It's been a massive week for Solana. Here are 8 big developments you might've missed:
• Goldman Sachs drops a $108M Solana bag
• Solana Accelerate doubles down on Internet Capital Markets
• Alpenglow making Solana faster than your WiFi
1. Goldman Sachs Discloses $108M in SOL
Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street’s heaviest hitters, quietly revealed a $108M allocation to Solana.
Tradfi is paying attention. Institutional capital is moving on-chain.
2. Solana Accelerate Showcases Internet Capital Markets Vision
Solana Accelerate brought together founders, institutions, and policymakers to push the “Internet Capital Markets” vision forward.
The message is clear: Solana is positioning itself as the home for institutional on-chain finance.
3. Alpenglow Slashes Solana Latency
Block times are about to drop from ~12 seconds to under 150ms thanks to Alpenglow.
That’s a massive leap for high-frequency, internet-native capital markets. Speed matters.
4. Solana Mobile Heads to Mtndao
Five days of hands-on mobile dev workshops covering dApp Store distribution, AI apps, and wallet onboarding.
Builders can also compete for $125K+ in hackathon prizes. Ship fast or go home.
5. Tokenized Equities Go Full DeFi on Solana
SPY, QQQ, NVDA, TSLA — all now live as tokenized assets on Solana.
That means you can borrow, lend, leverage, and earn yield on traditional equities 24/7. DeFi doesn’t sleep.
6. Alibaba Demos High-Performance Solana RPCs
Alibaba Cloud just showed off enterprise-grade Solana RPC infrastructure.
When global tech giants start building at this scale, you know something’s cooking.
7. Kamino Introduces Off-Chain Collateral with Anchorage
Kamino is piloting custodial integration with Anchorage to bring off-chain collateral onto Solana.
This is the bridge between institutional capital pools and on-chain lending markets.
8. CoinGecko Enables Pay-Per-Request Data for AI on Solana
CoinGecko integrated the x402 payment protocol, live on Solana.
AI agents can now pay for real-time crypto data in USDC per API call. Machine-to-machine payments are here.
That’s a wrap on this week’s Solana news.
Which update’s got you the most hyped?