Litecoin had to eat its own insults about Solana’s downtime
Litecoin mocked Solana's outages for years, then suffered its own chain reorg via a delayed privacy upgrade exploit.
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Solana validator logs 32 delinquencies, foundation still claims ‘100% uptime’
Solana's "100% uptime" claim is true at the cluster level, but anyone in the Harmonic Major validator went delinquent 32 times in 30 days.
Tether challenges USDC Solana hegemony with $127.5M Drift bailout
Tether has pledged up to $127.5M to help Drift “support user recovery and relaunch the Drift platform” after a $285M hack.
Solana DEX Stabble urges liquidity exit after alleged DPRK mole revealed
Stabble urged its users to withdraw all liquidity after a former employee was outed as a North Korean operative.
— Blockchain, Charts
CHART: Solana survived six years of near-death experiences
Solana has survived until its sixth birthday. Given how many outages and hacks its blockchain experienced, that feat is remarkable.
What happened with Trove Markets?
The collectible perp trading project Trove Markets launched its token yesterday, and it shed over 90% of its value in minutes.
— Solana
Solana validator decentralization under scrutiny
A social media post claimed participation by Solana validators had dropped 84% over the past 12 months. The actual number was closer to 20%.
— Burwick Law, Legal
Crypto influencer Scooter explores defamation claim against Burwick Law
Scooter is exploring defamation remedies after Burwick Law claimed crypto influencer Scooter threatened "livelihood-destroying campaigns."
N3on promised ‘up, up, up’ memecoin without any risk — it’s down 96%
Social media streamer N3on tried to salvage his reputation this week by giving away luxury merchandise to a crowd of fans.
Active Solana DEX traders down 79% year-to-date
Solana activity levels, valuations, active traders, and other metrics of blockchain health have crashed during Donald Trump’s second term.