975
Read
- The Street: MoneyGram Brings Cash-to-Crypto Service to Solana
- Bloomberg: Crypto’s Wall Street Era Arrives as Retail Buzz, Liquidity Fade
- Genfinity: MoneyGram Ramps on Solana Goes Live, Putting 500,000 Cash Locations Behind a Single API
- Bloomberg: Pokémon Vending Machines Become NFT Speculation Phenomenon
- CoinDesk: Solana gets its first Strategy STRC product through Solstice Finance
- TradingView: Solana: Bullish begins tokenized equity trading
- SolanaFloor: Solana’s Tokenized Fund Market Surges $468M in 2026 as RWA Ecosystem Hits $3.9B ATH
- CoinDesk: Kalshi taps DoubleZero for Wall Street-style high-speed data feed
- CoinDesk: Solana neared a freeze threshold Wednesday, Marinade Finance says . The Foundation says it held up under stress.
- The Block: Israel’s largest bank taps Galaxy to offer bitcoin, ether and solana trading
- CoinDesk: Solana lending giant Jupiter now lets the same dollar earn twice
- The Block: Bitwise mulls tokenizing its Solana staking ETF via Superstate partnership
- Decrypt: Solana Can Be the 'Everything Chain' as Crypto Apps Go Mainstream: 6th Man Ventures Co-Founder
- The Street: Solana's stablecoin supply has grown 11x in three years
Watch
- The Street: Explained: What is a smart contract?
- Paul Barron: Solana Disinflation Nears - Helius CEO Mert Interview
- SolanaFloor: Solana Weekly News - Solana NFT to Amazon Prime w/Claynos, $FWDI Buys 254K SOL, Pump vs Fomo
- Decrypt FOMO Hour: Markets, CPI Print, Onchain Higher, and joined by Mike Dudas to chat SOL/PUMP and More
Listen
- Billions with Pedro Miranda: How Claynosaurz Became a Multi-Billion View Media Brand
- House of Sol with Ben Brophy: The Tokenized Fund Future That Could Replace ETFs - Dovile Silenskyte, WisdomTree
- Solana is Global with Alex Scott: Stablecoin 2.0: The Future of Digital Assets - Avtar Sehra, STBL
The Index Podcast - Natsuki Freya Got Into Crypto to Save Her Cat, Now Builds Solana's Biggest Card Game | Rosentica
youtube.comSolanaFloor - How High Can Solana Go in 2027? (The Institutional Case)
youtube.comJonas Hahn - MoneyGram Ramps Is Live on Solana | Cash In & Out with One API Tutorial
youtube.comPirates Parley Podcast - Sunsetting the mempool: Lucas Bruder on Jito, BAM, and betting long-term on Solana
solana.comHouse of Sol with Ben Brophy Podcast - The Tokenized Fund Future That Could Replace ETFs with Dovile Silenskyte from WisdomTree
solana.comBitwise Is Working With Superstate To Tokenize Its Solana Staking ETF
Source: https://x.com/tokens/status/2088241233080787252
NEW: @Bitwise is working with Superstate to let holders of its Solana staking ETF record shares on a blockchain rather than through DTC.