The Solana ecosystem continues to develop, with favourable information frequently reported.

Recently, the Solana blockchain ecosystem has seen several positive developments. Nasdaq has expanded its cryptocurrency index benchmark, adding SOL and three other digital assets, reflecting that Solana is gradually integrating into the mainstream financial market. Meanwhile, the Solana spot ETF application has made significant progress, with regulators requesting the issuers to submit revised materials in the short term, and market analysts are optimistic about its approval prospects.

A NASDAQ-listed company has also announced a large financing amount and plans to increase its holdings in SOL, demonstrating that institutional investors are confident in the long-term development of Solana. While there is continuous favourable information at the capital and policy levels, the Solana ecosystem is also continuously improving. A new hybrid decentralized exchange is set to launch on the Solana chain, combining the liquidity of centralized exchanges with the transparency of decentralized finance, which is expected to bring innovation to on-chain asset trading.

Here are the important developments in various fields of the Solana ecosystem over the past week:

DeFi Sector

• Marinade Select adds 700,000 SOL staking volume, becoming the preferred staking service for institutional investors.
• Jupiter has completed a comprehensive integration with Trends, providing instant token trading and other features.
• Kamino launches the first real-world asset lending market $sACRED.
• Drift launches dfdvSOL and a new JitoSOL/SOL independent liquidity pool.
• Meteora collaborates with subs.fun to optimize user experience.
• JPool has launched a direct staking interface to help users make more informed staking decisions.
• The total staking value of Saros has exceeded 100 million USD.

Real World Assets ( RWA )

• Parcl Labs has launched a referral program to reward users who share real estate insights.
• Usual proposes to use wstETH as collateral for the ETH0 synthetic asset.
• Maple Finance has started accepting mSOL as collateral for institutional loans.
• Ondo Finance partners with multiple parties to connect banking settlement infrastructure to the blockchain.

AI/DeFAI/AI Agents

• Virtuals brings AI agents into the Ethereum ecosystem.
• TARS AI expands its collaboration with Uphold to promote $TAI development.
• Hey Anon updated to version 1.5, adding multiple features.
• Orbit completed a $250,000 $GRIFT buyback.
• The Hive has launched a new page, offering features such as walletless access.

DePIN/Infrastructures

• The Graph launched the Token API beta on Avalanche.
• Roam launches community bounty program.
• Helium Mobile launches a children's plan.
• Aethir launched the community incentive program Aethir Tribe.
• DIA announced the upcoming launch of mainnet staking.
• sns.sol has become one of the first Solana applications to integrate with Farcaster.
• Wormhole integrates Circle's CCTP V2 to enable cross-chain USDC transfers.
• Sonic SVM improves the $SONIC token value accumulation mechanism.
• NATIX Network set a record for the highest token burn in a single month.

Gaming/NFT/Social Finance

• Metaplex launched a new CLI to simplify the NFT creation and management process.
• Ledger integrates Magic Eden-powered NFT features into its Live platform.

Potential Projects

• Chainstack now supports Unichain.
• Spice AI collaborates with Databricks to expand AI capabilities.
• Exponent collaborates with DeFi Dev Corp to support dfdvSOL.
• time.fun launched the "Priority Notification" feature to enhance user experience.