The Solana ecosystem welcomes multiple favourable information, SOL included in the Nasdaq index

Recently, the Solana blockchain ecosystem has welcomed a series of favourable developments. Nasdaq submitted an 8-K form to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to expand its cryptocurrency index benchmark to 9 digital assets, including Solana's native token SOL. This move signifies Solana's further integration into traditional financial markets, providing institutional investors with more participation opportunities.

The progress of the Solana ETF has also attracted significant attention. Regulators have required the issuer of the Solana ETF to submit a revised S-1 form within a week, which is seen as an important signal for the approval of the Solana spot ETF. Market analysts expect that approval could come as early as July. A well-known analyst has raised the probability of approval for the Solana spot ETF from 70% to 90%, reflecting the market's optimistic attitude towards the regulatory outlook.

In addition, a NASDAQ-listed company announced that it has secured a $5 billion equity financing quota, aimed at accelerating the accumulation of SOL. This strategic investment initiative highlights institutional investors' confidence in the long-term value of Solana.

In addition to the favourable information at the capital and policy levels, the construction of the Solana ecosystem is also continuously advancing. A new hybrid decentralized exchange has announced that it will launch on the Solana chain, which combines the liquidity of centralized exchanges with the transparency of decentralized finance, bringing innovation to the liquidity of on-chain assets.

The following are important updates from various sectors of the Solana ecosystem over the past week:

DeFi领域

• Marinade reports that its Select project has added 700,000 SOL, becoming the preferred choice for institutional stakers.
• Jupiter has completed full integration with Trends, providing instant token swaps, advanced scanning, and new project filtering features.
• Kamino has launched the first physical asset lending market $sACRED, where users can pledge sACRED to borrow stablecoins at an annual interest rate of 9%.
• The Drift platform has launched a new dfdvSOL trading pair.
• Jito has launched a new independent trading pool for JitoSOL/SOL on Drift.
• Meteora collaborates with the subs.fun team to enhance its DBC experience.
• JPool has launched a new direct staking interface, equipped with detailed validator data panels and a real-time yield calculator.
• Saros has achieved a milestone of $100 million in total staked value.

Real World Assets (RWA) Domain

• Parcl Labs has launched a referral program that rewards users for sharing insights on the real estate market.
• Usual proposes to use the staking derivatives of a well-known protocol as the first collateral for ETH0 synthetic assets.
• A certain lending protocol announced that it now accepts mSOL as collateral for institutional loans.
• Ondo Finance collaborates with industry-leading blockchain service providers and global financial institutions to connect banking settlement infrastructure to Ondo Chain.

AI/DeFAI/AI Agency Field

• Virtuals announces the introduction of AI agents to the Ethereum blockchain.
• TARS AI expands its partnership with a global payment platform, promoting the growth of the $TAI token.
• Hey Anon released Build 1.5 version, adding trading API integration and project launch features.
• Orbit completed a buyback of approximately $250,000 in $GRIFT, fulfilling the commitment to use protocol revenue for the buyback.
• The Hive has launched a new page that provides wallet-free access to Hive Outlook, agent explanations, and real-time data analysis.

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) / Infrastructure Sector

• A certain blockchain indexing protocol launched a token API test version on Avalanche.
• Roam has launched a community bounty program to reward content creation and social participation.
• A decentralized mobile network has launched a monthly $5 plan aimed at children.
• Aethir launches a community initiative to reward members who participate in building a decentralized future.
• DIA announces the upcoming launch of mainnet staking to support trustless on-chain oracles.
• sns.sol has become one of the first Solana applications integrated with Farcaster.
• Wormhole integrates a cross-chain transfer protocol to achieve native stablecoin cross-chain transfers.
• Sonic SVM improves the $SONIC token value accumulation mechanism, enhancing the liquidity owned by the protocol.
• NATIX Network announces record token burn.

Gaming/NFT/Social Finance

• Metaplex has launched a new command line interface that simplifies the creation and management of tokens and NFTs.
• A certain hardware wallet has launched a new NFT experience powered by a well-known NFT marketplace in its application.

Potential Projects

• Chainstack now supports Unichain.
• Spice AI collaborates with data analysis platforms to extend AI capabilities to real-time applications.
• Exponent collaborates with DeFi Dev Corp to make dfdvSOL available on its platform.
• time.fun launched the "Priority Notification" feature to enhance the visibility of user content in the creators' inbox.