Mike Kruz | IkonShop*️⃣

Just crossed $10 million in @WSOP buy-ins facilitated by Solana (through @moonpay)

.@toly ppl say Solana needs more serious assets on-chain to attract serious capital We’re doing it now At @craftsdev we do equity-linked tokens with fair price discovery, starting with @refihub Raise One at final stretch ~ 17hrs left, ~36% of min Q: Is Solana ready?

🚀 IkonShop is heading to Solana Accelerate! @SolanaEvents We're excited to be part of one of the biggest events in the Solana ecosystem. If you're building, investing, or just passionate about onchain commerce - let's connect. At IkonShop, we're rewriting the rules of e-commerce: zero traditional seller fees, native onchain payments, Split the Bill, EmbedPay, and a buyer-seller experience built for the next generation of merchants. Come find us if you want to talk about: → Onchain commerce & payments → Eliminating middleman fees → Building merchant tools on Solana → Partnership opportunities DM us to set up a meeting. See you there.

Collectors spent hundreds of millions on digital cards, a public company tokenized its shares, and builders shipped security, lending, and infrastructure across every layer of the network. Another week of Solana reshaping how value moves: 📰 Headline News - @SolanaFndn established STRIDE and SIRN to enforce DeFi security, providing 24/7 threat monitoring and formal verification for high-TVL protocols - @Securitize partnered with Currenc Group (Nasdaq: CURR) to tokenize its shares on Solana - Pokémon TCG gacha spend on Solana surpassed $233.8M in Q1 2026 - @bitget introduced IPO Prime on Solana, starting with a SpaceX preSPAX token sale powered by @joinrepublic 📰 Launches - @Titan_Exchange deployed DART Routing, a decentralized matching engine enforcing price priority to guarantee Best Bid Offer execution - @colosseum kicked off the Frontier Hackathon with a $2.5M venture pool - @MetaMask unlocked Solana USDC spending on MetaMask Card across the U.S. via @Mastercard - @USDC enabled cross-chain forwarding to Solana for Circle CCTP and Bridge Kit - @MeteoraAG released a unified Portfolio dashboard for LP positions tracking - @Loopscale activated Deposit-Backed Lending with @JupiterExchange lending positions as collateral - @harmonic_gg upgraded with streaming block delivery, configurable scheduling strategies, and two validator clients - @Alchemy launched a $20M infrastructure fund for Solana builders with up to $25K credits per team - @perena integrated ZK-powered Proof of Reserves for USD Star, enabling privacy-preserving verification - @kamino implemented Whitelisted Reserves to secure Lending Vaults - @superteam presented solana.new, a @sendaifun-powered dev kit packing 150+ skills, MCPs, and CLIs - @sns opened .sol site to public, turning any .sol domain into a live website - @project0 incorporated @jup_lend, expanding its Solana lending coverage - @clanker_world expanded to Solana with 78% creator fee share - @IkonShopApp built a native Shopify integration for crypto checkout - @Vistadex rolled out claim markets, turning public claims into live prediction market positions - @blueprintAI unveiled Compactor, a tool to locate and consolidate forgotten wallet tokens into stablecoins - @ManifestTrade launched permissionless options markets with calls and puts on any token - @CodecOpenFlow debuted agent-first infrastructure with x402 payments on Solana - @immunefi opened a $1M audit competition for @jump_firedancer's V1 code - @dflow integrated into @EitherwayAI to enable one-prompt creation of agentic trading apps - @MiloOnChains integrated the @tokens API, enabling its agents to analyze and execute trades across assets - @pudgypenguins shipped PenguBot, an agentic trading companion on Telegram across Solana - @krexa_xyz enabled uncollateralized lending on Solana for AI agents - @zerion adopted @x402 on Solana for keyless, pay-per-request API access 📰 Milestones - Total Solana monthly token holders hit a new all-time high of 167M - @yield’s yoSOL crossed $1M TVL in three weeks of launch - USDG market cap on Solana surpassed $1B - @jup_mobile processed $890M in trading volume in March - @MoonPayCommerce settled over $40M in single-payment volume since Oct 2025, with 88% on Solana If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, share with an RT!

