Favourable Information for the Solana Ecosystem

In the past week, the Solana blockchain ecosystem has seen several positive developments. Nasdaq submitted an 8-K form to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to expand its cryptocurrency index benchmark from 5 to 9 types, including Solana's native token SOL. This move marks Solana's further integration into traditional financial markets, providing institutional investors with more avenues for participation.

The progress of the Solana ETF has also attracted much attention. Regulators have requested that the issuer of the Solana ETF 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 probability of approval for the Solana spot ETF from 70% to 90%, reflecting the market's optimistic outlook on the regulatory prospects.

In addition, a Nasdaq-listed company announced a $5 billion equity financing quota, aimed at accelerating the accumulation of SOL. This strategic investment initiative highlights institutional investors' confidence in the long-term value of Solana.

Beyond the favourable information at the capital and policy levels, the construction of the Solana ecosystem is also continuously advancing. 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 the liquidity of on-chain assets.

The following are important updates in various areas of the Solana ecosystem:

DeFi Field

• Marinade reports that its Select project has added 700,000 SOL, becoming the preferred choice for institutional stakers.
• Jupiter is fully integrated with Trends, providing instant token trading, AlphaScan filtering, and Launchpad screening features.
• Kamino has launched $sACRED, which is the first physical asset lending market on the platform, allowing users to collateralize sACRED to borrow $USDC and $USDG at an annualized interest rate of 9%.
• The Drift platform has launched dfdvSOL.
• Jito has launched a new JitoSOL/SOL independent pool on Drift.
• Meteora announced a collaboration with the subs.fun team to enhance its DBC experience.
• JPool has launched a new direct staking interface, featuring a detailed validator dashboard and real-time profit calculator.
• Saros has achieved a total staking value milestone of $100 million.

Real World Assets (RWA) Field

• Parcl Labs launched a referral program that provides rewards for sharing housing insights.
• Usual proposed to use wstETH as the first collateral for the ETH0 synthetic asset.
• A certain financial platform has announced that it now accepts mSOL as collateral for institutional loans.
• Ondo Finance collaborates with blockchain infrastructure providers and financial institutions to connect banking settlement infrastructure to Ondo Chain.

AI/DeFAI/AI Agent Field

• Virtuals announces the introduction of AI agents to the Ethereum blockchain.
• TARS AI expands its partnership with financial service providers to promote $TAI growth.
• Hey Anon released Build 1.5 version, adding multiple new features and user experience improvements.
• Orbit announces the completion of a buyback of approximately $250,000 $GRIFT.
• The Hive has launched a new page that offers multiple features with no wallet access.

DePIN/Infrastructural Field

• The Graph has launched the Graph Token API Beta on Avalanche.
• Roam launches a giveaway of 40,000 $ROAM, rewarding content creation and social participation.
• Helium Mobile launches a children's plan that includes multiple services.
• Aethir has launched a new community initiative called Aethir Tribe.
• DIA announced the upcoming launch of mainnet staking.
• sns.sol launched mini applications on social platforms.
• The cross-chain bridge project announced a partnership with a payment company to enable native USDC cross-chain transfers.
• Sonic SVM has launched an enhanced value accumulation mechanism for the $SONIC token.
• NATIX Network announces a large-scale token burn.

Gaming/NFT/Social Finance

• Metaplex has launched a new command-line interface that simplifies the creation and management of tokens and NFTs.
• Hardware wallet providers integrate NFT trading features into their applications.

Potential Projects

• Chainstack now supports Unichain.
• Spice AI collaborates with data analysis companies to expand its AI capabilities.
• Exponent has partnered with DeFi Dev Corp, dfdvSOL is now available.
• time.fun has launched the "Priority Alert" feature to enhance user experience.