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Introduction

The gaming industry is growing exponentially. It now exceeds $250 billion annually - larger than the film and music industries combined. While gaming is ripe for disruption, attempts to bring blockchain gaming to mainstream audiences have largely fallen short due to fragmentation, complexity, and poor user experiences.

Enter Portal, a cross-chain Web3 gaming ecosystem and publishing platform that is uniting games and gamers across chains. The sector’s next growth cycle will be powered by Web3; a shift that enables the move to player-owned economies. Through market-leading products and a cross-chain token (PORTAL), Portal is the mainstream access point into blockchain gaming, giving millions of gamers the ability to own, customize, and trade in-game assets from the IPs they love. 

What Is Portal?

Portal was publicly launched in 2023 with the mission of onboarding the first billion gamers into Web3. Portal's interoperable ecosystem allows players to seamlessly discover and play a wide variety of games across chains with one single token and identity.

At the center is the Portal Discovery Platform, a universal storefront with a seamless user experience connecting 200+ Web3 games at launch. Users can also manage their assets through the Portal Gaming Wallet and access exclusive drops via the Portal Launchpad. Gamers can discover the best of Web3 gaming at the touch of a button. Whether it’s through the platform, wallet or Launchpad, Portal’s seamless UX and world-class network make it the entry point for the next wave of Web3 gamers.

With a distribution network across esports and gaming, Portal is acquiring gamers via all channels. Partners include M80gg and Team Chronic, to name a few, allowing Web3 games to reach massive new audiences via the Portal Esports. Representation by WME Endeavour, the largest talent agency in the world, gives Portal unique access to mainstream entertainment.

The Portal Advisory Board is another unique asset giving Portal the edge in their mission to take Web3 gaming mainstream. Advisors include Jamie King, the Co-founder of Rockstar Games; John Yao, CEO of Team Secret; Matt Dixon, ex Head of BizDev at EA Games; Russell Hanson, CSO of Consensys, and many more. 

How Does Portal Work?

Portal leverages several key technologies:

Cross-chain PORTAL token - Built on LayerZero, the PORTAL token enables frictionless transactions between games and chains. Players only need to hold PORTAL to interact with all partner games.

Unified identity - Portal Passport provides single sign-on across Web3 games, accessible with mainstream logins.

Node architecture - Portal nodes create a synchronization layer, combining Portal's Web3 gaming engine with growth opportunities for those looking to build.

Blockchain abstraction - Portal's platform handles all on-chain interactions behind the scenes, allowing games to plug in without building complex systems themselves.

What Makes Portal Unique?

Portal is solving key pain points in Web3 gaming:

Fragmentation - With one token and a single identity layer, Portal unites siloed communities across chains. Players can access all partner games with PORTAL.

UI/UX - Blockchain gaming is complex for average users. Portal abstracts this away through seamless wallet/identity integrations and mainstream distribution.

Web2 onramp - Portal attracts new audiences through esports activations (for example our recent DOTA2 World Invitationals 2024 with over 4 million unique views), tournaments, IP partnerships, and an enormous network across gaming.

Through a combination of world-class distribution and seamless user experience, Portal helps accelerate Web3 gaming adoption.

Fundamentally, Portal wants to make the blockchain invisible. Players should be able to play any game on any chain seamlessly without the typical hurdles, e.g., cross-chain activity, private key storage, wallet setup, etc. Portal removes one of the key issues facing mainstream adoption of Web3 games - a user experience full of hurdles and frictions.

Portal's key advantages include its cross-chain infrastructure, gaming-specific wallet, publishing tools, and mainstream distribution channels. 

The PORTAL Token

PORTAL is the token powering Portal’s Web3 gaming ecosystem. It’s a utility and governance token that enables:

Cross-chain gaming transactions.

Staking rewards on Portal Launchpad offering unique access to the most-sought after launches.

Access to exclusive Launchpad and esports drops.

Discounts and earning boosts on the Portal platform.

Preferential access to the Node Program.

As the Portal ecosystem takes its place at the heart of the gaming space, PORTAL will underpin everything. From transactions across hundreds of games on 50+ blockchains, to accessing our market-leading products, and connecting with mainstream game IPs, holding PORTAL is your key to accessing the future of gaming. 

