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Plus, all the world is green as prices across the crypto space rally, with solana reaching a nearly two-week high
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Flame’s new track — which he called “war music” for Web3 — debuted on the NFT collectible platform Drip this week
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A Swedish energy-focused project named Srcful proposed to become a Helium subnetwork with its own ENERGY token
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Plus, Blinks have reshaped many people’s understanding of what blockchains are capable of
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Every blockchain has a means of governance, but when it comes to upgrading Solana, the means are perhaps less widely-known
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In the past two weeks, Solana USDC and USDT transfer volume has been at its lowest point in 2024
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Solana’s pathway to a spot ETF will be different because of its unlock schedule, staking demand and the political backdrop
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Blockworks plays around on Pump.fun competitor Moonshot, DEX Screener’s new memecoin launchpad
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Plus, Solana fell roughly 12% on the week, and for some memecoins the drawdown was even more aggressive
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Plus, Solana set a record for weekly unique active addresses on the network last week