Weekly News Review
A curated review of the 10-20 most important Solana ecosystem stories of the past seven days, with sources and our take on each.
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- SOL Weekly News Review — October 5–11, 2026
2026-10-12 · Eight source-checked Solana stories from October 5-11, 2026: the first negative ETF week since launch (-$24.8M, ending a 14-week streak), SOL -9.5% on a broad risk-off wave, the 200ms slot time going live at epoch 1053, the Foundation's new DvP settlement standard, Securitize's twelve on-chain equities, Samsung's USDC payments plan, a record 14 million stablecoin holders, and a 124% address surge that did not hold the price.
Archive
- SOL Weekly News Review — September 28–October 4, 2026
2026-10-05 · Eight source-checked Solana stories from September 28-October 4, 2026: a phantom Alpenglow date, ETF inflows collapsing from a record $188.21M to $2.43M, the first daily ETF outflow on September 30, a quiet quarter close, USDC at a series high, DEX volume falling while fees refused to, and an adoption file that kept filling. Every claim attributed, every take stated.
- SOL Weekly News Review — September 21–27, 2026
2026-09-28 · Thirteen source-checked Solana stories from September 21-27, 2026: a highest-close-in-seven-weeks at $121.38, Alpenglow reaching testnet, a record $188.21M ETF week, a stablecoin base that set a record and changed shape, a chain that voted to become a Solana token, and a research report that put a number on the bot question. Every claim attributed, every take stated.
- SOL Weekly News Review — September 14–20, 2026
2026-09-21 · Thirteen source-checked Solana stories from September 14-20, 2026: a seven-month high above $110, a $38M short squeeze, 250ms slot times going live, the SEC's tokenized-securities exemption, a twelfth straight week of ETF inflows, and a stablecoin base that shrank while price rallied.
- SOL Weekly News Review — September 7–13, 2026
2026-09-14 · Twelve real, source-checked Solana stories from September 7-13, 2026: tokenized equity volume topping Nasdaq and NYSE combined, choppy ETF flows, fees up 28.3% in a down week, and SOL closing at $101.75.
- SOL Weekly News Review — August 31–September 6, 2026
2026-09-07 · Ten real, source-checked Solana stories from August 31-September 6, 2026: SOL named a core ETF asset on September 5, BSOL passing $1B, August's 5.2B transaction record, and stablecoins at a series-high $16.62B.
- SOL Weekly News Review — August 24–30, 2026
2026-08-31 · Nine real, source-checked Solana stories from August 24-30, 2026: the breakout week that closed at $105.59 (+10.7%), a Friday high close of $109.18, fees at a series-high $98.8M, and the on-chain data behind it.
- SOL Weekly News Review — August 17–23, 2026
2026-08-24 · Eight real, source-checked Solana stories from August 17-23, 2026: the +25.9% week to $93.88, DEX volume spiking 81.5% to a series-high $19.8B, fees up 30.9%, and USDC growing 8.2%.
- SOL Weekly News Review — August 10–16, 2026
2026-08-17 · Eight real, source-checked Solana stories from August 10-16, 2026: the baseline week — SOL at $75.28, DEX volume $10.9B, fees $63.5M, and the quiet mid-$70s base the August breakout launched from.