Major Recent Developments and Favourable Information in the Solana Ecosystem

In the past week, the Solana blockchain ecosystem has welcomed several favourable developments. First, Nasdaq plans to expand its cryptocurrency index benchmark from 5 to 9, including Solana's native token SOL. This move indicates that Solana is further integrating into the traditional financial market, providing institutional investors with more avenues for participation.

The Solana ETF has also made significant progress. Regulators have asked the issuer of the Solana ETF to submit a revised S-1 form within a week, which is seen as an important signal for the approval of the Solana spot ETF. Market analysts have raised the likelihood of the Solana spot ETF's approval from 70% to 90%, reflecting an optimistic outlook on regulatory prospects.

Another piece of favourable information is that a Nasdaq-listed company announced it has secured a $5 billion equity financing quota, aimed at accelerating the accumulation of SOL. The market interprets this move as similar to the cryptocurrency investment strategies of certain listed companies, highlighting institutional investors' confidence in the long-term value of Solana.

In addition to the favourable information on the capital and policy levels, the construction of the Solana ecosystem is also continuing to advance. A new hybrid decentralized exchange has announced its launch on the Solana chain, combining the liquidity of centralized exchanges with the transparency of decentralized finance, bringing innovation to on-chain asset liquidity.

Here are the latest developments in various sectors of the Solana ecosystem:

DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

• Marinade Select has added 700,000 SOL in this round, becoming the preferred choice for institutional stakers.
• A trading platform is fully integrated with Trends, providing instant token swapping, AlphaScan filtering, and Launchpad screening features.
• Kamino has launched $sACRED, the first real-world asset lending market on the platform, where users can collateralize sACRED to borrow $USDC and $USDG at an annual interest rate of 9%.
• A trading platform announced that dfdvSOL has been listed on its platform.
• Jito announced that the new JitoSOL/SOL independent pool has been launched on a certain trading platform.
• Meteora announced a collaboration with the subs.fun team to enhance its DBC experience.
• JPool has launched a new direct staking interface, equipped with a detailed validator dashboard and a real-time profit calculator.
• Saros has achieved a milestone of 100 million USD in total staking value.

RWA (Real World Assets)

• Parcl Labs has launched a referral program that rewards users for sharing housing insights.
• Usual proposes to use wstETH of a certain project as the first collateral for ETH0 synthetic assets.
• A certain lending platform has announced that it now accepts mSOL as collateral for institutional loans.
• Ondo Finance announced a collaboration with a leading blockchain infrastructure provider and the blockchain department of a major bank to connect the bank's settlement infrastructure to Ondo Chain.

AI/DeFAI/AI Agent

• Virtuals announced the introduction of AI agents to the Ethereum blockchain.
• TARS AI announces the expansion of institutional partnerships to promote $TAI growth.
• Hey Anon announces the Build 1.5 version, featuring new API integrations and functional improvements.
• Orbit announced the completion of a buyback of approximately $250,000 $GRIFT.
• The Hive has launched a new page that provides walletless access to various features and analytics.

DePIN/Infrastructures

• A certain blockchain data query protocol has launched the Token API Beta version on Avalanche.
• Roam has launched a giveaway event of 40,000 $ROAM through the community bounty program.
• A mobile network service provider has launched a children’s plan for $5 per month.
• Aethir has launched a new community initiative to reward members participating in the construction of a decentralized ecosystem.
• A certain oracle project has announced the upcoming launch of mainnet staking.
• sns.sol announced the launch of mini-apps on social platforms.
• A cross-chain bridge project announced integration with Circle to enable native USDC cross-chain transfers.
• Sonic SVM has launched an enhanced value accumulation mechanism for the $SONIC token.
• NATIX Network announced the destruction of 43.7 million $NATIX in May.

Gaming/NFT/Social Finance

• Metaplex launched a new command line interface to simplify the process of creating and managing NFTs.
• A certain hardware wallet brand has launched a new NFT experience powered by a certain NFT trading platform in its application.

Potential Projects

• Chainstack now supports Unichain.
• Spice AI partners with Databricks to expand data and AI capabilities.
• Exponent announces a new partnership, making dfdvSOL available on its platform.
• time.fun has launched the "Priority Notification" feature to enhance user content display.