Category Archives: Solana News

LFG audit raises questions about Jump Trading and Terra collapse

According to a new independent report, Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) transferred more than 52,000 bitcoin (BTC) from its reserves to Jump Trading as part of its efforts to defend the price of terraUSD (UST). However, observers have already started to point out that there are certain, crucial details missing. The report by third-party auditing firm, JS[Read more…]

FTX Contagion Spreads – Will ETHE And Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Share Same Fate As FTT?

The sudden decline of FTX has created a devastating effect on the entire Bitcoin and crypto market. Panic shorting of digital assets is the order of the day, with Solana taking a massive hit as many investors dumped the coin. FTT, the native crypto asset of FTX, has lost almost all its investor value. Most[Read more…]

Kana Labs Is Bringing Cross-Chain Swaps, Aggregation to Solana and Aptos

Kana Labs is buliding a multi-functional cross-chain aggregator platform, starting with Solana and Aptos, with future plans for EVM-compatible chains. Kana Labs on Solana, Aptos, Neon, Shardeum Kana Labs is an emerging Decentralized Finance (DeFi) project aiming to break down walls between blockchains, regardless of whether they are Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible or not. Kana Labs’ aggregator protocol[Read more…]

Crypto Lender BlockFi Prepares To Go Belly Up Amid FTX Bankruptcy

BlockFi, a cryptocurrency platform offering multiple financial products like low-interest loans and a crypto rewards credit card, could become the latest casualty following the FTX collapse that continues to hurt the entire cryptocurrency market. Although the company initially denied having most of its assets in the cryptocurrency exchange, management has now admitted having significant exposure to[Read more…]

Solana rapid decline amid FTX’s fallout

Solana, popularly dubbed Ethereum’s killer, dipped rapidly following the FTX collapse. As per the market overview, SOL lost more points than every other asset class.  Solana dipped Initially, Sam Bankman-Fried applauded the coin and its blockchain for its seamless efficacy. Furthermore, he asserted that Solana provided unquantifiable utility to its users. Hence, this quality made[Read more…]

Solana Plummets More Than 41% Over The Week Amid FTX Collapse

Solana emerged as the week’s worst-performing crypto asset as one of the project’s early backers FTX went insolvent. It’s been a choppy week for Solana.  The 15th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has lost 41.2% of its value over the past week, according to data from Coingecko. SOL, Solana’s native token, dropped from $20.16 on November 9 to[Read more…]

Solana Loses 60% Of Its Value After FTX Collapse – Can SOL Bounce Back This Week?

The Solana (SOL) ecosystem, according to Laguna Labs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stefan Rust, took a harder hit compared to other major digital coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum following the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. Here’s a quick glance at SOL performance: Following the collapse of FTX, Solana lost almost 60% of its market value[Read more…]

Sam Bankman-Fried caught deleting more tweets that aged like milk

Digital asset information platform The Tie has compiled many of the tweets Sam Bankman-Fried has deleted in the past year. It showcases how tons of people are scrambling to sever ties with Bankman-Fried and FTX — and more importantly, gives insight into which of his own posts he doesn’t want you to see. The Tie shared a[Read more…]

FTX was custodian for majority of tokens on DeFi lending platform Oxygen

DeFi prime brokerage Oxygen said FTX acted as the custodian for the majority of the tokens on its ecosystems, adding that it has sought legal help. “Whilst FTX Group did not hold any equity in the MAPS or Oxygen businesses, it did hold a significant proportion of MAPS/OXY tokens,” Oxygen said in a Twitter thread. “It[Read more…]

Sino Global Capital Regrets Investing In FTX After Losing A Major Sum

The crypto industry is witnessing another crisis with the distress of one of the top crypto exchanges in the space, FTX. More firms with exposure and collaborations with the exchange have started experiencing some constraints in their various activities. Following the fall of FTX, the founder and CEO of the company, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has[Read more…]