Category Archives: Solana News

Star Atlas Releases Important Updates Ahead of Alpha Launch

Galactic Marketplace improves speed; Star Atlas Dao addresses governance. Enhancing the Star Atlas Ecosystem ***Updated August 5, 2022 with quote from Star Atlas Co-Founder Michael Wagner.*** Star Atlas, a much anticipated and upcoming AAA game on Solana, has released new updates and details on its Galactic Marketplace and Star Atlas DAO. Let’s learn more about them:[Read more…]

Brick ‘n Mortar Retail Shop Arrives With Solana Spaces

The new store in Manhattan offers an immersive experience to onboard anyone into Web3. Web3 Goes Offline Solana Spaces opened the first immersive Web3 learning space, where visitors can explore the ecosystem of Solana and learn about blockchains. The retail venue opened on July 28 at Hudson Yards in New York, welcoming blockchain enthusiasts and people brand new to Solana and Web3.[Read more…]

Is Solana More Decentralized Than Other Layer 1 Chains

Solana is mainly known for being scalable and having a vibrant ecosystem – not so much for being decentralized. A Centralized Token Distribution Solana has the reputation of being centralized. This reputation likely stems from the high token allocation to VCs and insiders when the chain first launched. Comparatively, Ethereum had over three times fewer coins distributed to[Read more…]

Sneaking Inside a Tiny Colony

Tiny Colony’s Minimum Viable Product (MVP) starts with a tutorial to get you familiar with the game. A Test Build Select members of the community of Tiny Colony, a PlayAndEarn construction and resource management game built on Solana, got access to the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of the game. The team is at the latter part of[Read more…]

Strong Q2 From Friktion Labs: Messari Report

Friktion remains one of Solana’s most significant options protocols, reaching $2 billion in traded volume this quarter. Earnings Season Friktion, a DeFi portfolio manager on Solana, had a solid second quarter. Here is a summary of Messari’s critical insights from Q2: The protocol launched two new Volt strategies in Q2 (Volt #03 and #04) and just announced the launch of Volt #05. [Read more…]

Metacrafters Creates Online Learning Platform In The Metaverse

Metacrafters uses a Learn-To-Earn model to develop and onboard future developers and artists in Web3. Learn-To-Earn Metacrafters provides a gamified learning platform to create a network of learners interested in building in the Web3 space. The platform’s goal is to introduce, onboard, and produce 1,000,000 developers in Web3 to meet a growing demand within the industry.[Read more…]

Solana Founder Responds to Red Flags ID’d by VC

A venture capitalist gave examples of where he thinks Solana fails and how the team lied to investors. VC vs. Dev Justin Bons, a crypto venture capitalist, criticized Solana and its builders, listing many examples of lies, fraud and bad design. A while later, Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana’s founder, responded.  The founder of fund manager Cyber Capital took to Twitter on July 22[Read more…]

Phantasia Sports Debuts Blockchain-Based Fantasy Football Platform

More than 12,000 people have signed up for fantasy football, with other sports on tap, including soccer and basketball. Secure Funds, Instant Payouts, Zero Fees Phantasia Sports offers a season-long fantasy football platform that users can join for free or sign up for an amount of their choice. “Phantasia is the first of its kind platform[Read more…]

STEPN Reports $122.2M Q2 Profit

The leading Move-to-Earn project in crypto still made a significant profit despite the market’s dive in recent months. Impressive Performance During the Bear Market STEPN recorded a profit of $122.5 million during the second quarter of 2022, a five-fold increase upon its $26 million in earnings during the first three months of the year. This[Read more…]

Friktion Launches Portfolio Manager to Easily Track Returns and Values

Anyone can access diverse, risk-adjusted returns by analyzing and optimizing Friktion Volt portfolios. Friktion Portfolio Manager Makes Investing Easy Friktion, a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) portfolio management protocol on the Solana network, has introduced a portfolio manager to let users easily track their returns (Alpha) and values (Beta) across positions in Friktion’s capital allocation strategies (called Volts).  “Friktion’s[Read more…]