Solana2026-09-27 03:53:47Solana co-founder says industry is not ready for Alpenglow upgradeSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the industry is "not ready" for Alpenglow, the blockchain’s next major upgrade. Earlier, engineers at Anza had already migrated Solana’s developer network to the Alpenglow consensus protocol. The upgrade is set to change how blocks are processed on the network. Its stated goal is to cut transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to a range of 100 to 150 milliseconds. The remarks point to caution around a technical change that is designed to materially reduce confirmation times on Solana. The update, as described in the source, has already reached the developer network stage through Anza’s migration work.240
Solana2026-09-21 02:36:48STONK briefly tops $300 million market cap on Solana with 24-hour gain above 30%STONK, a token on Solana, briefly pushed its market capitalization above $300 million, according to GMGN data cited by Odaily. The move marked another record high for the token, which was later quoted at a market cap of $299 million with a 24-hour gain of 33.78%. Odaily said Stonk allows users to issue meme tokens and pair them with tokenized real-world assets, including tokenized stocks and Pre-IPO stock tokens. The report also noted that Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko had previously reposted a Stonk-related post and asked, "What is Stonk Token?" Odaily added a risk reminder, saying meme coins can see sharp price swings and that investors should participate with caution. The update was published as a market analysis newsflash.520
Solana2026-09-21 01:01:40Anatoly Yakovenko says AGI remains distant, sees AI as a research aidSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is still far from becoming reality, and argued that AI is better suited to supporting narrow tasks than replacing human developers. In his view, the technology fits speculative research and bug hunting more naturally, while actual code writing should remain in human hands. The remarks point to a cautious stance inside the blockchain sector on how far AI should be trusted in core development work. Yakovenko framed AI as an assistive tool rather than a substitute, a position that stands in contrast with the way some crypto projects have heavily promoted their AI capabilities. The comments were cited by Techub News, with Cointelegraph named as the source.290
Solana2026-09-09 03:19:36Solana co-founder says he wants to see a Jupiter route linking NVDA and SPCX through FartcoinSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said in a post on X that he wants to see a large Jupiter routing path onchain that would connect NVDA and SPCX through Fartcoin. He said such a route could set the National Best Bid and Offer, or NBBO, price for brokerages across the United States. The remark was reported by Odaily in a brief market analysis update. No other details, timeline, or implementation plan were disclosed in the source item.890
Solana2026-09-05 01:22:42Yakovenko says Robinhood can offer fully gas-free trading on SolanaSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said Robinhood’s revenue share payments to Arbitrum are already enough to cover roughly four times its trading fees on Solana. Based on that comparison, he said Robinhood can provide users with a fully gas-free trading experience on Solana. The remark was cited in a ChainCatcher newsflash. No additional details were provided in the brief, including the structure of the revenue-sharing arrangement or the specific fee period referenced. The update focused on Yakovenko’s comparison between the Arbitrum revenue share and Solana trading costs, and on the implication that Robinhood is able to absorb those onchain fees for end users trading on Solana.860
Solana2026-08-24 00:54:18Solana co-founder backs PRAW as the best base fee proposalSolana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said on X that PRAW is the best proposal for base fees, arguing that only applications can adjust business logic in real time and decide which transactions should be treated as good or bad. He said some large transactions may be beneficial, citing routers as an example, while others may be harmful, such as arbitrage. In his view, that distinction should be made at the application layer rather than elsewhere in the stack. Yakovenko added that apps should charge fees on bad transactions and use those fees to subsidize good ones. On network revenue, he said all PRAW fees would ultimately turn into priority fees in some form. The remarks were published in a post linked by Foresight’s 7x24 news feed.1040
Solana2026-08-12 16:32:38Solana wrestles with whether its foundation should back one perps winner or let the market decideA public dispute over Solana’s perpetual futures market has turned into a broader argument about what a well-funded ecosystem foundation is supposed to do when several teams are chasing the same category. The debate started after Flash.Trade founder Anas Khader said he was shutting down his exchange on Aug. 7 and blamed, in part, what he described as the Solana Foundation’s cold support for a single rival team. Two days later he named Phoenix, claiming it benefited from foundation-linked grants, though he offered no evidence and the foundation has not disclosed recipients or amounts under its perps initiative. The clash quickly widened beyond one protocol. Commentators including Fabiano argued that Phoenix’s fully onchain design captures more activity for Solana itself, making a concentrated push easier to justify if the goal is to build a true rival to Hyperliquid. On Aug. 10, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu rejected the idea of “king making,” saying the right principle is “open meritocracy”: actively enable competition and let the market decide. Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Anza economist Max Resnick then joined the discussion, extending it into a larger question about token value, chain architecture, and how ecosystem resources should be deployed.660
FlashTrade2026-08-09 03:56:15FlashTrade Shuts Down; Founder Plans to Sell Tech Stack to Compensate FAF HoldersFlashTrade, a Solana perpetuals protocol, is shutting down. Founder Anas said on X that he plans to sell the project's tech stack to compensate FAF holders, citing internal team rifts, a shrinking market and chronic losses. Anas also criticized the Solana Foundation for what he described as indifference, while Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko responded that the foundation cannot determine a product's success — its role is go-to-market support and exposure at launch, with conversion depending on the product itself.1740
