Last month, the Solana ecosystem was at the forefront of the FTX saga, taking a significant hit from the company’s bankruptcy filing. Since then, projects have left the network, while the native token lost a significant chunk of its USD value. Interestingly, the blockchain, once regarded as an “Ethereum Killer,” has received support from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. In a Twitter post on December 29, Buterin said the recent events in the crypto industry had washed away...
Read More »Bitmain Founder-Backed Asset Manager to Delist Solana
The Solana ecosystem that was once heavily tied to Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX has been badly wounded after the collapse. As debates accelerated over the prospects of Solana, its native token – SOL – has plummeted 96% from its all-time high of $260 in November last year. Adding to its woes, crypto asset management company Matrixport is reportedly gearing up to delist Solana and Solana-U dual currency investment products on December 30th. Interestingly, Matrixport is founded by...
Read More »Solana Suffers Major Setback as Development Activity Plunges, SOL Dumps Hard
Wading through the wreckage of FTX and Alameda, it is clear that some communities were hit a lot harder than others. Several DeFi protocols sporting close ties with the two entities have suffered. Solana, for one, has been hit the hardest since the collapse. The once top 10 market cap asset, SOL has slid to the 17th position, and the struggle may continue in 2023 as well. Solana FUD Solana (SOL) had an impressive run-up last year and was one of the best-performing tokens of...
Read More »NFT Projects DeGods, y00ts to Leave Solana for Ethereum and Polygon
DeGods and y00ts – have announced their departure from Solana and revealed that they would be migrating to Ethereum and Polygon. The two top NFT projects on Solana anticipate moving to new chains in the first quarter of 2023, according to their respective updates on Twitter. The duo stated, “The details of the bridge will be released when it’s ready & tested. This has never been done before at this scale. We want to make sure that it’s airtight.” Despite a rocky launch in...
Read More »Solana Protocol Raydium Hacked for $2 Million
Raydium – a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) – was hacked for over $2 million on Friday. According to Raydium, the hacker appears to have taken control of the exchange’s admin address to carry out the attack. Over $2 Million Lost Raydium acknowledged the hack over Twitter, noting that investigations were still ongoing. It provided a link to the attacker’s account, which appears to hold $1.45 million worth of Solana-based tokens at writing time. Solscan shows that...
Read More »DeFi TVL Drops, NFT Market Performs Poorly in November: DappRadar
The FTX meltdown may have laid the groundwork for an unprecedented shift in user activity from centralized finance (CeFi) to decentralized finance (DeFi), but the total value locked in the services provided by the latter has taken a serious hit. A new report by Dapp Radar suggested that the non-fungible token (NFT) market has not been spared by the downtrend either. DeFi, and NFT Winter Typically considered a potential antidote to the collapse, the total value locked across...
Read More »Bitcoin Börse Stuttgart: BISON erhöht Angebot auf 17 Kryptowährungen
Personen aus 72 Nationen können die BISON App herunterladen und nutzen, wenn sie ihren Hauptwohnsitz im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR) + Schweiz haben. BISON, die Krypto-Plattform der Gruppe Börse Stuttgart, erweitert ihr Krypto-Portfolio um sieben neue Coins: Ab sofort können BISON-Kunden die Währungen Aave (AAVE), Algorand (ALGO), Dencentraland (MANA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Sandbox (SAND) und Shiba Inu (SHIB) handeln. „Wir entwickeln unser Angebot...
Read More »Solana Foundation Lost Over $180 Million in Crypto on FTX
The Solana Foundation has released a fact sheet detailing the exposure it holds to FTX following its bankruptcy The organization held over $180 million worth of crypto asset exposure to the company as of November 6th, just before the exchange ceased processing withdrawals. FTT and SRM Holdings According to the foundation’s report (last updated Monday), Solana held roughly $1 million in cash on FTX as of November 6th. The non-profit said these funds were “negligible” to its...
Read More »Solana (SOL) Price Analysis: Short-term Recovery Possible From $11
Solana price gained bearish momentum below the $20.00 level against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $20 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a short-term bearish trend line with resistance near $12.00 on the 4-hours chart of the SOL/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could recover, but upsides might be limited above the $15 resistance. Solana price is trading below $15 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. SOL...
Read More »Multiple Exchanges Delist USDC and USDT on Solana
Numerous major exchanges are disabling deposits and/or withdrawals for Solana-based variants of the top two stablecoins, USDT and USDC. The wave of delistings follows Solana’s major price crash in the wake of FTX’s collapse – an exchange known to be closely involved with the network and token. Scrubbing the Solana Stablecoins On Thursday, Binance announced that deposits for Solana-based USDC and USDT tokens had been “temporarily suspended until further notice,” without...
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