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This is the weekly Solana news podcast from SolanaFloor, hosted by Jack Dunham, Finn Miller, and Thomas Bahamas. We break down the weeks biggest stories shaping the Solana ecosystem from DeFi, token launches, regulatory news, protocol updates, market trends, onchain data, and more. Each episode delivers clear, fact-based analysis on the narratives driving capital, users, and momentum across Solana. Made for builders, traders, and anyone serious about blockchain technology.

  1. Oct 19

    Awaken Founder On Letting AI Do Your Crypto Taxes

    Top Stories of the Week: Jack Dunham and Thomas Bahamas break down this week's Solana news as $SOL hits a monthly low near $100, plus Awaken Tax founder Andrew Duca on how onchain traders survive tax season. Solana put its name on the Shanghai skyline. Two days later, its China event was postponed. Stories 📌 Solana Mobile names Ledger Atom its first hardware expansion partner https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-mobile-rolls-out-first-hardware-expansion-partner-in-ledger-atom 📌 Alpenglow mainnet activation set for October 21 https://solanafloor.com/news/alpenglow-mainnet-activation-set-october-21-need-to-know 📌 Squads tests post quantum signing on Solana mainnet https://solanafloor.com/news/squads-tests-post-quantum-signing-on-solana-mainnet 📌 Solana reclaims tokenized equity trading dominance https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-reclaims-weekly-dominance-in-tokenized-equity-trading 📌 Solana opens a Shanghai office, then Accelerate China is postponed https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-opens-shanghai-office 📌 Uptober canceled? BTC under $81K, SOL hits monthly low https://solanafloor.com/news/uptober-canceled Subscribe to the Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters SolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial or tax advice. 📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters 🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor ▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloor SolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

  2. Oct 12

    Why Jito’s CEO Is Betting on Tokenized Stocks

    We catch up with Lucas Bruder, CEO of JTX, about Solana's surging trading ecosystem. Then we jump into the top stories this week including Samsung expanding stablecoin payments across Galaxy devices, AI/Quantum FUD hits crypto markets, and major Solana DeFi players team up. Samsung taps Solana for cross-border payments, Orca and Loopscale merge into Formation, Securitize launches tokenized stocks, Imperial raises $1.5M, and Jupiter Lend dethrones Kamino to take top spot. Full rundown and links below 👇 📌 Samsung Partners With Solana To Bring Cross-Border Stablecoin Payments to 82 Million Galaxy Devices https://solanafloor.com/news/samsung-partners-with-solana-to-bring-cross-border-stablecoin-payments-to-82-million-galaxy-devices 📌 Solana Rejects “Bunker Mode” Thesis as Researchers Warn AI Could Crack Crypto Cryptography https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-rejects-bunker-mode-thesis-as-researchers-warn-ai-could-crack-crypto-cryptography 📌 Orca and Loopscale Merge Into Formation: What Happens to $ORCA and Billions of Loopscale Points? https://solanafloor.com/news/orca-and-loopscale-merge-into-formation-what-happens-to-orca-and-billions-of-loopscale-points 📌 Securitize Launches Tokenized Stocks on Solana Ahead of 24/7 ICE Venue Listings https://solanafloor.com/news/securitize-launches-tokenized-stocks-on-solana-ahead-of-24-7-ice-venue-listings 📌 Imperial Raises $1.5M in Seed Round, Bringing 7x Deeper Liquidity to Solana Perps Market https://solanafloor.com/news/imperial-raises-1-5m-in-seed-round-bringing-7x-deeper-liquidity-to-solana-perps-market 📌 Jupiter Flips Kamino in Deposit Value to Become Solana’s Largest Lending Market https://solanafloor.com/news/jupiter-flips-kamino-in-deposit-value-to-become-solanas-largest-lending-market 📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters 🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor ▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloor SolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

  3. Oct 5

    Solana App Revenue At Bull Run Levels, Is $SOL Next?

    Catch up on the latest Solana Weekly news to understand how shifting market trends are unfolding this week. Solana DeFi is charging back into full swing. Pump.fun reclaims market dominance, network TVL reaches post-Drift hack highs, $BP rips to new all-time highs as tokenized equity trading explodes, and a federal judge dismisses all charges against Hayden Davis and Ben Chow. Plus, Metaplex launches token standard MPL-3643 and Trump’s AI rebrand sparks a $68M memecoin frenzy.Full rundown and links below 👇📌 Pump.fun Reclaims Lead in Solana Launchpad Racehttps://solanafloor.com/news/pump-fun-reclaims-lead-in-solana-launchpad-race📌 Solana DeFi TVL Climbs Back to Highest Point Since Drift Hackhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-de-fi-tvl-climbs-back-to-highest-point-since-drift-hack📌 $BP Surges 255% in 30D Following Strong Month for Tokenized Equity Tradinghttps://solanafloor.com/news/bp-surges-255-in-30d-following-strong-month-for-tokenized-equity-trading📌 Federal Judge’s Dismissal Closes Door on $LIBRA, $M3M3 Sagahttps://solanafloor.com/news/federal-judge-s-dismissal-closes-door-on-libra-m3-m3-saga📌 MPL-3643 Brings Permissioned Securities to Solana With Onchain Eligibility Checkshttps://solanafloor.com/news/mpl-3643-brings-permissioned-securities-to-solana-with-onchain-eligibility-checks📌 Solana’s $SI Memecoin Hits $60.9M ATH as Trump Renames AI “Super Intelligence”https://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-si-memecoin-hits-60-9-m-ath📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloorSolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

  4. Sep 28

    Solana Finality Is Getting 85x Faster!?

