Solana news

Forward Industries (FWDI) sits unlevered, debt‑free and therefore positioned to consolidate the digital asset treasury space amid a market downturn. CIO Ryan Navi stresses the company’s ability to play offense while peers retreat, citing its roughly 7 million Solana (SOL) holdings worth about $600 million at current prices and a stock that has fallen to just above $5 from near $40 last year. After a 2025 $1.65 billion private equity infusion that made FWDI the largest public Solana‑focused treasury, its strategy is to accumulate SOL, stake it for a 6–7% yield, and use its low cost of capital to accrete shares. Navi frames FWDI as a permanent‑capital vehicle, not a trading book, and believes the firm can lead consolidation in the sector due to its leverage‑free balance sheet and blue‑chip backing.

Solana Foundation president Lily Liu said on X that blockchains should return to their original focus on finance, dismissing attempts to cast them as a generic internet replacement. She criticized the push into gaming and broad web3 consumer narratives as marketing‑driven and not market‑creating. Her remarks come as crypto prices drop and other leaders, like Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin, refocus on core infrastructure. Institutional interest in tokenization and on‑chain settlement remains, but the industry is tightening its vision toward financial applications.

Multiliquid and Metalayer Ventures announced a liquidity facility on Solana that allows tokenized real‑world asset holders to redeem their positions into stablecoins instantly. The vehicle acts as a standing buyer, purchasing assets at a dynamic discount to NAV. Metalayer provides the backing capital while Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid protocol delivers pricing, compliance and settlement infrastructure. Initial coverage includes tokenized Treasury funds and alternative products from VanEck, Janus Henderson and Fasanara. The launch responds to BIS warnings about liquidity mismatches in tokenized money‑market funds and positions Solana as a growing hub for tokenized RWA trading, following Canton Network’s dominance on Ethereum.

Standard Chartered urges investors to buy “quality” blockchain projects, favoring Ethereum and Solana amid a crypto sell‑off. The bank sees Solana’s low cost and high throughput as future strengths for micropayments, projecting it to outperform Bitcoin 2027‑2030 while gradually catching up to Ethereum; it has lowered its 2026 price target to $250.

Nansen and OpenDelta have launched NX8, an index that tracks eight leading Layer‑1 chains – Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, TRON, Hyperliquid, Avalanche and Sui. It will be issued on Solana via LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token standard for multichain compatibility and traded on Orca and Solana aggregators. NX8 is the first product under Nansen’s Joint Venture Protocol, with GMCI maintaining its methodology and custody provided by Anchorage and Hex Trust. The initiative targets on‑chain financial markets amid a shift toward infrastructure consolidation in the crypto space.

The Moscow Exchange announced plans to launch cash-settled futures for Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP) and TRON (TRX) after adding indices for the three altcoins, expanding its crypto-derivatives range that already includes Bitcoin and Ethereum. The contracts will settle in rubles with no physical delivery and are intended for qualified investors; MOEX also plans perpetual futures for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Russia’s evolving crypto regulations and sanctions over its Ukraine conflict may affect market participation.

ING Deutschland now lets customers buy crypto ETFs tracking Bitcoin, Ether and Solana directly from their securities accounts via the bank’s Direct Depot. The funds, issued by 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck, mirror the underlying coins and trade on regulated exchanges. The ETFs provide a wallet‑free on‑ramp, and holders receive the same German tax advantages as owning the coins outright if held longer than a year. The launch signals rising retail demand—German retail crypto penetration reached 9 % in 2025—and offers investors low‑threshold exposure within familiar account structures, according to VanEck Europe CEO Martijn Rozemuller.

ING Deutschland has opened retail access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana exchange‑traded notes (ETNs), allowing customers to gain exposure via the bank’s Direct Depot platform. The products, issued by 21Shares, Bitwise, and VanEck, are physically backed and tracked on regulated exchanges. The move is aimed at lowering entry barriers by using familiar banking infrastructure, eliminating the need for wallets or private keys. ING notes the investments are taxed similarly to direct crypto holdings and cautions that the ETNs carry significant risks, including volatility, issuer insolvency, and regulatory uncertainty.

Arcium launches Mainnet Alpha on Solana, moving from testnet to live infrastructure for privacy‑preserving applications; the first protocol, Umbra, offers a shielded finance layer with encrypted transfers and swaps. The launch aims to enable encrypted capital markets, addressing institutional privacy barriers, with gradual user rollout, $500 deposit limit, and future staking, slashing, lightweight nodes; Arcium raised $5.5M, total $9M, and sees growing developer activity.

Jupiter announced the integration of Polymarket onto Solana, aiming to become a full on‑chain predictions hub. Users can trade prediction markets on a single on‑chain platform. Jupiter also secured a $35 million investment from ParaFi Capital, paid entirely in JupUSD, to accelerate on‑chain financial infrastructure and includes a token lock‑up.