Solana

Solana Accelerate NYC Recap 

Top 5 alpha for me:

1/ Alpenglow Upgrade

- Biggest Solana upgrade ever
- Increase Bandwidth, Reduce Latency (real)
- Big brains from ETH Zurich (Anza Research) went from highlighting the biggest Solana FUD in 2024 to actually helping Solana win
- Shows Solana will take true FUD and ship improvements (bullish)
- ETA 2026

2/ Jupiter Lend launching in July

- Powered by Fluid (Ethereum's #2 DEX)
- $FLUID will directly benefit from value accrual
- Jupiter is building the DeFi superapp

3/ Solana Mobile: Seeker Ships August 4th

- If you preordered, confirm your shipping address: solanamobile.com/shipping
- Seeker is built on a decentralized OS called TEEPIN
- Solana Mobile General Manager announced $SKR - the ecosystem token powering mobile incentives
- Solana Mobile hosting 1st hackathon for new builders in June

4/ Farcaster Now Supports Solana

- Solana wallet + mini apps now integrated natively
- Fund your wallet with $10 in SOL to boost airdrop eligibility from Solana teams

5/ Kraken Tokenizes Stocks on Solana

- Launching US stocks and ETFs onchain
- Not on their own L2 (Ink), but on Solana
- Tokenize everything on Solana