Solana at Quicknode

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A bank your parents have heard of. A payments app your roommate uses. A checkout that takes stablecoins. All shipped on Solana this week. Here's everything that happened: 📰 Headline News - Solana captured 97% of cumulative tokenized equities spot trading volume - @AnodosFinance announced its expansion to Solana to launch its flagship superapp - @CashApp rolled out stablecoin support, including USDC on Solana 📰 Launches - @SoFi launched SoFiUSD (SoFiD) on Solana, the first stablecoin from a U.S. nationally chartered bank - @tokens opened public access to the Assets API - @streamex and @orca_so launched 24/7 onchain secondary liquidity for regulated tokenized securities - @WalletConnect added Solana compatibility to WalletConnect Pay for merchant stablecoin and token spending - @shefiorg partnered with Solana to launch its largest educational cohort to date - @ExponentFinance activated Exponent v2, introducing strategy vaults and risk-tranching swaps - @refihub scheduled ReFi Hub’s launch on Crafts to establish global energy infrastructure as tokenized Solana RWA - @onrefinance expanded ONyc liquidity and fixed-rate infrastructure via integrations with @ExponentFinance and @Loopscale - @JupiterExchange initiated the Public Beta of its Offerbook, a fixed-rate credit platform enabling borrowing against any token, NFT, or trading card - @OREsupply advanced its progressive freeze strategy - @Dominion_Market launched 1:1 asset-backed physical silver tokenization natively on Solana - @totalistrading activated cross-market parlays on Solana, allowing unified trades across macroeconomics, sports, and politics - @tradeonhunch released an advanced trading terminal and prediction market aggregator - @UmbraPrivacy teamed with @streamflow_fi to implement private token vesting infrastructure - @zinc_cash shipped a private proof-of-work mining protocol on Solana powered by @Arcium - Solana launched its official TikTok account - @bonk_inu opened waitlist access to BONKUJI, its dedicated trading cards platform - @Beezie brought its collectibles platform and the Claw IRL to collectors at its Card Show in Seoul - @heydotlol rolled out Communities v2, delivering upgraded token-gating and anti-spam verification tools for ecosystem projects - @termina_tech introduced a historical mainnet simulation environment for developers to backtest DeFi logic - @blueshift released Web3.js 3.0, rebuilding solana/web3.js on Kit - @sunrisedefi brought DEUS from @xmaquina natively to Solana - @packetchat deployed Packet MCP to equip autonomous AI agents with wallet-native inboxes and sovereign payment rails - @codecopenflow launched SimArena, a browser-based robotics simulator that generates training data directly from URL - @wingbits introduced an AI platform enabling natural language tracking and autonomous agent alerts for real-time aviation data - @SolanaInstitute announced the Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street event in Chicago for June 16 - @SolanaFndn joined the Open Transaction Layer as a founding partner to develop cross-chain standards - @UmbraPrivacy wallet app launched on the iOS app store - AlmaU signed an MOU to integrate Solana blockchain development into its academic curriculum 📰 Milestones - @solsticefi surpassed $500M in TVL - @mayan crossed 1M external wallets bridged to Solana, with $2.5B+ in stablecoins moved across 600K+ transactions - Solana hit a new record high of over 200K onchain tokenized stock holders If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT.

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@yo_itsmatt 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️ @agentis_hq supports private agents powered by @UmbraPrivacy! just choose the private mode option on the dashboard when creating an agent wallet and enjoy! also available via cli, mcp and sdk. use your existing agent harness (claude code, codex etc) directly!

Cohort 5 applications for the Solana Incubator close in one week! Learn more and apply below.

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For half a decade, solana/web3.js has been how developers, apps and users interact with Solana. Today, we're giving it the upgrade it always deserved: Web3.js 3.0. A package with the API you already know, rebuilt from the ground up on Kit.

This week's @colosseum Codex is out featuring: 🪙 @tokens API 🤝 @Blockworks Transparency Alliance ⏲️ @UmbraPrivacy + @streamflow_fi Confidential Vesting 🔮 @PythNetwork Core Upgrade Plus all the latest news & tools for @solana developers! Link 👇

I published a new @Quicknode guide on generating onchain random numbers with @switchboardxyz Switchboard On-Demand VRF on Solana 🎲 Perfect for games, trait rolls, lotteries, or any app that needs verifiable randomness. quicknode.com/guides/solana-…

🦀 Want to program against Quicknode in Rust? The new Quicknode SDK is live. We also have Python, Ruby, and Node SDKs but we know what @solana_devs want. 😉 crates.io/crates/quickno… 📦 cargo add quicknode-sdk

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XDP benchmarks below:

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We migrated our RPC/webhook provider from Alchemy to QuickNode. Base relayer reliability should be much better now. Privacy, now with even more uptime.

Kicks off in a few mins!

Creating apps that use real assets on Solana, like TSLA or BTC, is complicated. Meet the @tokens Assets API, now open to all. In use already by 90+ products including @Phantom and @DFlow, builders can leverage a single trustworthy asset layer.

Cohort 4 Demo Day is live. Some of the most ambitious teams building on @Solana are sharing what they've shipped: 3:57 → @CoralOS_ai 12:42 → @fractalsfi 19:06 → @TradeNeutral 26:02 → @solomon_labs 33:36 → @SpoutFi Cohort 5 apps close next week. Link below.

Full article: quicknode.com/guides/solana-…

🎲 Need randomness in your Anchor 1.0 program? Quicknode and @switchboardxyz have you covered!🟩

We just shipped stablecoins on @CashApp. Everything runs from your existing USD balance - no separate wallet, no managing multiple chains, no extra setup, and importantly no fees. Send and receive USDC on SOL, ETH, POL, and ARB. The most seamless integration in the world imo.