Where Can I Buy PORTAL?

You can purchase PORTAL on Binance in two ways. First, you can use a credit or debit card with selected fiat currencies. Head to Binance's [Buy Crypto with Debit/Credit Card] page, select the currency you want to use and choose PORTAL in the bottom field. Click [Continue] to confirm your purchase and further instructions.

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Introduction
Bitcoin, often called “digital gold,” has long been considered a good store of value and a hedge against fiat depreciation. However, many holders keep their Bitcoin idle in their wallets. While Bitcoin’s strength lies in its security and scarcity, its use in financial applications has been limited until recently.

The Solv Protocol changes this by empowering Bitcoin holders with new opportunities. Through lending, staking, yield generation, and investment options, Solv connects Bitcoin to the worlds of decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized finance (CeFi), and traditional finance.

What Is Solv Protocol?
Solv Protocol is a platform that offers a comprehensive set of financial services for Bitcoin holders, including lending, liquid staking, yield generation, and fund management. Powered by a large on-chain Bitcoin reserve, Solv unlocks the potential of Bitcoin’s $1 trillion market.

By bridging traditional finance (like ETFs and bonds), centralized finance (like crypto exchanges), and decentralized finance (blockchain-based apps), Solv enables both individual and institutional investors to go beyond simply holding Bitcoin. Instead, users can generate returns and integrate their assets into a broader financial ecosystem. Solv is driving the next wave of Bitcoin finance, making it a more versatile and productive asset.

Key Features
Solv Protocol stands out through four core pillars that define its unique approach:

1. A Bitcoin reserve for everyone
Solv maintains a large on-chain Bitcoin reserve for retail and institutional Bitcoin holders, and is fully backed by BTC at a 1:1 ratio. Unlike other Bitcoin reserves, it actively generates yields through opportunities in DeFi, CeFi and TradFi for Bitcoin. Solv recently successfully launched the first phase of its Bitcoin Reserve Offering (BRO), attracting institutional capital.

2. Bitcoin lending with SolvBTC
SolvBTC enables seamless Bitcoin lending, allowing users to borrow funds using their Bitcoin as collateral without selling it. For example, a holder can lock Bitcoin in Solv to borrow stablecoins, accessing liquidity for investments or expenses while retaining Bitcoin ownership. This feature enhances capital efficiency and opens doors to both DeFi and CeFi lending markets.

3. Bitcoin yield with xSolvBTC
xSolvBTC is a liquid yield-bearing Bitcoin, generating low-risk returns for users. Users can stake SolvBTC to receive xSolvBTC, which remains liquid for use in DeFi activities like providing liquidity or collateral. It’s an ideal way to grow Bitcoin holdings passively while maintaining flexibility in the blockchain ecosystems.

4. Bitcoin funds
Solv’s Bitcoin Funds provide access to over 40 investment strategies across DeFi, CeFi, and traditional finance. Options include liquidity provision on decentralized exchanges, risk-adjusted trading in CeFi markets, and exposure to real-world assets like ETFs or bonds. These curated funds cater to diverse risk appetites, offering a streamlined way to diversify and grow Bitcoin assets.

Solv Ecosystem
Decentralized finance (DeFi)
Solv operates on over 15 blockchains, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Berachain and Avalanche. It integrates with more than 50 DeFi protocols like Uniswap, Morpho, and Pendle. This allows users to:

Lend Bitcoin for interest.

Provide liquidity to earn trading fees.

Use Bitcoin as collateral to mint stablecoins.

Partnerships with projects like Babylon Labs, Ethena and Jupiter Exchange bring Bitcoin-based yields, while Chainlink ensures transparency with proof of reserves. Solv also collaborates with risk managers like Gauntlet and Chaos Labs for system safety. These collaborations create a vibrant DeFi environment for Bitcoin holders.

Centralized finance (CeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi)
Solv extends Bitcoin’s reach into CeFi and traditional finance through partnerships with exchanges like Binance and institution-grade custodians such as Cobo and Copper. These connections enable secure Bitcoin management and access to traditional investments, like real-world assets (e.g., ETFs or bonds), blending crypto’s innovation with established financial systems.

