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Grayscale Investments, the digital asset manager with over $50B in AUM, announced the launch of its 16th investment vehicle – the Grayscale Solana Trust. The company’s press release, dated November 30th, explained that the new Trust will “solely and passively” invest in SOL – the native cryptocurrency of the popular blockchain project, Solana. The product is already available for daily subscriptions by eligible individual and institutional accredited investors. The Grayscale...

Solana has emerged as a viable alternative to a host of blockchains. In fact, the network is not only efficient when it comes to conducting transactions but is also greener than web browsing giant Google, at least according to a recent report. At a time when the carbon footprint of Proof-of-Work (PoW) based assets has come under scanner, Solana’s latest Energy Use Report for November 2021 demonstrates a brand new trend taking shape that pushes towards a greener crypto...

Solana ist eine der aufstrebendsten und beliebtesten Kryptowährungen mit derzeit spektakulären Gewinnen in den vergangenen Monaten. Aus dem aktuellen Chart kann entnommen werden, dass der Solana-Kurs die anderen Krypto-Kurse erheblich outperformt hat. Mit circa 25.650 Prozent Wachstum hat sich der Kurs seit Mitte 2020 von einigen Cents auf den derzeitigen Preis von 238 US-Dollar weiterentwickelt. Mit einem dreistelligen Kurs ist Solana kein Kryptoschwergewicht, konnte aber prozentual...

Solana is one of this year’s hottest topics, surging in value, popularity, and overall usage. The cryptocurrency itself is up over 13,000% so far in 2021 and this comes on the back of over $14 billion in value locked in the various decentralized protocols built on Solana. This growth drew the community’s attention and Solana quickly became one of the most commonly discussed blockchains. We met Yakovenko on the second day of Lisbon’s Breakpoint 2021 – a 3-day conference...

During the ongoing Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisboa, Ohanian said he wants to participate in the development of a decentralized social media based on the Solana blockchain, which is the reason behind the multi-million dollar investment. The American Internet entrepreneur, arguably best known for his role of co-founding Reddit, outlined his plans at the Breakpoint conference earlier on November 9th. While speaking to Solana’s co-founder – Raj Gokal – Ohanian firstly said...

SolFlare, the popular wallet built for the Solana blockchain, has launched Android and iOS mobile versions. Aside from buying, selling, and storing SOL and Solana-based tokens, users will also be able to stake them through the app version. SolFlare’s Mobile SOL Wallet Arrives The press release shared with CryptoPotato explained that the newly-launched mobile version of the SolFlare wallet is the first Solana mobile wallet supporting such features as the aforementioned ones....

Phantom is one of the most popular and used wallets in the Solana ecosystem. Today, the company revealed they will be releasing a mobile version of their wallet as well. Phantom Rolling Out a Mobile App Phantom is a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet built for the Solana ecosystem, and it’s one of the most popular apps in the field. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the team will also be expanding its reach upon crossing 1 million weekly active users and...

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector is riding strong in October after a month-long market lull. The latest charts show figures hitting all-time highs with respect to liquidity stored on these protocols. The total value locked (USD) has established a new peak after soaring above $236 billion on October 26th. According to Defi Llama, the TVL figures have maintained a steady uptrend over the past month. In addition to the broader cryptocurrency realm, DeFi too had a rather...

Public blockchain platform Solana just broke its previous all-time high from September. The new record comes amidst a rising crypto market in which Solana has been especially successful. Last week, Solana almost painted a fresh all-time high but came a few dollars short before retracing back. This happened very shortly after Bitcoin had marked a new all-time high. Today, we saw something similar. As Bitcoin rests and consolidates following last week’s rally, Solana has now...

To say that last week was exciting would be a serious understatement. Bitcoin went on to chart a brand new all-time high at around $67K, we saw the approval of the first-ever futures BTC ETF in the US, a massive flash-crash on BinanceUS, and a correction towards $60K. Let’s dive in. Starting with Bitcoin. The price was trading around $62K last this time last week and even dipped below $60K briefly on Monday. However, the market was propelled higher from then, and this...