CLARITY Act Advances, Solana Perps ATH, Alpenglow 100x & More | Solana Weekly News
This week in the SolanaFloor newsroom: Solana's perps sector is finally showing signs of life, with Phoenix and GMTrade hit all-time highs in daily volume. The CLARITY Act clears the Senate Banking Committee and heads to the floor with 71% odds of passing in 2026. Alpenglow logs a 100x finality gain in its first community cluster test. Plus: Bitwise comes onchain via Jupiter, Sanctum hits a revenue ATH, and Magic Eden bets $75M on crypto gambling.
Jack Dunham, Finn Miller, and Thomas Bahamas break it all down.
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๐ Phoenix Trade Records All-Time High in Daily Volume as Perceived Favoritism Divides Solana Community https://solanafloor.com/news/phoenix-trade-records-all-time-high-in-daily-volume-as-perceived-favoritism-divides-solana-community
๐ The CLARITY Act Just Cleared the Senate Banking Committee โ What Happens Next? https://solanafloor.com/news/the-clarity-act-just-cleared-the-senate-banking-committee-what-happens-next
๐ Sanctum $SOL-Denominated TVL and Revenue Undaunted by 2026 Market Decline https://solanafloor.com/news/sanctum-sol-denomnated-tvl-and-revenue-undaunted-by-2026-market-decline
๐ Jupiter Brings Bitwise Onchain With $200M Institutional $USDe Market on Solana https://solanafloor.com/news/jupiter-brings-bitwise-onchain-with-200-m-institutional-us-de-market-on-solana
๐ Solana's Alpenglow Logs 100x Finality Gain in First Community Cluster Test https://solanafloor.com/news/solanas-alpenglow-logs-100x-finality-gain-first-community-cluster-test
๐ Magic Eden Bets $75M on Dicey Following Wallet Shutdown and EVM Exit https://solanafloor.com/news/magic-eden-bets-75-m-on-dicey-following-wallet-shutdown-and-evm-exit
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Top Solana Stories Of The WeekApril 2026 was crypto's worst hacking month ever โ $635M lost. But Solana kept building. This week: the Solana Foundation made history with its first-ever cross-chain capital deployment, Jito shipped infrastructure that could change how every trade on Solana gets executed, Meta chose Solana for creator payments, and the RWA ecosystem just hit a $2.5B all-time high.Jack Dunham, Finn Miller, and Thomas Bahamas break it all down.โถ Follow Solana Weekly News so you never miss the week in Solana.๐ฌ Get the stories first โ subscribe to the SolanaFloor newsletter: https://solanafloor.com/newsletters๐ Follow along:SolanaFloor โ https://x.com/solanafloorJack โ https://x.com/_JackDunhamFinn โ https://x.com/solace_fmThomas โ https://x.com/thomasbahamasFull stories covered in this episode:๐ Solana Foundation Joins Fight to Save DeFi, Lends $USDT on AAVEhttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-foundation-joins-fight-to-save-defi-lends-usdt-on-aave๐ Solana Mobile Names Monolith Hackathon Winners, Distributes $125K in Prizeshttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-mobile-names-winners-monolith-hackathon-distributes-125k๐ Jito Launches BAM Maker Plugin, Further Boosting Prop AMM Executionhttps://solanafloor.com/news/jito-launches-bam-maker-plugin-further-boosting-prop-amm-execution๐ $370M $PUMP Burn Backfireshttps://solanafloor.com/news/370-m-pump-burn-backfires-as-users-mourn-missing-airdrop-๐ Meta Rolls Out $USDC Payouts for Creators on Solanahttps://solanafloor.com/news/meta-rolls-out-usdc-payouts-for-creators-solana๐ Solana RWA Ecosystem Hits $2.5 Billion ATH Across Almost 200,000 Holdershttps://solanafloor.com/news/solana-rwa-ecosystem-hits-2-5-billion-ath
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