🇹🇭 Solana Thailand Workshop Recap: Solana Developer Platform (SDP) Institutions are actively exploring how blockchain infrastructure can integrate into existing financial systems.

SpaceX ($SPCX) shares went live onchain the day they hit Nasdaq. The World Series of Poker took its first crypto buy-ins. Mastercard armed AI agents with a corporate card. All on Solana. All this week. ♠️♥️♣️♦️ Here’s everything that happened: 📰 Headline News - SpaceX shares debuted on Solana on the same day as Nasdaq listing - Solana is the official Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 WSOP and WSOP Paradise while for the first time ever, zero-fee Solana crypto buy-ins via @moonpay. - Solana RWA value crossed $3B - @Mastercard brought Solana into Agent Pay for Machines, giving AI agents access to stablecoin and card-based payments 📰 Launches - @Ethena deployed $200M into Janus Henderson's AAA CLO fund (JAAA) via @centrifuge - @Backpack Securities entered Public Beta, allowing 24/5 execution of real US stocks - @Securitize expanded STAC, its tokenized AAA CLO fund to Solana - @SolanaFndn introduced the Frontier Traders VIP Program, an exclusive global community for top market makers - @PhoenixTrade activated 24/7 onchain equities trading with up to 20x leverage, starting with NVDA and AAPL - @metamask integrated @Titan_Exchange to power native Solana swaps - @Loopscale shipped Loopscale Earn, offering curated single-position vaults that automate fixed yield and lending - @wallet integrated 24/7 zero-fee trading for tokenized US stocks via its native DEX - @exodus launched Exodus Markets powered by @OndoFinance for tokenized equities - @solflare introduced Packs powered by @Collector_Crypt for in-wallet graded TCG slabs - @Helius acquired @LightProtocol to build zk privacy layer - @ArcherExchange_ integrated the @jito_sol BAM Maker Priority plugin - @Alchemy enabled direct Agent Wallet funding from its dashboard - @altitude launched Altitude Card, providing unlimited virtual Visa cards with up to 2% stablecoin cashback - @WalletConnect Pay went live, enabling onchain payments from connected wallets in seconds - @gachasports and @Collector_Crypt launched World Cup 2026 XP ticket packs, bringing real match-ticket drops into collectible packs - @pudgypenguins launched Vibes TCG Season 3 bundles - @afkdotfun released Launch Party V1, an anti-sniper token launch platform with automated take-profits - @wormwtf launched a free-to-enter exact-score prediction competition with a $200K prize pool - @TradeNeutral introduced Delta Neutral Arbitrage, a $1M-capacity strategy curated by Velox Trading Group - @event_mesh launched Tab Markets, aggregating news and prediction markets into tradable signals - @seedplex_io activated Venture Tokens on Solana to enable onchain startup investing - @peaq integrated @GEODNET via robotic. sh, allowing robots to pay for precise navigation using USDT on Solana - @waylearnlatam and @SolanaFndn launched the Solana Latam Labs Program to incubate over 50 projects - @fabric_vc and @wintermute_t partnered with Solana for R[3]sidency × Construct accelerator - @SuperteamBlack inducted its latest cohort of vetted Solana founders - Alatau City, Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of cooperation with the @SolanaFndn to develop a blockchain innovation ecosystem 📰 Milestones - @Backpack's SPCX shares via @sunrisedefi crossed $50M in volume in the first 24 hours - @Arcium reached 1M processed confidential computations - @Sorare saw 30M cards collected following the launch of its Colors game mode - @incubator received an all-time high of 363 applications for its Cohort 5 - @Mercuryo_io reported a 100% YoY increase in Solana on-ramp volume for early 2026 If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, please share it with an RT. Artwork by @foursixsix 🔥

spent the last few months chatting with young builders throughout Asia at @ns with @SuperteamMY @islanddao with @SuperteamTH and one common question kept coming up: should they join a startup or a large company? here are some of my thoughts

If you’re seeing this, you’re early. There are 200M–300M traders globally. Only ~1.3M have ever touched prediction markets. And if you already understand prediction markets are much bigger than yes/no bets, you’re even earlier. At @Dekantfi, we’re building a new market primitive where people can trade beliefs the way they actually think: not a side, not a bucket. your entire belief curve! So far, we’ve opened access to 50 handpicked early users. Now looking for more, If you’re a: - quant trader - discretionary trader (especially crypto majors) - prediction market trader - or anyone who thinks differently about markets DM Me.

Introducing the Solana RPC Working Group Its mission is to advance Solana's open-source RPC stack, making the read layer more accessible for all. Built in the open by @triton_one, @Helius, @JupiterExchange, @anza_xyz, and @SolanaFndn 🧵

Join us today in Bangkok with @beeman_nl for Shipping on @solanamobile Followed by a practice demo days for builders of all stages and we will wrap up the evening with dinner See you soon, anon

At @SuperteamTH's Solana workshop, @GuiBibeau showed the Solana Developer Platform: open-source, API-first building blocks for financial apps — custody, payments, RPC, compliance. His playbook: fork it, add keys, build on top. "Things I'd build: a neo bank…" So I built one 🧵