Pump.fun has sold 4.656 million SOL totalling approximately $794.8 million, at an average price of $170.7 per coin, based on on-chain tracking reported July 8, 2026. That cumulative liquidation is a real and ongoing source of sell pressure on SOL,…
Solana Is Replacing Its Entire Consensus Layer. Here Is What Alpenglow Actually Changes
Solana is replacing its entire consensus layer in late 2026. The Alpenglow upgrade, formalized as SIMD-0326 and developed by Anza, Solana’s core engineering team, scraps Proof of History and TowerBFT and replaces them with two new components: Votor, a voting…
$285 Million Gone in 12 Minutes: How the Solana DeFi Hack on Drift Protocol Actually Happened
On April 1, 2026, Solana’s largest DeFi perpetuals exchange, Drift Protocol, lost $285 million in 12 minutes. The team posted on X to confirm it was real, not an April Fool’s joke. By the time most users saw the warning,…
FTX Collapsed in Fraud. Its Investment Portfolio Would Be Worth $50 Billion Today
Analysis FTX Bankruptcy March 2026 The Numbers FTX collapsed in November 2022 in the largest crypto fraud in history. Its investment portfolio at the time was worth approximately $4.7 billion That same portfolio, held to today, would be worth an…
SEC and CFTC Declare Most Crypto Not Securities: The Five-Category Framework Explained
🔴 Breaking March 18, 2026 Landmark Ruling What Just Happened The SEC and CFTC jointly published Interpretive Release No. 33-11412 on March 17, 2026: a 68-page interpretive rule under SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, establishing five…
Altcoin Crash 2026: 38% of Altcoins Near All-Time Lows — Worse Than FTX. Dead or Loading?
📉 Altcoin Analysis March 5, 2026 · Altcoin Market Update ⚡ Key Takeaways Nearly 38% of all altcoins are now trading within 10% of their all-time lows — a deeper drawdown than the period immediately following the FTX collapse in…
How will a 1 billion plan buy Solana by Galaxy and Jump?
Galaxy Digital, Multicoin Capital and Jump Crypto are in talks with potential backers to raise roughly $1 billion to accumulate Solana by creating a digital asset treasury company that would take over an unidentified publicly traded entity. Cantor Fitzgerald LP…
Crypto Loses 4% as Solana, Cardano Slide on Iran Tension
Smaller, less liquid tokens such as Solana and Cardano led a decline in cryptocurrencies after market participants sought safety following Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Bitcoin, which represents over 60% of the digital asset world’s market value, hovered near…
Pump.Fun Raises $1 Billion Token Sale in Solana Ecosystem
The decision by Pump.Fun to pursue a $1 billion token sale has prompted industry observers to evaluate its effects on the memecoin landscape. As the leading platform for rapid creation and distribution of joke-based tokens on Solana, Pump.Fun’s funding round…
Why Does Raoul Pal Prefer Sui Over Solana?
Former Goldman Sachs strategist Raoul Pal has never hidden his enthusiasm for high-performance blockchains. This week he singled out Sui (SUI) as the up-and-coming rival to Solana (SOL). Prices tell part of the story: while SUI climbed 21 % in…
