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Hedge Labs Launches on Mainnet

Hedge Lab’s stability pools and Orca whirlpools are now live, allowing users to earn $HDG and $ORCA. Mainnet Boasts Attractive APYs Hedge Labs’ mainnet beta is now live with a promise of an interest-free loan against your SOL.  Hedge Labs announced the launch of their mainnet via Twitter on May 20, informing users that they[Read more…]

Castle Finance Announces $1.2 Million Pre-Seed Raise

Castle Finance will use the funds from this round to expand its team and accelerate its product development. Funding to Accelerate Growth in Web3 Castle Finance, the emerging treasury yield protocol on Solana, announces a $1.2 million pre-seed raise, led by leading venture capital firms Nascent, Solana Ventures, and Shima Capital, with participation from Rainfall[Read more…]

Solana NFT Creator Rugs Multiple Protocols

Reptilian Renegades had been a hotly anticipated mint, allowing the perpetrator to take advantage of that initial enthusiasm, but it seems there’s more to this story yet.  Rug With a Twist Highly anticipated NFT collection Reptilian Renegades, supported by Hydra Launchpad and Magic Eden, has seen users fall victim to a rug. A figure named[Read more…]

How Pyth Network is Helping Protocols on Solana

Using a next-generation Oracle solution, Pyth seeks to make valuable financial market data available to everyone. Next-Generation Oracle Solution Pyth Network, the next-generation oracle solution, collaborates with Solana protocols, providing first-party price data for on-chain applications. Pyth Network has been powering multiple prominent protocols on Solana, including 01 exchange, Bonfida, Zeta, Friktion, and Solend. Access[Read more…]

Many Brands Appear With Names Similar To SafeSwap Online – Here’s Your Guide To The Genuine

Lately, there has been some confusion regarding the official website of Safeswap Online, as many other websites with similar names have been coming forward. If you, too, were confused by seeing so many Safeswaps when you searched it up, don’t worry. We are here to guide you. In today’s article, we will discuss why there’s[Read more…]

mtnPay Integrates Solana Pay to Degen Ape Academy Beer Market

mtnPay is building the payment infrastructure for Solana and has some exciting things lined up. mtnPay x mtnAPI x mtnMint x mtnFrens After winning at the Riptide Hackathon, mtnPay continues its path toward integrating Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) into everyday payments. The platform started centered around an app that allows Square merchants[Read more…]

Staking for Genopets Arrives to Solana MovetoEarn

4,000,000 $GENE tokens have been allocated towards staking rewards for the Solana GameFi project. Staking Is Here Solana MovetoEarn blockchain gaming project, Genopets, announced the arrival of their $GENE staking program. Genopets released the details of their $GENE staking program through a Twitter thread released on May 19. The team confirmed that a total of[Read more…]

Parcl Closes $7.5 Million Strategic Funding Round

Crypto real estate purchases may well become commonplace as Parcl continues its impressive progress on Solana.  Funding Round With Prominent VCs  Parcl, the blockchain-based real estate investment platform built on Solana, raised $7.5 million in a strategic funding round with venture capital firms including Fifth Wall, JAWS, IA Capital, Eberg Capital. The funding round was[Read more…]

Marinade Introduces Validator Gauges

Gauges allow Marinade users to vote with their Marinade NFTs to influence the delegation of 10% of Marinade’s total stake. A True DAO Stake Pool The staking protocol Marinade Finance launched validators gauges – a complex governance mechanism that enables $MNDE stakers to choose which validators get a higher share of Marinade’s staked $SOL. The[Read more…]

Magic Eden Eating Away at OpenSea’s Market Share

Solana’s NFT metrics have been trending higher in the last months, placing OpenSea within reach of Magic Eden. A New King in Town? Solana’s Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace—Magic Eden—surpassed OpenSea in users and transactions – a testament to how the vibrant NFT ecosystem in Solana keeps expanding while other Layer 1’s struggle to keep its[Read more…]