How Pump.fun’s one-click minting, bonding-curve graduation and locked liquidity drove Solana’s memecoin dominance: the risks and metrics to watch next. One-click minting, bonding-curve “graduation” and locked LPs concentrated liquidity, pushing Pump.fun’s share to 75%-80% at its peak. Launches and fees are cyclical. After plunging 80% from January highs, activity snapped back by late August. Rivals (LetsBonk, HeavenDEX, Raydium LaunchLab) can flip share in the short term with fees or incentives, but network effects often pull activity back. Read more
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana’s speed and finality make it Wall Street’s top choice for stablecoins and tokenization despite Ethereum’s dominance. Chief investment officer of crypto asset management firm Bitwise, Matt Hougan, thinks Solana will be the Wall Street network of choice for stablecoins and real-world asset tokenization. “I think Solana is the new Wall Street,” said Hougan, speaking with Solana Foundation’s Akshay BD on Oct. 2. He added that the Wall Street audiences consider Bitcoin (BTC) “very ephemeral” and “hard to get their heads around.” They can see what is happening in the stablecoin and tokenization space, and they know that it is going to be “enormously significant,” he said before adding, “Really important people are saying that stablecoins will reinvent payments and tokenization will reinvent stock, bond, commodity, and real estate markets.” Read more
Solana CME futures open interest hit $2.16 billion as ETPs drive $500 million inflows. With institutions accumulating while retail stays cautious, are institutions quietly leading the charge? Key takeaways: CME open interest for SOL hit a record $2.16 billion, signaling strong institutional activity. Retail traders remain cautious after $307 million in liquidations, keeping leverage muted. Read more
BNB, Solana, and Dogecoin flashed strong bullish signals as “Uptober” momentum fuels hopes for further gains in the cryptocurrency market. Key takeaways: BNB, SOL, and DOGE show strong “Uptober” momentum, with upside targets at $1,480, $250, and $0.31, respectively. Failure to hold key trendlines could result in a pullback for BNB to $835. Read more
Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley says Solana’s shorter unstaking period gives it an advantage over Ethereum in the race for staking ETFs, as US regulators prepare key decisions in October. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says Solana may gain an edge over Ethereum in the staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, pointing to its design as more favorable for investors. Speaking with Cointelegraph editor Andrew Fenton at Token2049 in Singapore, Horsley argued that Solana’s quicker unstaking period gives it an advantage over Ethereum. For instance, Ethereum’s withdrawal queue recently reached new highs, while Solana’s typically clears faster. Horsley said that difference matters for issuers who must be able to return assets to investors quickly. “It’s a huge problem,” Horsley said. “The ETFs need to be able to return assets on a very short time frame. So this is a huge challenge.” Read more
Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to prioritize high-performance validators to handle complex blocks over suboptimal validators. Web3 infrastructure company Jump Crypto has proposed removing Solana’s fixed compute block limit to strengthen network performance and incentivize validators with suboptimal hardware to upgrade. Jump, which is building a high-performance Firedancer validator client for Solana, is pushing for the SIMD-0370 proposal to be implemented sometime after the Alpenglow upgrade, Solana research company Anza said on Saturday. Alpenglow passed in a near-unanimous vote earlier this month and is set to be deployed on a testnet in December. Read more
ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood says Hyperliquid reminds her of Solana’s early days, but maintains that Bitcoin remains the core of her crypto thesis. ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood has compared Hyperliquid to Solana’s early-stage promise, calling it “the new kid on the block.” “It’s exciting. It reminds me of Solana in the earlier days, and Solana has proven its worth and is, you know, there with the big boys,” Wood said during a recent interview on the Master Investor podcast. ARK Invest currently holds three main crypto assets in its public funds, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL). The firm’s exposure to Solana is through Breera Sports, which Wood clarified is tied to the Solana treasury and supported by Middle Eastern investors. She also noted advisory ties to the project through economist Art Laffer. Read more