This interconnected ecosystem ensures Bitcoin holders can explore diverse opportunities—whether earning DeFi yields or tapping into TradFi or RWA—all from one platform.

SOLV Token
The SOLV token is the core token of the Solv’s ecosystem, serving as both a governance and utility asset. It empowers users to:

Participate in governance: Vote on platform upgrades, new features, or policy changes, giving the community a voice in Solv’s future.

Access benefits: Use SOLV for potential fee discounts or staking rewards, enhancing the user experience.

While the Bitcoin Reserve Offering (BRO)—a $100 million initiative—is exclusive to institutional investors, it strengthens Solv’s protocol-owned Bitcoin reserve. The Bitcoin contributed through BRO is used to generate returns via lending, staking, and investments. These profits bolster the platform’s ecosystem, indirectly increasing the value and utility of SOLV tokens for all holders.

This creates a positive cycle: institutional contributions grow the reserve, returns enhance Solv’s offerings, and SOLV holders benefit from a thriving platform. In essence, SOLV connects users to the growing potential of Bitcoin finance.

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What Is Rootstock?

Rootstock is a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution that brings smart contract functionality to Bitcoin, enabling fast, cheap, and scalable decentralized applications (DApps) while maintaining Bitcoin’s security.

Rootstock is secured by over 80% of Bitcoin’s hash power through merge mining, ensuring that every transaction benefits from the same proof-of-work security as Bitcoin itself. Unlike the Lightning Network, which is optimized for fast payments, Rootstock is Bitcoin’s DeFi Layer, allowing developers to build everything from lending protocols to decentralized exchanges while using Bitcoin as collateral.

Thanks to Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, Rootstock supports Solidity-based smart contracts and popular Ethereum tools, making it easy for developers to migrate their applications from Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and other EVM-compatible networks. Rootstock’s first whitepaper was published in 2015, and the network went live in 2018.

What Is rBTC?

Rootstock’s ecosystem runs on rBTC, a 1:1 BTC-pegged token that powers transactions and smart contract execution on the network. Users can bridge BTC into Rootstock, converting it into rBTC via the PoWPeg, a secure, permissionless bridge to Bitcoin. Once on Rootstock, Bitcoin can be used in DeFi applications like LayerBank, Uniswap, and SushiSwap, allowing holders to earn yield without selling their BTC.

As of March 2025, over 2,500 BTC have been bridged into Rootstock, fueling its growing DeFi ecosystem.

What Is RIF?

RIF stands for Rootstock Infrastructure Token and is also known as the Bitcoin Scaling Token. Built to accelerate Bitcoin DeFi adoption on Rootstock by powering incentives, infrastructure, and interoperability, RIF offers an easy way to access and engage with Bitcoin’s DeFi space.

Why RIF?

One of RIF’s biggest use cases is RootstockCollective, a DAO designed to decentralize and grow the Rootstock network. When staked, RIF becomes stRIF, unlocking governance voting, grant applications, and rewards paid in Bitcoin and RIF. RIF also powers other protocols like a censorship-resistant stablecoin called USDRIF and a protocol called RNS, which replaces wallet addresses with human-readable usernames.

RIF gives the wider world of Web3 exposure to the success of Bitcoin DeFi on Rootstock by being easily available on the top exchanges like Binance, leading blockchains including Rootstock Base, Arbitrum, and Ethereum, and DeFi protocols like Uniswap, Sushiswap, LayerBank, Tropykus, and more.

