Solana (SOL) Sees Drop In NFT & DeFi Usage
Is Solana summer over? Seasonality might suggest so, but if that’s enough for you, the blockchains usage across both defi and NFT landscapes has been falling recently. Competing chains are making targeted and dedicated efforts to get more involved in both defi and NFTs, leading to major growth and investment in the space at large. […]
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Transfer between custodied and non-custodied accounts can now take place within the Solflare wallet On Thursday, Solana-native wallet Solflare released a new integration with cryptocurrency exchange FTX.com and FTX.us to simply portfolio management for Solana users. As told by Solflare, it would make transfers between one's custodial and non-custodial balances trivial by enabling users to manage FTX funds directly from their Solflare web extension and later via the mobile wallet. Of course, FTX know-your-customer rules would still apply to link one's exchange accounts with Solflare.In....
When Solana’s price hit new lows near $54, the total value locked (TVL) for the token also declined to a historical low. According to data from Defi Llama, the token’s TVL has been on a steady decline since November 2021. In that month, it reached an all-time high of $15 billion but then lost momentum and went down to $4.34 billion. Solana’s TVL continued to plummet in the third week of May due to bearish trends within this market that have seen declining interest from investors. Related Reading | Ripple (XRP) Price Picks Up As SEC Legal Showdown Drags On With its price....
Back in 2022, Lido Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol providing staking services, announced support for Solana. Since then, the DeFi platform has provided an avenue for Solana users to stake their SOL and receive a liquid staking token while doing so. The platform has run into a problem that could lead to the end […]
The report also found that a transaction on the Solana blockchain uses 24 times less energy than charging your phone. A transaction on the Solana network takes less energy than two Google searches, and 24 times less energy than charging your phone, according to a Nov. 25 report by the Solana Foundation.The report states that a single transaction on its network uses 0.00051 kWh, or 1,836 Joules, of energy. According to Google, an average search uses 0.0003 kWh or 1,080 Joules of energy. Perhaps more surprisingly, the report claims the entire Solana network uses an estimated 3,186,000 kWh....
Photo Credit: Wikipedia. According to Vinny Lingham, CEO of digital card platform Gyft, when the company first integrated bitcoin payments they accounted for 90% of the company's sales. Although Paypal and credit card purchases made up the remaining 10%, Mr. Lingham has stated to CoinDesk that the field has shifted dramatically. Since the initial bitcoin integreation in 2013, Gyft has seen an incredible 80% drop of bitcoin's usage, leading to a complete reversal of purchasing trends - now Paypal and credit cards make up 90% of the payment methods, while bitcoin hangs on at 10%. Lingham....