LIvestream happening NOW! Alpenglowwwwwww!
Alpenglow livestream is happening now with @readylayerone and @deanmlittle.
22:22:22 until Alpenglow. ⏳
Make a wish. ✨
Ours? ~150ms finality. ⚡
#Solana is about to redefine what "fast" means.
We caught the perfect moment. Now we're counting every slot. 👀
Follow the countdown live:
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Valid Blocks IBRL/acc retweeted
1/8 There are rumors of a new kind of sandwich on Solana.
However, a sandwich needs one thing: knowing your trade before it lands.
We looked at the on-chain data and found no sign of that. What we see is a momentum bet.
👇🧵
Are you ready for the alpen switch? BIG WEEK
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Another successful Alpenglow switch on the @solana Community Cluster, the last one before mainnet next week!
Valid Blocks IBRL/acc retweeted
Thrilled to welcome @Circular_fi as TIN's first 🔶 Orderflow + 🌟 MEV Partner! ️
CircularFi is now live on TIN, bringing bundles, P2C (PreConfirmations), and MEV revenue share to Rakurai validators.
Rakurai Transaction Inclusion Network gives Landing Services access to frontrun-safe, ultra low-latency landing, while unlocking additional revenue streams for validators through MEV tips, P2C, and backrun revenue in a decentralized and permissionless way.
More Transaction Landing Services coming on TIN soon⚡️
Faster!
iBRLMc81UjRa8fn8A6eE8bJTnRbgQoPTynM51akENCV - Reduce slot time to 250ms has been activated. It will take effect at the start of epoch 1037, about 36 hours from now. solana.com/200ms
Valid Blocks IBRL/acc retweeted
Who is staking to DFDV validator you may ask? Almost all of their stake comes from their own LST - dfdvSOL
What is even more interesting is that almost all of that comes from a DFDV-managed multisig multiplying 75k SOL at ~11.5x multi on Jupiter Lend, getting them to well over 1 million SOL directed to their own validator.
Why Jupiter even added support for dfdvSOL in the first place is beyond me.
The clock just ticked faster.
From a 350ms slot record to healthcare stocks to an actual dinosaur fossil, with $230B of Wall Street fixed income along the way. All of it sounded crazy until this week.
Here's what shipped 👇
📰 Headline News
- Solana reduced its slot time to 350ms, marking the first slot time reduction
- Shinhan Asset Management partnered with @SolanaFndn, @etherfuse, and @orca_so to build a KRW tokenized fund
- @Securitize and @neubergerberman launched HINC on Solana, drawing on Neuberger’s $230B+ asset-management platform
📰 Launches
- @NexusMutual made its non-EVM debut on Solana, opening public coverage across @kamino, @JupiterExchange, @Raydium, and @orca_so
- $LLY (Eli Lilly) and $MRNA (Moderna) went live on Solana via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities
- @moonpay added @CashApp Pay, letting eligible US users buy Solana assets directly from their Cash App balance
- @Backpack introduced Graphs for multi-metric stock analysis and thesis charting
- @solanamobile launched the USDC Earn Vault in Seed Vault Wallet powered by @kamino
- @tryramp enabled funding for agent wallets to execute purchases via x402 on Solana
- @sphere_labs added Onramper Accounts to its dashboard for automatic USD/EUR bank-to-stablecoin routing on Solana
- @Interstice_Dig partnered with @FalconXGlobal to launch institutional cross-chain swaps on Solana
- @JupiterExchange added direct DeFi position management to Portfolio v2
- @clawpumptech kicked off AnsemHack Clawrena with $320K in prizes
- @solanamobile rolled out the final round of Seeker Summer
- @MeteoraAG shipped custom DLMM alerts for out-of-range liquidity and PnL targets
- @JurassicFi launched the raise for Deaton, the first tokenized dinosaur fossil on Solana
- @fomo integrated real-time Solana news, ships, and announcements directly into its trading terminal
- @solflare teased an upcoming perps trading experience
- Solana School Fall Class applications entered their final days ahead of the August 31 kickoff
- Breakpoint 2026 lands in London in less than 90 days
📰 Milestones
- Solana’s total RWA value surpassed $4B
- Tokenized equities supply on Solana crossed $465M to reach a new weekly ATH
- @Raydium crossed $4B in cumulative tokenized stock volume
- Solana recorded 216M non-vote transactions in a single day, setting a new ATH
- @kamino Institutional Commodity Yield Vault reached $30M capacity
- @fomo climbed into the Top 3 Finance apps in the U.S. App Store
- @Solmate’s treasury reached ~1.25M SOL
- @commonsmade’s VibeFi campaign crossed 100K posts
- $MRNA surpassed $4.5M in onchain volume in its first 24 hours on Solana
Validators, time to vote.
Solana Validator Governance
Voting is now live for SGP 1, SGP 2, and SGP 3.
- SGP-0001: The Solana Constitution
- SGP-0002: Double Disinflation
- SGP-0003: Resource and Inclusion Fee
Voting lasts until the end of epoch 1023 (Thursday at approximately 15:30 UTC).
See the proposals here, and go vote: governance.solana.com
Valid Blocks IBRL/acc retweeted
Voting for SGP 1, SGP 2 and SGP 3 all start at the beginning of epoch 1021 (about 1 day and 8 hours from now). Voting lasts until the end of epoch 1023 (Thursday at approximately 15:30 UTC). Check out the proposals at governance.solana.com and go vote!
Valid Blocks IBRL/acc retweeted
Solana has officially reduced its slot time for the first time since its inception
We're in a new era of 350ms
Next stop, 300ms
Did you know the Alpenglow test cluster has a live, public block explorer?
It was built by the team that's been validating Solana since Tour de Sol 2 in 2020.
That's @ValidBlocks.
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