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Solana Weekly Recap: Issue No.8 | September 23 - 29, 2023

CNBC spotlights Parcl Labs; marginfi launches $LST; Solana rolls out v1.16 update; Metaplex registers 50m+ cNFT mints.

Covering Solana ecosystem highlights: September 23 - 29, 2023. Solana is a high-performance layer 1 blockchain with high throughput capabilities driven by its native token SOL. Curated by marketing experts at Nezha.

Solana Network Snapshot

  • SOL Price: ~$19.49 β†’ ~$20.31 (↑4.21% since September 23)

  • Total Value Locked (TVL): ~$313.03m β†’ ~$319.86m (↑$6.83m since September 23)

  • Transactions Per Second (TPS): ~4.48k

  • Nakamoto Coefficient: 30

  • Top DeFi by TVL: Marinade Finance

  • Top NFT Collection (7-day volume): Clear Collectibles

This Week in Solana

🀝 September 23 - Superteam Mexico Partners with Xolos: Web3 incubator, Superteam Mexico, joins forces with football team, Xolos, to boost Web3 presence in Mexico via the Solana blockchain.

Source: @SuperteamMX

πŸ“„ September 24 - Federal Reserve Mentions Solana: The Federal Reserve releases a paper on tokenization, mentioning Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.

Source: @SolanaFloor

↩️ September 24 - Nekkro Refunds Its Holders: Game-driven NFT project, Nekkro, reveals plans to partially refund its NFT holders. Additionally, its "Degen Spin" offering will now fall under the Degen Fat Cats umbrella.

Source: @NekkroNFT

🏑 September 25 - CNBC Spotlights Parcl Labs: CNBC commends Solana-based real estate indexer, Parcl Labs, for its daily home price updates.

🌐 September 25 - GenysysGo Announces Testnet: Web3 data storage provider, GenysysGo, announces phase 1 of its β€œD.A.G.G.E.R.” testnet, scheduled to launch on September 29.

Source: @GenesysGo

πŸŽ‰ September 26 - Friendzy Records Million-Dollar Week: Friendzy, a decentralized social marketplace, reports over $1 million in trading volume within its first week of launch.

Source: @Friendzygg_

πŸš€ September 26 - marginfi Launches $LST: Lending and borrowing protocol, marginfi, launches its LST token, providing users with access to its validator network and optimal yield rates through staking.

Source: @marginfi

πŸ”§ September 26 - Solana Rolls Out v1.16 Update: Solana network validators have started adopting the latest v1.16 update which introduces key upgrades and optimizations, aimed at enhancing the network's overall performance.

Source: Solana

πŸ“ˆ September 27 - Drift Protocol Hits $1B Volume: Decentralized exchange, Drift Protocol, reaches $1 billion in cumulative trading volume.

🎨 September 27 - Metaplex Registers 50M+ cNFT Mints: Metaplex, known for enabling users to create, mint, and launch NFT collections, surpasses over 50 million compressed NFTs minted on their platform.

🀝 September 28 - Onramp Partners with Ottr: Onramp, a fiat-to-crypto payment gateway, collaborates with payments wallet, Ottr, to bring instant bank transfers for users in select countries using USDC on Solana.

Source: @onrampmoney

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