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Where All the SEC Cases Are
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped or paused over a dozen ongoing cases (and lost one) since U.S. President Donald Trump retook office just over two months ago and appointed Commissioner Mark Uyeda as acting chair.
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One left?
The narrative
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have closed almost all of its outstanding crypto-related cases — at least the publicly disclosed ones — in the last two months since Mark Uyeda took over as acting chair of the agency. In many of the court filings, the SEC argued that it needs to pull these cases while the regulator's new crypto task force reassesses how exactly it applies securities laws to digital assets, though in at least some of these cases the SEC is leaving itself no recourse to sue again should it find some cryptos from previously active suits are indeed securities.
Why it matters
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Breaking it down
Ripple: Ripple announced it had reached an agreement with the SEC to drop both the SEC's appeal of a federal judge's 2023 ruling and RIpple's cross-appeal. Ripple will receive back $75 million of the $125 million fine it was assessed by a federal judge. The agreement does not yet appear to be on the public court docket.
Coinbase: Coinbase announced last month it had reached an agreement with the SEC to drop the regulator's ongoing case against it. The SEC filed to withdraw the case with prejudice — meaning it cannot bring the same charges again — and a judge signed off on the withdrawal at the end of February. The SEC alleged that Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC), Sandbox (SAND), Filecoin (FIL), Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Flow (FLOW), Internet Computer (ICP), Near (NEAR), Voyager (VGX), Dash (DASH) and Nexo (NEXO) all appeared to be traded as securities in its initial lawsuit.
ConsenSys: The SEC said it would drop its case against ConsenSys over the MetaMask wallet, CEO Joe Lubin said last month, and a joint stipulation dismissing the case with prejudice was filed on March 27. A court docket entry dated March 28 said the civil case was terminated.
Kraken: The SEC told Kraken it would drop its case against the exchange alleging it violated securities laws and commingled customer and corporate funds earlier this month. A joint stipulation dismissing the case was filed on March 27, though a judge does not appear to have signed off just yet.
Cumberland DRW: The SEC told Cumberland DRW it would drop its case alleging it was acting as an unregistered securities dealer earlier this month. The SEC and Cumberland filed a motion to stay proceedings on March 18, saying "the parties have agreed in principle to dismiss this litigation with prejudice" but needed three weeks to work out the details. The judge overseeing the case granted the motion, ordering the parties to file a joint status report by April 8 unless the dismissal filing is on the docket by then.
Pulsechain: A federal judge dismissed the SEC's suit against Pulsechain and HEX, saying the agency did not plausibly show that the project targeted U.S. investors and that it had jurisdiction over the case. The SEC has until April 21 to file an amended complaint.
Immutable: The SEC told Immutable Labs it closed its investigation into the Web3 gaming firm, it said earlier this week.
Yuga Labs: The SEC closed its investigation into Yuga Labs, the NFT firm said earlier this month.
Robinhood: The SEC told trading platform Robinhood it closed its investigation into the company, it said late last month.
OpenSea: The SEC closed its investigation into OpenSea, the NFT marketplace's CEO said late last month.
Uniswap: The SEC closed its investigation into Uniswap Labs, the firm announced last month.
Gemini: The SEC closed its investigation into Gemini, co-founder Cameron Winklevoss said last month.
Binance: The SEC and Binance (alongside the various affiliated parties/co-defendants) filed to pause the regulator's case for 60 days in early February. The judge overseeing the case paused the case until April 14, ordering the parties to file a joint status report by then. The SEC alleged commingling violations alongside securities law violations, as well as allowing U.S. persons to trade on the global platform.
Tron Foundation: The SEC and the Tron Foundation (alongside the various affiliated parties/co-defendants named) filed to pause the SEC's case for 60 days in late February. The judge overseeing the case granted the motion, which should bring the new deadline to around April 27 (a Sunday). The SEC alleged market manipulation and fraud, alongside securities law-related registration violations.