Big update for merchants - IkonShop now integrates with Shopify. Connect your store, sync your products, and start accepting crypto payments. Real-time inventory, automatic order sync, zero double-entry. Shopify merchants get a surprise gift package at sign-up.. Let's go 🧵

@mert @Helius Wow. I'm not looking for funding but this is a great offer.

i've angel invested in more Solana projects than anyone alive (including toly) from now on, if you get a @Helius business or professional plan, I will give you a complimentary pitch deck review as well as intros nothing more expensive than not using Helius on Solana

@drpeepee @therealchaseeb Post it on @IkonShopApp 🔥🔥

they're calling it the first piece of merch with utility who wants one?

@a16zcrypto @jito_labs @buffalu__ between two ferns episode

“It’s basically where all of finance happens, onchain.” @jito_labs founder @buffalu__ on his vision for Solana: “Press a few buttons, and then you have access to this whole financial system.” “It’s a pretty promising future if we can make that happen.”

Huge update, Shopify Sync Integration is ready. Additionally to the thread Shopify merchants can also> go live/draft Update shipping costs Add country options.

Price your digital download at $0.0005. Sell a beat for 0.001 SOL. Charge exactly what something is worth - not what a payment processor will tolerate. IkonShop processes micro payments up to 6 decimal places on Solana - sell digital goods, physical products, or creator tips at prices traditional rails can't even read. No minimums. No rounding. No compromises. app.ikonshop.io

@SolanaEvents @vibhu @solana @rajgokal Oh Sick.. see you there!

❗️Speaker Announcement❗️ We're excited to announce that @solana Co-Founder and CCO @rajgokal will join us on stage in May for Accelerate USA 🇺🇸

@Pedromiranda @matija_sol @solana @IkonShopApp

The hottest opportunity right now is to build a consumer app on @Solana

@vibhu @solana_devs @solana I'm here for it

Ok seriously, if you are building a game or any consumer app on @Solana or crypto, you are a true hero I’ve been where you are and I know how hard it is to build something off the mainstream in crypto The failure rate will be high but a single winner can change the industry 🫡

@CryptoZachLA @AOC 10x more likely It comes from the financial stress

@AOC Gambling = domestic violence? Interesting thought process.

This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.

My favorite has to be #13 The 25 Best Chuck Norris Jokes of All Time - Men's Journal share.google/0x7fpFYKhWkNMe…

@ArtiPrido22 @IkonShopApp @PayAINetwork Getting the word out is important, I agree. I've been active since 2022. The real issue, I think we're still early for market fit and adoption.

@KruzSol @IkonShopApp "I hope people start catching on to the new way of transacting online." - well... if u only gonna post about $ikon via ur X acc with 88 views - no one gonna catch it, mate! Spread the word 🤌 GO PUBLIC! Participate in @PayAINetwork "BUILDER BANTER" spaces. Jeeez 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

IkonShop - not a defi protocol, a consumer based app allows anyone to sell products globally, get paid instantly without intermediary intervention. I hope people start catching on to the new way of transacting online. @IkonShopApp

@soolpurr @IkonShopApp 👀 what kind of pizza was this?

@KruzSol @IkonShopApp Mike, you owe me $150 for pizzzzza btw Feel free to send it via IkonShop 😏

NEW on @IkonShopApp 🧾 Split the Bill - split any payment between multiple wallets. Onchain. No apps. No chasing people down. Just share the link and everyone pays their share. Wanna pay more, pay less? ... Choose your amount and split it. Try it now → app.ikonshop.io/split

@Zest_writeII @IkonShopApp let me know your thoughts when you do. what upgrades can I add? how can I improve it

@KruzSol @IkonShopApp Definitely giving this new feature a try