    Solana just had one of its biggest weeks of the year. Alpenglow, the network's largest-ever consensus upgrade, hit testnet targeting 150ms finality, SOL ripped past $120 to its highest level since January and outran Bitcoin, and another Layer 1 voted to shut down and migrate to Solana. Plus a reawakening NFT market and treasury companies buying even more SOL. Full rundown and links below 👇📌 Solana's Biggest Consensus Upgrade Hits Testnet This Week As Network Targets 150ms Finalityhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-biggest-consensus-upgrade-hits-testnet-this-week📌 Solana Hits $119 as Bitcoin Reclaims $86K: Is Crypto Winter Finally Over?https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-hits-119-as-bitcoin-reclaims-86-k📌 $ZETA Surges 58% After Proposal to Migrate AI Stack to Solana Approvedhttps://solanafloor.com/news/zeta-surges-over-58-after-proposal-migrate-ai-stack-solana-approved📌 Cryptopunks, Boogles, and zkSnarks Record Millions in Trading Volume as NFT Markets Reawakenhttps://solanafloor.com/news/cryptopunks-boogles-and-zk-snarks-record-millions-trading-volume-nft-markets-reawaken📌 Forward Industries Eyes More $SOL With $25M Raise After Amassing 1.39% of Solana's Supplyhttps://solanafloor.com/news/forward-industries-eyes-more-sol-with-25-m-raise📌 Solana Launches $1M Frontier Traders Competitionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-launches-1-m-frontier-traders-competition📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloorSolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

  5. Sep 21

    VIDA CEO Lyle Pratt: You Can't Stop The Memes

    Top Solana Stories Of The Week: VIDA Global CEO Lyle Pratt joins to unpack the community takeover (CTO) of his company's onchain equity, the "board seat" meme, and the exploding world of meme/stocks on Solana. Then the six stories that mattered this week: the Senate killing CLARITY, the SEC's surprise 5-year exemption for tokenized stocks, and Solana rallying back above $110 through all of it. Full rundown and links below 👇 📌 Guest: Lyle Pratt, CEO of VIDA Global 📌 Senate Rejects CLARITY - But Does it Even Matter? https://solanafloor.com/news/senate-rejects-clarity-but-does-it-even-matter 📌 SEC Opens the Door to Tokenized Stocks With a 5-Year "Innovation Exemption" https://solanafloor.com/news/sec-opens-the-door-to-tokenized-stocks-with-a-5-year-innovation-exemption 📌 Solana Leads All Chains in $ZEC Trading Volume as Onchain Supply Hits All-Time High https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-leads-all-chains-zec-trading-volume-onchain-supply-hits-all-time-high 📌 U.S. Bank Column Makes Solana the Default Network for Stablecoin Banking https://solanafloor.com/news/column-makes-solana-the-default-network-for-stablecoin-banking 📌 Solana Transaction v1 Goes Live, Boosting Capacity by 232% https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-transaction-v1-goes-live-boosting-capacity-by-232 📌 "Nuke Them From Orbit": Yakovenko Condemns Solana Slot Laggers https://solanafloor.com/news/nuke-them-from-orbit-yakovenko-condemns-solana-slot-laggers 📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters 🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor ▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloor

  6. Sep 14

    ORE’s Plan to Become the Ultimate Store of Value | Hardhat Chad

    Top Solana Stories Of The Week: ORE is Solana's fair-launch, proof-of-work store of value: mining generates protocol revenue that funds buybacks. With V4 now live, founder Hardhat Chad joins to explain what it means to build a "future-proof monetary reserve." GUEST: 📍 Hardhat Chad on ORE (Future-Proof Monetary Reserve) https://ore.com Stories 📍 Stonk Flips Pump in Launchpad Revenue, Sets Next Target at Robinhood's Pons https://solanafloor.com/news/stonk-flips-pump-in-launchpad-revenue-sets-next-target-at-robinhood-s-pons 📍 World.xyz Goes Offline Due to Unprecedented Traffic Hours After Launch https://solanafloor.com/news/world-xyz-goes-offline 📍 Bulk Trade Outpaces Hyperliquid, Lighter in First Day Volume as Mainnet Beta Goes Live https://solanafloor.com/news/bulk-trade-outpaces-hyperliquid-lighter-in-first-day-volume-as-mainnet-beta-goes-live 📍 Here's Everything You Need to Know About the Upcoming $319M $SOL "Airdrop" https://solanafloor.com/news/here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-upcoming-319-m-sol-airdrop 📍 $135,000 in Prizes: Solana Mobile's CLOCK IN Hackathon Targets the Next Wave of Seeker Apps https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-mobile-s-clock-in-hackathon 📍 Sunrise Brings $PEAQ to Solana as 3.3M Machines Start Bonding Tokens https://solanafloor.com/news/sunrise-brings-peaq-to-solana-as-3-3-m-machines-start-bonding-tokens-on-new-economic-model

  7. Aug 31

    MASSIVE Solana ETF Inflows: Is The Market Bottom Finally Here?

