Opera now supports Bitcoin, Polygon, Solana, and 5 other crypto ecosystems

Opera, the developer of its eponymous multi-platform web browser, added support for eight major blockchains today as part of its “giant leap into web3.” “Opera, the company behind the world’s first native web3 browser with built-in crypto wallet, today announced adding support for several major blockchain ecosystems, including Solana, Polygon, StarkEx, Ronin, Celo, Nervos, IXO…

Stablecoin Cashio plummets by 100% due to infinite mint glitch

The price of Cashio (CASH), a USD-pegged stablecoin based on the Solana blockchain, dropped to nearly zero today after a newly discovered exploit allowed users to produce unlimited amounts of the token. “Please do not mint any CASH. There is an infinite mint glitch,” Cashio’s Twitter account announced today. “We are investigating the issue and…

Terra (LUNA) gains 70% in 7 days, overtaking Cardano and Solana by market cap

While the crypto market remains highly volatile amid the ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Terra (LUNA) swiftly moved against the crowd and surged by more than 70% over the past seven days. At press time, LUNA was trading at $85.83, up 15.3% on the day, according to CryptoSlate data. On the weekly chart,…

Solana (SOL) consumes less energy than two Google searches, report claims

Blockchain network Solana has disclosed key findings highlighting the network’s fast processing and minimal energy consumption in its energy report for November.  Solana foundation claimed that a transaction processed on Solana consumes less energy than two Google searches, making it one of the fastest networks for conducting crypto transactions.  Founded in 2019, Solana’s (SOL) blockchain…

Institutional investors purchased $43 million worth of Solana (SOL) last week

Despite the huge correction facing the entire crypto industry in recent days, institutional investors have maintained their bullish sentiment towards the space. According to available data from CoinShares, product funds dedicated towards the two largest crypto assets by market cap, Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to grow, with interest in Solana also rising rapidly. Institutional investors…

Here is how you can track DeFi protocols and NFT launches on Solana

Blockchain analytics platform Nansen has announced today an upcoming integration with Solana, a high-performance blockchain supporting builders around the world creating crypto apps that scale. “When @solana?” We’re thrilled to announce that Nansen will launch #Solana dashboards soon, so you can explore the top-performing #DeFi protocols and #NFTs on Solana! Reach out to our team…

Solana-based AMM Saber turns to Chainlink for price feeds

Saber, the leading Automated Market Maker for trading stable pairs on Solana, is excited to announce its support for the deployment of a wide range of Chainlink Price Feeds on Solana. #Blockchain developers need access to robust price feeds to securely build on top of AMM LPs. @Saber_HQ now supports #Chainlink Price Feeds, enabling @Solana…

Brave partners with Solana, makes it default for dApp support

Announcing the news today in Lisbon at Solana’s Breakpoint conference, Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave and BAT, and Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO and founder of Solana Labs, detailed how the companies will work together to bring best-in-class wallet features for the Solana blockchain into Brave’s Web3 desktop and mobile browsers in the first half…

Solana’s native wallet Phantom just hit over 1 million active users

With Solana becoming increasingly popular amongst crypto enthusiasts, available information has shown that Phantom, Solana’s native crypto wallet, just crossed one million active users leveraging on NFTs popularity and the bull run that saw the asset become one of the top 5 crypto assets by market cap. Solana price rise The “Ethereum killer” is now…

‘Serum Markets’ launches for easy market analytics on the Solana blockchain

Aleph.im, a cross-blockchain computing network, and decentralized indexing provider announced today the launch of Serum Markets, to help surface valuable trading data on Project Serum, a protocol delivering the underlying liquidity infrastructure to dApps built on Solana’s fast and censorship-resistant blockchain.  The induction of Serum Markets will vastly benefit Project Serum’s ecosystem, allowing Serum to…