Solana's first binding onchain governance vote closed, and the network got 25% faster. From 300ms slots to fixed-rate credit to a tokenized 1997 manga debut, with Wall Street's largest retail brokerage clearing the path on the other side. Here’s everything that shipped this week: 📰 Headline News - @CharlesSchwab announced plans to add SOL to Schwab Crypto Direct - @Bitwise's Solana Staking ETF surpassed $1B in AUM in 10 months - @SolanaEvents revealed the first lineup of confirmed speakers for Breakpoint 2026 in London - Solana validators passed the network Constitution and Double Disinflation, formalizing governance rules and reducing annual issuance 📰 Launches - @kamino introduced Fixed Rates in private beta, bringing fixed-term, fixed-rate onchain borrowing and lending - Marvell Technology ($MRVL) went live via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities - @solflare launched Solflare Perps powered by @PhoenixTrade - @virtuals_io deployed AI agent tokenization on Solana - @perena debuted BTC*, a yield-bearing Bitcoin token on Solana powered by Kestrel - @NolusProtocol went live on Solana with asset-backed leverage, fixed rates, and no margin calls - @traded_gg unveiled its unified exchange and digital binder for cross-vault collectible trading - @phygitals tokenized the first manga in history, a graded 1997 magazine featuring Luffy's debut - @reflectmoney opened pre-deposits for its first tranched credit market built on @maplefinance’s syrupUSDC - @JupiterExchange added live 5-minute and 15-minute prediction markets for $SPCX - @solscanofficial integrated network, staking, and DeFi metrics into Solana's data dashboard - @PayBox integrated @kamino, enabling Claude and ChatGPT users to deploy USDC into yield strategies - @rips_cards introduced the Private Gacha Machine powered by @Arcium and @Collector_Crypt - @LaunchOnSF launched collectible-paired memecoins, debuting with solana:SV151D5pjygAKA8aJJcKzm4wFnRX5G92Fye94jQJk7g - @ImperialPerps opened its collectible Gacha beta, with Perp Packs and borrowing against pulled cards - @benchdotmarkets launched Hiring Markets to filter applicants using capital stakes and social proof - @meleemarkets opened public beta for sub-minute permissionless prediction market creation - @PlayKintara launched its play-to-earn MMO on the @solanamobile dApp Store - @commonsmade kicked off a three-week hackathon with a $60K prize pool focused on AI waiting UX - @solana_devs opened applications for the Solana University Ambassador Program - @mtndao wrapped its month-long residency with 25 teams at Demo Day - @cstldao opened doors for CastleDAO, a two-week founder residency in Ireland - @SuperteamMY announced Startup Village Borneo, running September 5-9, 2026 📰 Milestones - Solana RWA holders surpassed 350K - @xStocksFi surpassed $500M in AUM across 700+ tokenized assets - Cumulative Solana ETF inflows reached a record $1.22B, with a $60M single-day high in 2026 - Tokenized commodities supply on Solana crossed a record $50M - Solana reduced its target slot time to 300ms, a 25% reduction in eight days - Solana became the leading network by total x402 transaction volume - @BlockRunAI settled 5.4M agentic payments on Solana over seven days via @PayAINetwork - @jtx_trade reached a new all-time high daily volume exceeding $20M - @Dominion_Market’s solana:SiLVFMgD3eD2rgK628NbTBq9MnuJF5FW2CRaVyTB35L on @sunrise logged $4M+ in 24-hour weekend volume - @solanamobile wrapped Seeker Summer with 100M+ SKR earned and 300K+ badges across 16 apps - Solana processed 1.32B non-vote transactions in a week, a new ATH - Solana daily active addresses reached 5M - Solana memecoins hit $5.2B in weekly spot volume, a 2026 high If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT. Artwork by @hubie 🔥

Somewhere between a corner store, a silver vault, and a gacha machine, Solana had a week. Cash access hit nearly 500K retail locations, silver came onchain fully audited, and a luxury watch is waiting to be pulled. Here’s everything that shipped this week: 📰 Headline News - @MoneyGram launched Ramps on Solana, giving builders access to 60M+ customers across ~500K locations in 170+ countries via one API - @Bullish executed the first tokenized equity trades on a regulated exchange, settling Solana-tokenized $BLSH 24/7 in stablecoins - Solana’s RWA ecosystem reached a new all-time high of $3.9B in total value - Solana set a new single-day record processing 171.9M non-vote transactions - @sunrise brought tokenized Nebius shares ($NBIS) to Solana, issued by @Backpack Securities 📰 Launches - @JupiterExchange launched Lend v2, with Smart Vaults turning loans into active DEX liquidity - $SILV launched via @sunrise, backed 1:1 by @Dominion_Market’s audited physical silver reserves - @re’s reUSD went live on Solana - @ThunesPayments enabled 24/7 EURC prefunding on Solana, bridging digital assets with 90+ fiat currencies - @project0 and @_gammafi launched ML Vaults to capture cross-market spreads and optimize yields in real time - @Collector_Crypt and @watchdotfun launched vault-backed luxury watch RWAs with gacha and arena redemptions - @Pumpfun launched daily, volume-based Callout Rewards for callers in its app - @MonkeDAO launched JungleFun with @magicblock, offering verifiable onchain pack openings - @birdeye_so introduced Wallet Tracker for monitoring traders, holdings, and watchlists in one dashboard - @Artifacte_inc launched Rip Room, enabling live-streamed pack openings with direct-to-wallet onchain minting - @fomo launched Dev Tags, letting teams claim tags to update holders and build communities in-app - @SuperteamCAN announced Solana Summit Canada for September 23–24 - @JurassicFi announced its tokenized dinosaur fossils launch on August 17 - @tokens open-sourced its platform - @BitRobotNetwork opened applications for Access IDs to its Open Robotics Lab - @solana_devs unveiled a seven-week Solana School fall program, running August 31-October 16 - @solanaspaces and @spenders_club announced Solana Summer House on Aug 29 - @SuperteamUK launched their 24/7 office in Somerset House 📰 Milestones - @Collector_Crypt officially crossed $1B in cumulative gross revenue - @crediblefin crossed $1B in total payments volume - @kamino’s Institutional Commodity Yield Vault crossed $25M in deposits - @LaunchOnSF has crossed over $86,000,000 of volume in 10 days, with 19k+ unique holders - @metaplex set a July record with 900K+ Core assets created, pushing the total past 8M - @HusherExchange surpassed $200M in cumulative private Solana swaps If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT. Artwork by @AirForceTuan 🔥