Magic Eden integrates Solana’s compressed NFTs into marketplace

    NFT marketplace Magic Eden believes that lowering the costs in NFT production creates an “easy access point” for new users to try NFTs. Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden has announced that it will support Solana’s compressed NFTs (cNFTs) to provide a cost-efficient and scalable alternative to owning digital collectibles. Today we’re releasing support for…

    Solana YTD inflows suggest it’s the ‘most loved altcoin’ — CoinShares

    Solana has seen steady inflows over the last nine weeks, even as other crypto investment products have faced outflows over a similar period. Solana investment products clocked $26 million worth of inflows since the start of 2023, outpacing all other altcoins, including Ether, suggesting it’s the “most loved altcoin amongst investors” according to CoinShares. In a…

    MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain

    Rune Christensen stated that Solana’s codebase should be the foundation of MakerDAO’s upcoming blockchain, as he highlighted that it’s optimized for building “highly efficient blockchains.” MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the decentralized finance project’s upcoming native chain off of a fork of Solana’s codebase, and not the Ethereum Virtual Machine despite its…

    Solana records 1 outage in first half of 2023, 100% uptime in Q2

    The Solana network is seeing steady improvements in performance and reliability as outages become more infrequent. Layer-1 blockchain network Solana has shown an improvement in reliability and uptime so far this year only having one outage in 2023, according to a report from the Solana Foundation. On July 20, the Solana Foundation released its latest…

    Aptos’ new user growth hits 900% after integration with social media app Chingari

    Chingari started the migration to Aptos in July, seeking an enhanced experience for users following Solana’s network outages in 2022. The Aptos blockchain has seen a surge of activity following its integration with Chingari, an Indian social media platform previously powered by Solana. According to on-chain data, the number of new users jumped 900% over the previous…

    Bitcoin gets closer to ‘51% attack’ on altcoin market

    Bitcoin’s market dominance index has failed to sustain above 50% since April 2021 — so will this time be any different? Bitcoin’s percentage share in the crypto market has risen to nearly 50% in the aftermath of the last week’s altcoin market rout. On June 13, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC’s weight against…