SharkPool

We’ve onboarded 800 students onto the SharkLabs Student Dashboard so far 🦈 These aren’t just signups. Students are completing quests, learning Solana development, tracking validator performance, and contributing across the ecosystem. And the number is only growing.

Congrats to the clubs and students that participated in @SharkPoolSol Student Dashboard 🦈 Season 2 brought out the best and brightest.

Massive respect to every student and club that showed up this season. Whether you placed or not, you contributed, learned, and helped build something real.

🔥 Top Students: @NovaBlockchain 🥇 DanielGluschuk — 15 SOL ($1,350) 🥈 thomas_morell — 5 SOL ($450) 🥉 MapleSyrup — 3.3 SOL (~$297)

Season 2 is officially complete 🦈 Huge congrats to everyone who participated! This was our biggest and most competitive season yet. Check out the winners this season!👇

Great stop at Bentley 🦈 Walked through validators, staking, and how students can actually plug into Solana today. Appreciate everyone who came through.

Northeastern, we’re coming 🦈 On April 16th we’re hosting a live session on: • Solana validators & staking • Getting involved in the Solana ecosystem • SharkPool initiatives If you’re on campus, pull up!

Season 2 is coming down to the wire ⏳ Leaderboard is tightening up fast, @NovaBlockchain and @42Blockchain_ are neck to neck. With just 1 week left and $9K+ in prizes on the line (plus 10 SOL for top clubs), this is anyone’s game. Lock in. Clutch up. Finish strong.

Huge congrats to @pton_blockchain on cracking the top 4 for leader slot performance in March across all Solana validators🔥 University-run validators competing at this level isn’t a future narrative, it’s already happening now.

We just shipped an AI assistant inside the SharkLabs dashboard 🦈 It helps you: • navigate the platform faster • understand quests + features • get answers on validators & Solana Still in beta, try it out and tell us what to improve 👇

$SHARK connects everything: users → fees → validators → revenue → token holders Simple model. Strong alignment 🦈

Utility rolls out in phases: • Phase 1 → fee discounts (live) • Phase 2 → governance • Phase 3 → revenue share • Phase 4 → validator boost • Phase 5 → cross-chain expansion

$SHARK isn’t just a governance token. It’s tied directly to: • platform revenue • validator growth • fee flows Here’s the actual utility 🦈👇