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With 9 days to Accelerate USA, the shipping hasn't stopped ⛴️⛴️⛴️ SE Asia's first tokenized physical gold fund launched on Solana, 14K buyers committed $177M to a pre-IPO sale, and Ramp enabled Tether on Solana. Here's everything that happened: 📰 Headline News - @bitget's preSPAX launch sale on IPO Prime closed with $177M committed across 14K+ participants - @SolanaFndn lent USDT into @aave to back their recovery and announced AAVE is coming to Solana - @OCBCBank, Lion Global Investors, and DigiFT issued GOLDX, SE Asia's first tokenized physical gold fund - @tryramp added support for @tether on Solana 📰 Launches - @USDai_Official's CHIP and @fluentxyz’s BLEND launched on Solana via @sunrisedefi - @Anchorage added @MarinadeFinance-powered Solana staking for institutional clients - @Loopscale rolled out Loops 2.0 with a new execution engine and expanded RWA asset coverage - @KASTxyz introduced USD Prime Vault, a dedicated account earning variable yield, powered by @m0 - @AviciMoney overhauled its application, delivering a completely redesigned user experience - @arkham launched a decentralized trading platform on Solana - @LanaAI released a conversational AI beta to query, trace, and trade across Solana - @phygitals partnered with @FanaticsCollect to enable one-click cross-listing across both marketplaces - @CandyDigital announced migration of its digital collectibles to Solana beginning in May - @RipRip_io connected its digital-to-physical pack ripping platform to Solana via @phantom - @superteam unveiled @SuperteamBlack, a founder success program to scale startups - @SuperteamAU teamed with @audd_digital to back the SOLAUDD Developer Program - @incubator opened applications for Solana Incubator Cohort 5 - @colosseum launched Cofounder Matching, a private network connecting builders - @useKled introduced UFDP, a free CAPTCHA service that pays users to validate real AI training data - @TradeNeutral introduced AdverseGuard Alpha, a mid-frequency market-making strategy - @EitherwayAI shipped the Telegram Bot, letting users deploy Web3 apps from a single prompt - @afkdotfun shipped an automated trading platform with a passive strategy marketplace - @JupiterExchange opened the waitlist for its Jupiter Prediction Telegram Bot - @interstatefdn debuted Predictions AI to automatically structure and generate event prediction markets from text prompts - @surfcashx released the Travel Tab, an all-in-one stablecoin travel suite - @wingbits mainnet went live on Solana for flight tracking DePIN 📰 Milestones - @Collector_Crypt recorded Q1 2026 ATH with ~$147M revenue and $8.6M gross profit - @DoubleZero captured 98.3% of Solana’s non-European stake growth during its Phase II expansion - @risedotrich surpassed $100M in volume across 200K total transactions If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT. Artwork by @foursixsix 🔥

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