Solana at Quicknode

@X402 moves fast. We've released a new package, @quicknode/x402-solana that allows you and your agents to ✨connect using Solana Kit in a single function call✨ All you need is an id.json and some USDC in the account. npm install @quicknode/x402-solana

In case you did not know: - Arcium unlocks an entirely new design space for applications - Arcium enables encrypted shared state, not just private transactions - Blockchains are transparent by default. Arcium makes them usable for real-world business - Cerberus is the first ever practical dishonest majority protocol - Arcis is the fastest way to build privacy applications on Solana - C-SPL makes any token confidential and usable in onchain programs - Arcium is live on Mainnet Alpha. Builders can deploy to Solana Mainnet today Privacy for Anything.

Cypherpunk blog posts can only get you so far. Instead you can build something customers want and help them move off traditional banking to stablecoin rails. Our mission is to get to end to end stablecoin settlement across all businesses using Altitude because this is how pure velocity and efficiency of money movement is reached. But we have a lot more work to do before we get there. The reality is that most businesses today do require to settle via traditional rails for at least some of their payment volume and we are giving them that option, while they are holding 100% of their balance in stablecoins on the platform. A stablecoin account that connects you to local and onchain rails is how you bridge the gap and fulfill the mission. If you can’t see why this is the way to go, feel free to DM.

We brought tranching onchain. What would've taken legacy finance 6 figures in legal bill and months of work, now available on Solana to any yielding asset.

SWIFT transfers are live. Pay any bank account, anywhere in the world. Directly from your Altitude account. 200 countries. 11,000 banks. 1 balance.

THEY DID IT. The SEC and CFTC just dropped a landmark document that officially classifies crypto assets. They're actually telling us which crypto assets are securities and which ones aren't - by name! THIS IS SOMETHING GENSLER REFUSED TO DO (he focused on prosecuting crypto out of existence) This rule doc gives crypto many of the benefits of the clarity bill - it lifts us out of the gray market - it gives every asset a path. It's almost like the Clarity act just passed by way of regulator. (of course, the actual clarity act will harden all this into legislation and make it irreversible in the event we get another Gensler, we still want it) This rule says there's 5 categories for crypto assets: 1) Digital Commodities - assets tied to a functional, decentralized crypto system (e.g., BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, DOGE). Not securities. (yes, they name them on page 14) 2) Digital Collectibles - NFTs, meme coins, artwork tokens, in-game items. Not securities (fractionalized collectibles may be an exception). 3) Digital Tools - membership tokens, credentials, domain names (e.g., ENS). Not securities. 4) Stablecoins - payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act are not securities. Other stablecoins, it depends. 5) Digital Securities - tokenized versions of traditional securities. Like tokenized stocks. Always securities. Amazing! This makes so much sense I can't believe it's coming from a regulator. No more enforcement threats to Ethereum developers and crypto exchanges. How about the Howey test? More common sense! If an issuer makes specific promises of managerial efforts from which buyers expect profits, the offering is a security until those promises are fulfilled. Then it's a commodity. The asset itself was never the security, the deal around it was. (E.g. XRP was a security pre launch, became a commodity after). How about stuff like staking and mining? Mining? Not a securities transaction. Staking? Also not a securities transaction, that includes custodial and liquid staking even with LSTs! How about wrapping BTC? Not a securities transaction. Airdrops? NOT SECURITIES. NO MORE GEO BANS PROTECTING AMERICANS from free airdrops. Remember this is a joint doc from the SEC and CFTC, They're actually cooperating on this, no internal strife, this is binding to both. SEC regulates $80-100 trillion assets CFTC regulates $5-10 trillion assets Both of the world's largest capital markets are showing us that crypto assets are here to stay and they're welcome alongside traditional assets. Every country will follow. This is the biggest move toward legitimacy I've seen in all my time in crypto. Maybe bigger than the genius act since is covers all crypto assets. Well done @MichaelSelig and @SECPaulSAtkins. And especially well done to the indefatigable @HesterPeirce. Her fingerprints are all over this, couldn't have happened without her eight years of principles-based curiosity.

Stripe paid $1.1B for Bridge. Now Mastercard is paying $1.8B for BVNK Two of the largest payment companies on earth racing to acquire stablecoin infrastructure. Make of this what you will

6 years of Solana proving the doubters wrong 💪

✨Everyone with PayPal or Venmo in seventy countries now has a Solana address. ✨ Which now means you can pay anyone in a huge chunk of the world with crypto. coindesk.com/business/2026/…

✨Everyone with PayPal or Venmo in seventy countries now has a Solana address. ✨ Which now means you can pay anyone in a huge chunk of the world with crypto. coindesk.com/business/2026/…

Our co-founder @Austin_Federa is live this AM on @NYSE ! ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Solana changed my life. It changed my career trajectory, it gave me new friends, it changed the way I think about finance and the future in general. Even the bad times shaped my way of thinking, positively. Happy birthday, Solana 🥳

6 years of perfection explorer.solana.com/block/0

In Portugal right now. Two and a bit years ago, we were at Breakpoint learning that Google was running Solana validators, that Instagram was natively showing Solana artwork, and feeling jubilant as a result. The FTX crash happened the next week. But it was always clear Solana had better tech, and the serious builders stuck around. If you’re reading this: congratulations to ✨you✨ on being part of the last 6 years. 🫡

I'm about to test the @UmbraPrivacy wallet on Mainnet. Will be giving my feedback after testing. gUMPC☁️

If you’re an Anchor developer, and pumped up about @Arcium (which you should be) here’s how to build your first <encrypted> Anchor app: youtu.be/X3Y6sL7A8O0?si…

P-Token, SIMD-266, has been approved 🎉🎉🎉 This change will drastically reduce token transfer costs and in turn increase the capacity of the network ETA to mainnet - April

.@agentcashdev just gave your agent access to 250+ premium APIs from a single USDC balance on Solana. Try it out with up to $25 in rewards per agent.

I crowdsourced the known universe to find who's making the best Solana developer content. Here's the list so far. Who am I missing? Gotta catch them all. @mikemaccana @adlonymous @mikehale @readylayerone @SteveCleanBrook @inspiration_gx @QuicknodeSolana @0xanmol @8bitpenis @b_migliaccio @blueshift @0xShuk @0xYankee @AdrianBrz_ @HeyAndyS @JupDevRel @beeman_nl @idorocodes @solanaturbine @brianlong @Ferno_ag @jacobvcreech @chambaz @HeavyDutyBuild @Nuelsol_ @saidinfra @anndrrson @cavemanloverboy @netvyxe @raghavdotsol @YunoWiz