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🌱 A year of SOL growth in 3 days

🌱 A year of SOL growth in 3 days

The TRUMP memecoin grew Solana’s stablecoin supply by 57%

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
StartupsStartups
🤖 SocialFi is AI now

🤖 SocialFi is AI now

Two AI-focused Solana apps closed funding rounds

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
Politics/institutions/regulationPolitics/institutions/regulation
🦅 What Trump means for SOL

🦅 What Trump means for SOL

The first ‘crypto president’ is expected to clear up Solana’s woes with regulation

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
TechTech
🎈 SOLflation

🎈 SOLflation

Multicoin has proposed a market-based approach to SOL inflation

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
TechTech
😭 Alone on the Frankendance floor

😭 Alone on the Frankendance floor

Despite being live since September, Frankendancer has seen limited uptake

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
Social/cultureSocial/culture
🙏 Depending on DePIN

🙏 Depending on DePIN

Helium and Starlink tech create mini cell towers for natural disasters

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
MarketsMarkets
🛍️ MoonPay goes shopping

🛍️ MoonPay goes shopping

Crypto M&A shows more signs of life

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
👋 Meet Sol Strategies

👋 Meet Sol Strategies

‘Solana’s MicroStrategy’ has gained 1,700% since September

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
❓ FTX didn’t know about Backpack

❓ FTX didn’t know about Backpack

When Backpack bought FTX EU, it was news to all of us — including FTX

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
🐭 The mouse market

🐭 The mouse market

Pump.science and Hedgehog are offering science experiment prediction markets

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
😮 $32.7M for a perps license

😮 $32.7M for a perps license

Backpack bought FTX EU and will get its trading license — and its bankruptcy claims

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
📦 What’s Solana shipping?

📦 What’s Solana shipping?

Seeker and Firedancer headline Solana products expected to ship in 2025

Jeffrey Albus
Jack Kubinec
Jeffrey Albus, +1
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