    Top Solana Stories Of The Week:Wall Street is FOMOing into Solana ETFs. This week on Solana Weekly News, Jack and Thomas sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart to break down the trend reversal, the record $1.22B in cumulative Solana ETF inflows, the $40T debt milestone, and the White House crypto summit, plus what his new book with Eric Balchunas, "Both Sides of the Coin," is really about.Then we unpack the six biggest stories in Solana this week, from Toly backing the controversial SGP-003 vote as builders push back, to Charles Schwab bringing $SOL to 39 million accounts, to Solflare launching Solana-native perps on Phoenix.📰 STORIES📌 "A No Brainer Yes" - Anatoly Yakovenko Backs Controversial SGP-003 Vote as App Builders Push Backhttps://solanafloor.com/news/no-brainer-yes-anatoly-yakovenko-backs-controversial-sgp003-builders-push-back📌 Solana ETFs Record Biggest Daily Inflows of 2026 as Trading Volume Hits $166M ATHhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-etfs-record-biggest-daily-inflows-of-2026-as-trading-volume-hits-166-m-ath📌 Solflare Launches Perpetual Futures Trading, Powered by Phoenixhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solflare-launches-perpetual-futures-trading-powered-by-phoenix📌 Charles Schwab to Expand Digital Asset Offering, Bringing $SOL to Over 39 Million Active Accountshttps://solanafloor.com/news/charles-schwab-expand-digital-asset-offering-bringing-sol-over-39million-active-accounts📌 Institutional Heavyweights Enter the Token Supercycle: Solana Announces Breakpoint 2026 Speaker Lineuphttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-announces-breakpoint-2026-speaker-lineup📌 Solana Loses Lead in Tokenized Equity Volume Share as Meme/Stock Pairings Explode on Rival Chainshttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-loses-lead-tokenized-equity-volume-share-memestock-pairings-explode-rival-chains

  8. Aug 24

    $2.75 Billion In Shorts Just Got Wiped Out

    Top Solana Stories Of The Week: $BTC just delivered a massive God Candle, ripping past $72K and wiping out $2.7B in short liquidations on Wednesday alone as market sentiment surges toward extreme greed. On Solana, epoch 1020 went live to lower slot times to 350ms, while $PUMP, tokenized equity RWAs, and Seeker DeFi products continue to smash all-time highs. Then we unpack the six biggest stories in Solana this week, from $BTC breaking records to Solana slot time upgrades, SEC Regulation Crypto Assets,$PUMP buybacks returning to profit, Kamino powering Seeker USDC vaults, and tokenized stock market cap hitting $465M. 📰 STORIES 📌 Bitcoin Breaks $72K & Solana Hits $88 as $2.74B Shorts Get Liquidated https://solanafloor.com/news/bitcoin-breaks-72k-solana-hits-88-as-2-74b-shorts-get-liquidated 📌 Solana Embraces 12.5% Speed Boost with Slot Times Dropping in Next 48 Hours https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-embraces-12-5-speed-boost-with-slot-times-dropping-in-next-48-hours 📌 SEC Unveils ‘Regulation Crypto Assets’ Framework for Crypto Startups to Raise Money https://solanafloor.com/news/sec-unveils-regulation-crypto-assets-framework-for-crypto-startups-to-raise-money 📌 $PUMP Buyback Position Back in Profit After 9 Months Underwater https://solanafloor.com/news/pump-buyback-position-back-in-profit-after-9-months-underwater 📌 Put Your Idle Cash to Work in Seeker’s $USDC Earn Vault, Powered by Kamino https://solanafloor.com/news/put-your-idle-cash-to-work-in-seekers-usdc-earn-vault-powered-by-kamino 📌 Solana’s Tokenized Equity Market Size Hits $465M as Sunrise Brings Healthcare Stocks Onchain https://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-tokenized-equity-market-size-hits-465m-as-sunrise-brings-healthcare-stocks-onchain

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This is the weekly Solana news podcast from SolanaFloor, hosted by Jack Dunham, Finn Miller, and Thomas Bahamas. We break down the weeks biggest stories shaping the Solana ecosystem from DeFi, token launches, regulatory news, protocol updates, market trends, onchain data, and more. Each episode delivers clear, fact-based analysis on the narratives driving capital, users, and momentum across Solana. Made for builders, traders, and anyone serious about blockchain technology.

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