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DappRadar: Dapps industry grew almost 10% in May

According to the latest report from DappRadar, the decentralised apps (dapps) industry is picking up pace.

This May, the industry saw an almost 10 percent increase in daily unique active wallets (dUAW), averaging an impressive 1,967,051 dUAW.

Key sectors, like gaming and decentralised finance (DeFi), continued to exhibit promising signs of growth and stability—further asserting the importance of this thriving industry.

The gaming sector continued its reign as...

5 June 2023 | Altcoins

Solana adds emissions tracker to boost blockchain’s transparency

Layer-1 blockchain network Solana has launched a real-time tracking dashboard with data platform Trycarbonara to measure on-chain carbon emissions.

The Solana Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to growing and decentralising the network, said the update makes it the first “major smart-contract blockchain” to provide real-time measures of its carbon emissions.

https://twitter.com/solana/status/1649414091742511105

The organisation added that it hopes its steps will...

24 April 2023 | Blockchain Applications

Nansen begins tracking Solana’s NFT ecosystem

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen now supports tracking Solana’s large NFT ecosystem.

Nansen says Solana has been one of its most requested chains and has a “thriving” NFT ecosystem.

The real-time, on-chain data provided by Nansen certainly shows the demand for Solana-based NFT projects. Nansen claims it’s tracking over 53,000 NFT collections.

As of writing, a couple of relatively new NFT collections (<48 hours) are vying for the top two most...

30 June 2022 | Digital Assets

Solana NFTs launch in beta on leading marketplace OpenSea

Solana NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have finally gone live on Opensea, the leading NFT marketplace.

Despite being the home ground of Ethereum-based NFTs, OpenSea’s users have long requested integration of the Solana network.

Launching in beta with 165 NFT collections and partners, OpenSea plans to “improve the Solana experience” over time and add more collections every day.

OpenSea said: “Solana has emerged as one of the fastest growing NFT ecosystems in...

12 April 2022 | Altcoins

Slope Finance rakes in £6m Series A for cross-chain Solana wallet

Slope Finance, a decentralised exchange and wallet based on the Solana network, has raised $8 million (£6m) in Series A funding.

The round was led by Solana Ventures and Jump Crypto, with further support from Circle, Huobi, Sequoia China, Genesis Trading, CMS Holdings, Spark Digital, and more.

Following on from a successful seed round in August last year, the start-up has raised $10.3 million (£7.8m) overall.

With cross-platform functionality, the wallet...

24 February 2022 | Cryptocurrency

Reddit co-founder sets up $100m investment initiative with Solana

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture firm has teamed up with the Solana blockchain’s venture arm for a $100 million (£74m) investment initiative into decentralised social projects.

Seven Seven Six, Ohanian’s firm, will pay for half of the initiative with Solana coughing up the remaining $50 million.

Ohanian gave his thoughts on Solana at a conference in Lisbon on November 9: "With a high-performance blockchain like Solana, there is an unprecedented...