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Solana Weekly News
September 28, 2026·56:50

Solana Finality Is Getting 85x Faster!?

Solana just had one of its biggest weeks of the year. Alpenglow, the network's largest-ever consensus upgrade, hit testnet targeting 150ms finality, SOL ripped past $120 to its highest level since January and outran Bitcoin, and another Layer 1 voted to shut down and migrate to Solana. Plus a reawakening NFT market and treasury companies buying even more SOL. Full rundown and links below 👇📌 Solana's Biggest Consensus Upgrade Hits Testnet This Week As Network Targets 150ms Finalityhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-biggest-consensus-upgrade-hits-testnet-this-week📌 Solana Hits $119 as Bitcoin Reclaims $86K: Is Crypto Winter Finally Over?https://solanafloor.com/news/solana-hits-119-as-bitcoin-reclaims-86-k📌 $ZETA Surges 58% After Proposal to Migrate AI Stack to Solana Approvedhttps://solanafloor.com/news/zeta-surges-over-58-after-proposal-migrate-ai-stack-solana-approved📌 Cryptopunks, Boogles, and zkSnarks Record Millions in Trading Volume as NFT Markets Reawakenhttps://solanafloor.com/news/cryptopunks-boogles-and-zk-snarks-record-millions-trading-volume-nft-markets-reawaken📌 Forward Industries Eyes More $SOL With $25M Raise After Amassing 1.39% of Solana's Supplyhttps://solanafloor.com/news/forward-industries-eyes-more-sol-with-25-m-raise📌 Solana Launches $1M Frontier Traders Competitionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-launches-1-m-frontier-traders-competition📩 Solana Weekly Newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters🐦 X: https://x.com/SolanaFloor▶️ Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@SolanaFloorSolanaFloor is a subsidiary of the Jito Network. Nothing in this video is financial advice. Always do your own research.

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