Category Archives: Solana News

Gateways to Public Blockchains Ep #56

EPISODE SUMMARY Live from Breakpoint 2021, Ali Yahya (a16z) moderates a discussion about wallets, custody and the User Control Layer with Brandon Millman (Phantom), Filip Dragoslavic (Solrise) and Maria Phillips (Slope Finance). 00:10 – Intro 02:32 – Custodial vs. Non-custodial models for keys holding 07:11 – Education is key 11:37 – Building on top of[Read more…]

RebelSols Reveal Market Royalty Breakdown & REBEL Tokenomics

The NFT project’s secondary market breakdown attempts to make a case for uplifting the community. REBEL Attempts To Bar For Utility Tokens The NFT project, RebelSols has revealed more about the way their secondary market royalty would be allocated and the upcoming REBEL token. 20% of the royalties will be designated for the REBEL token liquidity wallet.[Read more…]

Stacked Raises $35 Million In Funding Round Co-Led by Alameda Research

The web-based crypto investing platform launched in April 2020 has picked up nearly $40 million in funding to date. ‍ Series A Fund To Be Used For Expansion The crypto-investing platform has completed its Series A funding round for $35 million on Dec. 6. The funding round was co-led by Alameda Research, a crypto trading[Read more…]

SOLife Announces Year End Plans

Public token sale is set for the 8th of December. ‍ Life is a Game Solana based, board game inspired play to earn game SOLife announces how it plans to end 2021 with a bang. A blockchain project based on the popular board game, The Game of Life, SOLife is a relatively new project that[Read more…]

DeFi Land Will Be Together with DeFi Direct for Livestream

Livestream with growing farming and agriculture game will be Tuesday, Dec. 7th at 17:00 UTC. DeFi Land Meets Farming The DeFi Land will join the DeFi Direct Youtube channel for a livestream on Tuesday, Dec. 7th, at 17:00 UTC. Arriving on the heels of a successful multi-platform IDO, DeFi Direct is honored to host the team lead, DFL Erwin, for the[Read more…]

Bug Poses Risk of $2.6 billion Loss Discovered on the Solana Protocol Library

An unnoticed bug that could have caused $2.6 billion losses was rectified in two days averting a potential catastrophe. Innocuous Looking Bug for Solana A blog post details the discovery, response, and remedial action that was taken to fix a bug in the token-lending contract of the Solana Program Library (SPL) that avoided potential exploitation that might[Read more…]

Nominations For Solana’s Squid Prize Open Till Dec. 17th

The biannual celebration for the Solana community will involve members picking a nomination who will be rewarded. Top Honor in the Solana Community Solana has announced the commencement of nominations for the Squid Prize yet again on Dec. 4.  The Squid Prize is one of the highest honors that a community member can earn via[Read more…]

Mini Royale Gears up For Solana NFT Sale on Magic Eden Marketplace

NFT drop anticipation is heating up as more users enjoy the easy access gaming experience. ‍ Web 3 Gaming Brought to you by Faraway After hosting Alex Paley, the CoFounder of Faraway, the team behind Mini Royale, on a stream via our very own DeFi Direct, we now bring you news of the imminent NFT sale as excitement builds. The[Read more…]

Mini Royale: Nations Getting Big, Emphasizes Fun and Social Aspect

Livestream provides insight into key game developments and seriousness towards maintaining fairness and fun. ‍ Mini Royal: Nations Proving to Be Major Fun DeFi Direct had quite the livestream this week with Co-Founder of Faraway, Alex Paley, stopping by to give a deep dive into the increasingly popular Solana-based GameFi & NFT FPS Mini Royale:[Read more…]

Project Serum Integrates Vybe Network’s Analytics To Its Portal

Users can now get all of Serum’s data and analytics in one place through this new integration by the DEX. ‍ Comprehensive Data & Analytics for Serum Project Serum has integrated with the Vybe Network’s analytics on Dec. 4 to power Serum’s Analytics Dashboard. The integration will enable users of the platform to get real-time[Read more…]