Solana News

Ex Populus Raises $8.5M Amid Fears Web 3 Gaming Is Growing Frothy
The game platform closed the round at a $80 million valuation, a modest sum by today’s standards.

Solana Ventures Looks to Boost Web 3 Gaming With Launch of $150M Fund
The initiative tops an earlier $100 million fund raised with FTX and Lightspeed in November.

Crypto Fund Inflows Slow to $88M as Market Retreats
Bitcoin’s price is down 26% in the past 30 days, suggesting investors continue to see the price weakness as a buying opportunity, albeit at a slower pace.

Alts Find It Tough to Beat Layer 1 King Ethereum
Big investors looking beyond bitcoin may take their first baby steps into ether, which has so far outperformed its layer 1 alternatives. But for how long?

Most Influential 2021: Anatoly Yakovenko
Solana, a distributed network Yakovenko co-founded, has seen massive growth this year.

Polkadot, Solana, Terra, Lead Large-Cap Losses Amid Broader Market Drop
Cryptocurrencies fall heading into the weekend following a global sell-off in risk assets.

Solana Validators, Engineers Grapple With Blockchain Slowdown on Public Call
After a bout of Thursday morning congestion, members of the high-speed blockchain’s validator community voiced concerns about the network’s reliability.

CoinDesk 20 Update: ATOM, ICP and SOL Are In; AAVE, GRT and UNI Are Out
Web 3 is replacing DeFi among the most traded currencies in crypto.

Three Arrows Leads $4.3M Round for Solana-Based Metaverse Project Solice
Solice is bringing VR to the mix in a bid to compete with Decentraland and The Sandbox.

Avalanche, Layer 1 Tokens Soared in November as Ethereum Fees Drove Competition
Avalanche saw its AVAX token rise 70% in November and was the month’s best performing layer 1 platform with a market capitalization of $10 billion or greater.
