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Anchorage Digital today introduced its Visual Sign Protocol (VSP) for the Porto institutional self-custody wallet.
VSP eliminates blind signing on Solana by translating complex transactions into clear, plain-English summaries within a secure, air-gapped environment.
This innovation allows institutions to confidently engage with leading DeFi protocols while maintaining the highest security standards.

https://x.com/Anchorage/status/2056782073269297563

Phoenix has officially released Vulcan — its powerful new command-line interface.

Vulcan enables seamless terminal trading, real-time market data streaming, and secure AI agent execution with support for advanced order types, TWAP and grid strategies, paper trading, and encrypted wallet management.

https://x.com/PhoenixTrade/status/2056823320322953307

Solflare today introduced an automatic fee deduction feature that allows users to swap tokens on Solana even without SOL in their wallet.
The network fee is seamlessly taken from the swap tokens themselves, eliminating a major friction point for traders.
This user-friendly innovation improves accessibility and experience across the Solflare app and browser extension.
No manual toggles required.

https://x.com/solflare/status/2056381176542281794

Solana’s Agave 4.0 validator client is now live, delivering major performance gains through XDP-powered sub-millisecond retransmits and asynchronous replay for reduced latency.

The update introduces Stake Program v5 with a 1 SOL minimum delegation, SBPFv3 for accelerated program execution, and expanded cryptographic syscalls enabling advanced ZK proofs and BLS signatures.

These enhancements lay critical groundwork for the Alpenglow consensus upgrade arriving in Q3 2026.

https://www.helius.dev/blog/agave-v4-0

https://x.com/__lostin__/status/2055345227213480392

Helius has significantly upgraded its getTransactionsForAddress API, now delivering up to 1,000 full transactions per request — a 10x increase in capacity.
The service is also 5x more affordable at 10 credits per 100 transactions.

This update provides developers with faster, more cost-effective access to Solana transaction data.

https://x.com/Helius/status/2055361990282150223

Kamino Finance has partnered with Ethena to introduce the $USDe Growth Initiative on Solana. The new USDe/USDG Multiply vault delivers sustainable yields with targeted ~20% net APY at maximum leverage, fully auto-compounded returns, and robust liquidation protection against temporary depegs.

This one-click leverage solution enhances capital efficiency while maintaining strong risk controls and isolated market security.

https://x.com/kamino/status/2054572816675098956

Glider has unveiled its new Solana Ecosystem Portfolio, offering investors one-click access and automated rebalancing across seven leading protocols — Jupiter, Jito, Kamino, Pyth Network, pumpdotfun, Raydium, and Sanctum.

Users benefit from simplified diversified exposure and 2x points accrual on holdings.

https://x.com/glider__/status/2054109473418236258

Phoenix has launched continuous 24/7 on-chain trading for Gold and Crude Oil (WTIOIL) perpetual futures.
Now in private beta, traders can access up to 19.6x leverage, real-time charts, deep order books, and instant execution — bringing traditional commodity markets fully on-chain.

https://x.com/PhoenixTrade/status/2053929435456590287

MoonPay announced the acquisition of Dawn Labs, the team behind an AI trading copilot that enables users to build, test, and deploy custom strategies using plain English.

The move integrates Dawn’s advanced AI capabilities into MoonPay’s infrastructure, empowering users and agents with seamless automation for prediction markets and beyond. This acquisition strengthens MoonPay’s position at the intersection of crypto and artificial intelligence.

https://x.com/moonpay/status/2053833706461077577

Anza today announced that Alpenglow, the largest consensus overhaul in Solana’s history, is now live on a community test cluster running on real validator infrastructure ahead of mainnet deployment.
More validator operators are invited to participate in the upcoming test phase.

https://x.com/anza_xyz/status/2053826704448135526

Asymmetric Research today announced the release of Crucible, a powerful coverage-guided fuzzing framework designed specifically for Solana programs built with Anchor.

Crucible rapidly identified a long-standing vulnerability in Solana’s native stake program by discovering a five-instruction sequence that creates “phantom stake,” allowing validators to earn inflation rewards on non-existent lamports.
By combining intelligent fuzzing with simple invariants, Crucible dramatically accelerates security testing and helps developers catch subtle edge cases that traditional audits often miss.
The tool is now publicly available to strengthen the Solana ecosystem.

https://x.com/asymmetric_re/status/2051378400900595730

https://www.asymmetric.re/crucible

MoonPay has acquired DFLOW in a $100 million all-stock deal

https://x.com/moonpay/status/2051686819167629412

Drift Protocol today unveiled a comprehensive recovery plan for users impacted by the April 1 exploit. They issuie recovery tokens directly matching verified losses, with 1 token equal to $1 USD in claims.
The recovery pool launches with $3.8 million USDT and will grow through revenue sharing and partner support.
The platform will relaunch in Q2 2026 with enhanced security measures.

https://x.com/DriftProtocol/status/2051666099675025732

https://www.drift.trade/updates/recovery-plan-for-affected-users

Solana announces the launch of Bittensor’s TAO token on its network, powered by Sunrise DeFi.
This integration brings decentralized machine learning infrastructure to Solana’s high-performance blockchain, enabling new AI and DeFi applications for users and developers worldwide.

TAO is now available on Phantom, Jupiter, and Kamino.

https://x.com/solana/status/2051673551946580080

SOL Strategies (CSE: HODL, Nasdaq: STKE) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire HoudiniSwap for $18 million in cash and shares, plus up to $10 million earn-out.

The profitable privacy-focused platform, with over $2.5 billion in cumulative volume and projected $13 million revenue in 2025, will enhance SOL Strategies’ cross-chain capabilities and diversify its revenue streams.

https://x.com/solstrategies/status/2051282323530736054

Western Union today announced the launch of $USDPT, its U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by federally regulated Anchorage Digital on the Solana.
This innovation delivers near-instant, 24/7 settlements across more than 200 countries and territories.

https://x.com/solana/status/2051263551470227705

DeFiCarrot, a Solana-based DeFi yield automation protocol, has announced the full closure of its platform.
The decision follows the devastating $285 million exploit on Drift Protocol on April 1, 2026, which inflicted catastrophic losses and made continued operations unsustainable.

Users are urged to withdraw all remaining funds from Boost, Turbo, and CRT products by May 14, 2026.

After this date, the team will deleverage all positions to zero and release liquidity for CRT redemptions.Any future recoveries from Drift will be distributed to users as previously committed.
The team expressed deep gratitude to the community for over two years of support in making DeFi accessible and easy on Solana.

https://x.com/DeFiCarrot/status/2049907092664762624

Sunrise DeFi has successfully listed $MEGA (MegaETH) as a native token on Solana.
From day one, users can trade MEGA against any Solana-native asset with deep liquidity and seamless bidirectional bridging from other chains.
This launch introduces a new model for projects to establish canonical markets on Solana before centralized exchange listings.

https://x.com/sunrisedefi/status/2049805799078105504

Altitude, the financial operating system built by Squads on Solana, today announced an $18 million strategic funding round led by Solana Ventures. The round, which brings total funding to $42.9 million, also saw participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, and other leading investors.

The capital will fuel team growth, payment network expansion, and product development. Altitude enables businesses to operate without traditional bank accounts using self-custodial stablecoin accounts, instant Solana settlement, global payment rails, and a full CFO stack — already processing $200M in volume across 50 countries.

https://x.com/altitude/status/2049490307838849207