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If you were hoping for a quiet few days after Accelerate USA, the Solana ecosystem didn’t get the memo. From global payment giants and enterprise cloud agents to tokenizing 151M-share cap tables, the shipping didn’t pause. Here’s everything that happened. 📰 Headline News - @WesternUnion launched its USDPT stablecoin on Solana via @Anchorage for its global payment network - @SolanaFndn introduced Pay. sh in collaboration with @googlecloud, delivering a machine-native commerce marketplace for AI agents - @Bullish tokenized its full 151M-share cap table on Solana following its acquisition of @Equiniti 📰 Launches - @StateStreet launched SWEEP, its tokenized onchain liquidity fund in partnership with @galaxyhq - @MoonPay acquired @DFlow to bring an unified onchain consumer experience - @joinrepublic opened trading for tokenized @animocabrands equity on Solana - @Securitize partnered with @jumptrading and @JupiterExchange to establish fully onchain and regulated trading for tokenized equities - @Anchorage and J.P. Morgan Asset Management revealed a solution designed to power cashless stablecoin reserves on Solana - @jito_sol unveiled @jtx_trade, a self custodial trading platform featuring CEX grade execution - @RockawayX debuted Zela, an integrated execution stack designed to minimize latency for high-frequency actors - @reflectmoney overhauled its stablecoin infrastructure with venue-agnostic routing, independent risk analysis and new features - @altitude introduced the Altitude Card, enabling virtual stablecoin spending for businesses - @RaposaCoffeeCo announced partnerships with the Miami Heat and Miami Marlins - @privy_io activated Digital Asset Accounts on Solana - @SoFi, a regulated US bank expanded its stablecoin SoFiUSD to Solana - @moonpay shipped a Desktop App + CLI for agentic commerce - @jump_firedancer initiated the rollout of the Firedancer 1.0 validator client - @JupiterExchange rolled out Limit Order V2+, featuring off-chain privacy to prevent frontrunning - @phygitals teased its mobile ahead of its official launch this month - @SuperteamIN announced India Startup Village 2026, a 10-day residency for builders - @dflow became the primary Solana liquidity router for Coinbase - @DeloreanLabs’ DMC and @TAO_dot_com’s TAO launched on Solana via @sunrisedefi - @formacity transitioned to permanent popup operations with a new location in the UK - @BAXUSco activated physical RWA vending machines for direct spirits collection and trading - @Slabzapp debuted an RWA collectibles arcade to gamify the post-pack-opening experience - @ArcherExchange_ exited private beta after recording $1.5M in volume across 10K+ trades - @craftsdev announced Solana’s first sealed-bid auction - @KASTxyz launched stablecoin cashback on global card transactions - @PhoenixTrade enabled JTO trading with up to 5x leverage - @VeryAI introduced AG9, a Know Your Agent (KYA) standard giving agents portable identity, credentials, and verification - Breakpoint 2026 tickets are open with limited early bird tickets - Hacker Houses is back ahead of BP26 in London for 12 days 📰 Milestones - Solana set a new ATH for RWA adoption with 200K+ onchain holders - @PreStocks surpassed $1B in total transacted volume - @JurassicFi secured $5M+ in commitments for its raise on @futarddotio - @FWDind and @RockawayX co-led a $5M Series A for @onrefinance - @solstrategies acquired @houdiniswap If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT. Artwork by @TrevElViz 🔥

🚨 BIG INTERVIEW: SPENCER PRATT JOINS ALL-IN David Friedberg sits down with Spencer Pratt to discuss his fight to save Los Angeles. (0:00) Spencer Pratt vs. the Machine (3:01) Inside the Palisades Fire: Drained Reservoirs, No Sirens & Watching His House Burn on His Phone (14:03) Why He's Running for Mayor: FireAid's $100M Scandal & the NGO Corruption Nobody Talks About (28:10) Karen Bass at 20% & the Real State of LA: Crime, Homelessness & a City in Free Fall (38:23) Spencer's Plan to Fix LA: Enforcing Laws, Auditing Everyone & the Billionaires Ready to Rebuild (52:22) Hollywood, LAUSD & Small Business: What It Actually Takes to Make LA #1 Again (56:25) The Permitting Nightmare Killing Small Business & How AI Fixes It Overnight (1:04:22) His 8-Year Vision @friedberg @spencerpratt --------------------------------------- Thanks to our partner Axon.ai for making this possible Most advertisers have never heard of the platform with an $11B annual run rate in ad spend. Axon.ai by AppLovin — 1B+ daily active users, full-screen video ads watched for a median of 35 seconds, and businesses are profitably spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on it. Advertiser access is in closed beta. The window is open at axon.ai/allin @AxonAdsManager

