Bank transfers and card payments are encrypted, but anyone can see your crypto balance and every payment you've ever made. @Austin_Federa sits down with @Mert from @Helius to explain how ZK privacy actually works, what brought @Zcash back, and why he believes privacy only wins when users feel the benefit. And the reveal: a fully onchain privacy protocol is coming to @Solana. Private swaps, payments, and lending, all with compliance zones built for institutions. Watch the full video below. ↓ 00:00 - Why Privacy Matters 03:05 - Zcash and ZK Origins 06:26 - How Shielded Pools Work 09:56 - Why Zcash Broke Out 15:52 - Why Privacy Layers Fail 19:47 - Solana Privacy Protocol 22:57 - Composability Breakthrough 25:51 - Go-To-Market Plan 30:50 - Compliance and Zones 32:40 - Onchain Versus Off Chain 34:58 - Zcash and Solana’s Future 40:29 - Bitcoin Privacy and Quantum

Tomorrow on @ValidatedPod: @Austin_Federa invites @Mert from @Helius to explain why privacy should belong in the chain itself, where liquidity and stablecoins already live, and why he believes this will decide which chains survive. Hit that notification bell. dropping s00n📷

Who is the best hyperliquid:native explainer I could have on @ValidatedPod? Deep on markets, technical enough to go deep, infinitely curious

No one just opts into privacy. It has to be the default. Tomorrow on @ValidatedPod: @Austin_Federa sits down with @SethForPrivacy from @CakeWallet to explore the UX decisions that finally made shielded transactions something normal users actually use. Turn your notifications on. dropping s00n™️

Rahul Jain, @RahuuuuulJain, Head of Trading @Ellipsis_Labs, argues that iterating on something that’s fundamentally broken may not be as good an idea as pursuing the upside of improving its infrastructure. Watch the full video below! ↓

Solana Mobile started as a hardware play, and now it's becoming a platform. @Austin_Federa sat down with @m_it from @SolanaMobile to talk about smart moves with smartphones: the lessons from Saga, scaling Seeker to 100k preorders, why they launched a token, and the plan to bring the @Solana Mobile Stack to Android manufacturers worldwide. Watch the full video below. ↓ Timestamps: 01:37 - Solana Mobile Origins 04:46 - Lessons Learned from Saga 13:55 - Seeker Preorders and Production 20:06 - Solana Mobile Developer Pitch 24:00 - Why Launch SKR? 27:05 - Solana Mobile Stack on Other Phones 29:05 - Why OEMs Want Crypto Features 35:42 - Moving Beyond Flagship Hardware 38:08 - Use Cases for Pro Users 41:27 - The Potential for Future Multichain Support

If you're building highly based defi, @doublezero would love to support you with highly performant infrastructure 🫡

New finance is everything that happens when institutional infrastructure meets permissionless access. @Austin_Federa, live on @FINTECHTVglobal, at the @NYSE

Blockchain is at anther crossroads. Institutional players are considering a new take on an age-old question: to buy, or to build? Except this time buying means buying in and adopting existing networks with existing distribution and capital, and building is now a full stack activity, from engineering to marketing. DoubleZero is an orthogonal bet to this choice. We build open permissionless connectivity infrastructure for a highly connected and highly performant figure, irrespective of what form that future takes.

Over 50% of @Solana is running on DoubleZero today. In part, because onboarding, subscribing, and connecting are faster and easier. @Austin_Federa live at @Consensus2026.

Q1 2026 DoubleZero Network Update… Here’s a recap of the last 90 days: → Launched DoubleZero Edge which now carries ~50% of @Solana’s network stake, representing 400 validators → Hit 51% of @Solana’s network stake operating on DoubleZero’s high-performance rails, representing 460 validators → 100 traders, market makers, MEV searchers subscribed to DoubleZero Edge → Increased dedicated bandwidth on the network to 9.71 Tbps contributed by 15 independent organizations → Brought Wall Street trading-tech, known as multicast, onchain for the first time in history → Joined @fund_defi and 30 industry leaders to request that the SEC formalize the principles in its recent Staff Statement—distinguishing non-custodial UIs from broker activities—in notice-and-comment rulemaking, so we have durable regulatory clarity that lasts. → Brought validator fees to ZERO, and introduced a new revenue stream for publishing shreds → Improved link networking speed for @Solana by an average of 22% → Reached $18B in Total Connected Value (TCV) on DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network And on top of all that… we’re proud to say that in the background: Phase II of the DZDP successfully pushed Europe’s share of @Solana stake below 66.66% for the first time in at least two years of recorded data. A massive win for global network decentraliztion.

Most crypto pitches stop at software when the real opportunity is in hardware. Tomorrow on @ValidatedPod: @Austin_Federa sits down with @m_it from @SolanaMobile to unpack why phone manufacturers may be able to double their per-device return by supporting a small piece of the crypto stack and what that unlocks for @Solana Mobile's vision beyond Seeker. Turn your notifications on. dropping s00n™️

The third part of our Constellation MCP debate is live: One of the things you hear a lot about Constellation is enforced ordering and selective censorship resistance really matters, especially for applications and market makers. S So I sat down with a market maker on Solana, who has experience with traditional venues as well as onchain. Plus, he's part of the team building @PhoenixTrade. Hope you enjoythis one