Crypto.com: Crypto.com announced on March 27 that the SEC had closed its case into the crypto exchange and would not take any enforcement action. Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, is also partnering with the exchange to issue exchange-traded products.
Unicoin: Unicoin appears to be the only publicly-disclosed ongoing investigation by the SEC, though its CEO has asked the agency to close that investigation as well.
HAWK: On Thursday, Haliey Welch, whose "HAWK" token appeared to pump and dump (falling from a $491 million market cap to under $100 million within minutes) when it launched last year, told TMZ that the SEC had closed its investigation into her as well.
Stories you may have missed
Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Confirms Dollar Stablecoin Plans With BitGo: World Liberty Financial is launching USD1, a stablecoin, on the Ethereum and BNB Chain networks.
Trump Media Wants to Partner with Crypto.Com for ETP Issuance: Trump Media, the company behind the Truth Social social network, wants to launch crypto exchange-traded products with Crypto.com.
U.S. House Stablecoin Bill Poised to Go Public, Lawmaker Atop Crypto Panel Says: The House's latest stablecoin bill draft more closely aligns with the Senate's GENIUS Bill, which passed out of committee already, Rep. Bryan Steil said at the Digital Chamber's annual conference.
Trump-Tied World Liberty Financial Pitches Its Stablecoin in Washington With Don Jr.: Donald Trump Jr. and other World Liberty Financial leaders promoted its new stablecoin at the Chamber event.
SEC Drops Investigation into Web3 Gaming Firm Immutable: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped another investigation, this time into Immutable.
Shuttered Russian Crypto Exchange Garantex Rebrands as Grinex, Global Ledger Finds: Garantex is an exchange sanctioned by the U.S. and seized by international law enforcement officials. That does not appear to have stopped some of its operators from rebranding it as Grinex and launching anew, based on on-chain and off-chain data.
Crypto Bill to Combat Illicit Activity Gets New Push After Passing U.S. House in 2024: Reps. Zach Nunn and Jim Himes have reintroduced the Financial Technology Protection Act.
President Trump Pardons Arthur Hayes, 2 Other BitMEX Co-Founders: U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Sam Reed, the co-founders of BitMEX. The three had all previously pleaded guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations and were sentenced to parole.
Sei Foundation Explores Buying 23andMe to Put Genetic Data on Blockchain: This headline is self-explanatory, though I would love to know more about what it would mean to put individuals' genetic data on an immutable public ledger.
This week
Thursday
14:00 UTC (10:00 a.m. ET) Paul Atkins and Jonathan Gould (among others) faced the Senate Banking Committee for their confirmation hearing. Outside of Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asking questions about Sam Bankman-Fried's parents (and a few other passing references to FTX's collapse), there were no crypto-related questions.
Elsewhere:
(The Atlantic) Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said he was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat by National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, which contained other key figures in the Trump Administration and where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about an imminent strike on Yemen hours before it occurred. Middle East envoy (and World Liberty Financial investor) Steve Witkoff confirmed that he was part of the group through one of his "personal devices," rather than his government-issued secure phone. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence and John Ratcliffe, the director of the CIA, said the messages were not classified, and The Atlantic published them.
(Wired) A Venmo account named "Michael Waltz" that Wired reports was "connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him" left its transactions public until after the news organization reached out about it.
(The Verge) U.S. President Donald Trump fired Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, both Democrats, reportedly in violation of a Supreme Court precedent. Both have since sued Trump contesting the firings.
(The Washington Post) The IRS is projecting it will collect $500 billion less in 2025 than 2024, the Post reported.
(The New York Times) "SpaceX is positioning itself to see billions of dollars in new federal contracts or other support," the Times reported.