❤️❤️ Happy Mother’s Day ❤️❤️ Appreciation to mothers everywhere who brought us all into the world and nurtured their beloved children 🥰

Jensen Huang: "I was lucky because I had known Elon Musk, and I helped him build the first computer for Model 3, the Model S, and when he wanted to start working on autonomous vehicle."

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Open Network has officially launched, marking a groundbreaking moment for all Pioneers! With external connectivity now enabled, Pioneers can engage in transactions beyond the Pi ecosystem, connect with KYB-verified businesses, and access new integrations like centralized exchanges. Want to explore all the new possibilities? Go to the Pi mining app home screen to watch a video from Pi Network founder, Chengdiao Fan, and read the official announcement. Discover how Open Network unlocks a new era for Pi and how you can be part of it!

POD UP! 🚨 Fifth Bestie Brad Gerstner (@altcap) fills in for Friedberg -- Elon's Anthropic deal: impact on SpaceX IPO, Anthropic's insane trajectory -- Dario's potential monopoly... could Anthropic overtake the Mag 7? -- The "FDA for AI" panic: Policy flip or fake news? -- Trading the AI market, state of the economy (0:00) Bestie intros! Thoughts on the LA mayor election (4:38) SpaceX-Anthropic deal, Elon Web Services, SpaceX IPO valuation, Anthropic's insane growth trajectory (26:48) Is Anthropic the next great monopoly? Early signals or major overreaction? (35:21) "FDA for AI" freakout, how the White House thinks about AI safety (52:01) Flipping AI's negative perception: Giving, healthcare and education innovation (1:00:04) Trading the AI market, state of the economy

🚨 JUST IN. Reports say the Trump administration is fast-tracking billions in potential arms sales to Middle Eastern allies, especially those aligned against Iran. That’s a major strategic move. Strengthening partners in the region sends a clear signal. Global pressure dynamics are shifting fast.

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the maintenance era is ending. the rewrite era is starting. an insurer we worked with replaced an $8M/year legacy vendor with a purpose-built system. $21M saved over four years. if we can hep, please ping us sales@8090.ai

I had a good conversation about AI with @DashaBurns @politico on her podcast. She asked tough but fair questions about the concerns, and we covered a lot of ground. You can listen it here on Apple Podcasts or watch it on YouTube. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

At its core, crypto has always been about people. @JoelKatz, former CTO of @Ripple, stopped by #CryptoConfessions and said it simply. It's a community of people who share a love of technology, care about freedom, and believe financial services should be accessible to everyone. A world where money flows freely and no one gets left behind. 🌍

Even when our backs were against the wall, we refused to fold. Always great to be back for XRP Las Vegas, and even BETTER to see $XRP up in lights.

I spoke out about the Colorado law last year. Given the threat to freedom of speech, all conservatives should be able to support this challenge, even if they have other concerns about AI.

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Here is a very detailed walkthru of Software Factory. This is best suited for PMs and Engineers who want to start tinkering with a potential new control plane for how software is made... ...we've made a lot of inroads into establishing this pattern into large Enterprises. Please give it a try if you want to see what its all about.

Demand for XRP keeps growing. More access, more ecosystems, more utility.

This is the best take I have heard around the existing AI landscape today Fantastic explanation around the constraints at OpenAI and Anthropic, focus on enterprise business models, and the doomerism narrative in AI From former AI czar David Sacks "Even though Anthropic's revenue has followed this exponential graph very predictably, it cannot do that ever. The reason is that as you hit new levels of scale, you encounter new problems. You are simply going to run out of compute, electricity, data centers, and infrastructure. There are limits to the physical world you are going to hit. And there is already evidence that Anthropic is hitting some of those limits."