Check out the report from CoinShares on the latest weekly flows in the digital asset sector: total inflows amounted to $619 million. Bitcoin (#BTC) attracted the largest share, with $521 million in new investments, followed by Ethereum (#ETH) with $88.5 million. Solana (#SOL) saw inflows of $14.6 million.

Whale and institutional transactions:

A whale withdrew 621.81 million #PUMP (approximately 1.28 million USD) from Binance.

Additionally, another significant movement involved a whale who withdrew #SOL worth $11.47 million from Binance after four months of inactivity. Four months prior, this entity had withdrawn $25.81 million worth of #SOL.

The income generated from #SOL decentralized applications (DApps) on the Solana blockchain has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months. cointelegraph

#SOL Solana processed 825.7 million transactions last week, representing 44% of all cryptocurrency activity, a decrease from its previous highs.

Solana’s transaction fee revenue on the #SOL network declined sharply in March, totaling $18.5 million—down 42 percent from January’s $30 million. The downturn is primarily driven by waning activity on decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Despite maintaining its position as the network with the highest absolute fee revenue, Solana’s DEX trading volume fell to $55.5 billion, the lowest since September 2024.

The Moscow Exchange announced plans to launch futures trading for #SOL, #XRP, and #TRX starting May 14.

#SOL Anza, a developer at Solana, has announced that Alpenglow, the most comprehensive proposed upgrade to the network’s consensus mechanism to date, is now operational on a community-developed test cluster. The update enables validator operators to commence testing software designed to transition Solana from its current consensus system—combining Proof-of-Stake, TowerBFT, and Proof-of-History—to a novel architecture aimed at significantly reducing finalization times and improving network responsiveness.

📊 #SOL Santiment: Leading Projects in the Solana Ecosystem Based on Development Activity

#SOL Santiment: Leading Projects in the Solana Ecosystem Based on Development Activity.

Transactions involving whales and institutions:

Four wallets have established long positions on #AKE on Aster, totaling approximately $4.95 million.

PumpFun has once again liquidated roughly $6.15 million worth of #SOL.

Additionally, a whale sold 30,000 #ETH in an over-the-counter deal, amounting to about $55 million.

#SOL DeFi Development (DFDV) has resumed its acquisition of SOL, purchasing an additional 19,000 tokens. Further details are available here.

Whale and institutional transactions:

1. After an eight-month hiatus, 6ESYXA has purchased $8 million worth of #SOL.
2. Address 0x6436 acquired #HYPE for $20.24 million.

On September 22, the Moscow Exchange will introduce perpetual futures contracts for the indices of #BTC, #ETH, #SOL, #XRP, and #TRX, accessible exclusively to qualified investors. Further details can be found here.

#SOL DeFi Development
DDFV has acquired 47,706 SOL, contributing to the expansion of its treasury, which has grown by 10 percent over the past six weeks to surpass 2.5 million SOL held.

#SOL Securitize has begun tokenizing shares of major American corporations—including Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla—on the Solana blockchain. These tokenized assets will initially be accessible through the newly launched Securitize Stocks platform, with plans to extend trading to the New York Stock Exchange and OKXICE in the future.

SkyAI, which previously held 2 million #SOL, valued at approximately $214 million, has announced the sale of 1 million #SOL for roughly $107 million. The company has indicated that additional sales may follow.

Blockchain records reveal that in October, SkyAI transferred a total of 1.57 million #SOL, amounting to approximately $175 million.

The average sale price was around $194 per #SOL. Currently, SkyAI is experiencing losses exceeding $160 million.

Europe’s largest network of savings banks, Sparkassen, has launched a cryptocurrency trading platform, allowing customers to buy and sell Bitcoin (#BTC), Ethereum (#ETH), Ripple (#XRP), and Solana (#SOL).

#SOL SkyAI, a firm responsible for managing the Solana treasury, has divested itself of all its SOL holdings and launched a share buyback program worth 201 million dollars. cointelegraph

#SOL SkyAI, a firm responsible for overseeing the Solana treasury, has divested its entire SOL position and launched a $201 million share repurchase initiative. cointelegraph

✅🔄 #SOL Alpenglow, the first major enhancement to Solana's consensus mechanism, has been deployed on the mainnet.