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Learn more About Solana

How Does Solana Work?

Solana is a third-generation Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain that has implemented a number of innovations to facilitate high throughput, fast transactions, and low fees: 

Solana Virtual Machine (SVM): the execution environment that processes transactions and smart contracts.

Parallelization: Allows multiple smart contracts to run concurrently, enabling a large number of transactions to be processed at any given time.

Proof of History (PoH): A method of timestamping transactions before they are added to the blockchain, leading to much faster processing times (more on this soon).

Tower BFT: A PoH-optimized version of the traditional Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) systems.

Turbine: A block propagation protocol that keeps the network in sync.

Gulf Stream: A transaction forwarding protocol that minimizes the amount of memory required by validators (the computer nodes that confirm transactions).

Token Extensions: a set of rich functionality natively built into the token program that allows for complex behaviors and use cases.

Together, these features create a high-performance network that has 0.4s block times and can process thousands of TPS. To put this into perspective, Bitcoin’s block time is around 10 minutes, and Ethereum’s roughly 15 seconds.

Thanks to Proof of History (PoH) and parallelization, the Solana network can match the performance of centralized systems, all on a decentralized, permissionless global blockchain.

Proof of History (PoH)

In most blockchains, figuring out the exact order of transactions can be tricky. This is because there’s no shared clock to tell all the computers (nodes) in the network when something happens. Solana solves this with a unique system called Proof of History (PoH), which acts like a built-in clock for the blockchain.

Proof of History creates a timeline of events using a process called hashing. Hashing takes data and runs it through a special formula, producing a unique string of letters and numbers. In PoH, this process happens repeatedly:

A piece of data (like a transaction) is put through a hash formula.

The result is used as the input for the next hash.

This continues in a chain, creating a sequence that “represents” the exact order of events.

Each step in this chain is like a timestamp, proving when an event happened in relation to others (e.g., which transaction came first). Once the chain is created, it’s almost impossible to change, making it secure and trustworthy.

In other words, PoH functions by generating a cryptographic sequence that proves the passage of time between events. This is achieved through a continuous process of hashing data using the SHA-256 algorithm, where each hash output serves as the input for the next hash. The unique sequence created reflects the order and time intervals of blockchain transactions.

Benefits of Proof of History

By embedding a verifiable timeline into the blockchain, PoH offers several advantages:

Improved efficiency: Validators can process transactions more quickly without waiting for consensus on time and ordering of transactions.

Enhanced security: The immutable sequence of hashes makes it difficult for malicious actors to alter the order of transactions.

Scalability: PoH enables the network to handle a much higher volume of transactions by streamlining the validation process.

In summary, Proof of History is like a built-in watch for Solana’s blockchain. It’s not a consensus mechanism but a way of shortening the time spent confirming the order of transactions. When combined with PoS, selecting the next validator for a block becomes safer and easier.

Transaction fees

Solana has very low fees, with the average transaction costing as low as $0.02. Low fees can remove some of Web3’s greatest barriers to entry since gas fees on other chains can add significant costs to a single purchase.

However, in periods of high traffic, the fees can rise to $0.30 or more (e.g., when the Trump meme coin was launched in early 2025).

Energy efficiency

Solana’s nodes need much less time and fewer resources to validate transactions. There is no mining like Proof of Work (PoW) blockchains. This makes the Solana network one of the most energy-efficient blockchains.

The Solana Foundation, the non-profit dedicated to securing and supporting the Solana ecosystem, releases regular third-party audits on Solana’s energy impact, as well as how it compares to other blockchain projects and their average household usage. A report published in September 2024 stated that, since the December 2023 report, Solana “has reduced its carbon footprint by 69%.”

What Is SOL?

SOL is Solana’s native cryptocurrency. It uses the SPL protocol, which is Solana’s token standard (analogous to the ERC-20 standard on Ethereum).

The Solana network burns SOL as part of its deflationary model. The SOL coin has two main use cases:

Paying for transaction fees incurred when using the network or smart contracts.

Staking coins as part of the PoS consensus mechanism.

SOL staking

SOL holders can stake their coins as part of the blockchain’s PoS consensus mechanism. With a compatible crypto wallet like Phantom, you can stake your SOL with validators who process the network’s transactions. Successful validators can then share rewards with those who have staked with them. This reward mechanism incentivizes validators and delegators to act in the network’s best interest. 

Alternatively, you can stake your SOL with Binance while enjoying the benefits of using BNSOL, which allows users to retain liquidity while still earning staking rewards.

Solana Validator Costs

SOL holders can also become network validators if they wish, but that is often done by large holders due to the high maintenance costs. Although there are no minimum requirements to be a Solana validator, you will have to spend a significant amount of SOL every year due to voting transaction fees.

As of January 2025, the estimates are around 354 SOL/year or 0.97 SOL/day. This means you will likely need tens of thousands of users delegating their stakes to your node in order to be profitable.

The Solana Ecosystem

The Solana ecosystem has grown massively since the launch of its mainnet in 2020. As of January 2025, there are over 4 million active wallets and thousands of developers on the Solana network. 

Solana’s fast transactions and high throughput have made it the network of choice for several Web3 use cases, such as:

Decentralized finance (DeFi): Solana powers numerous DeFi applications, offering users access to services like lending, borrowing, and trading without intermediaries.

Payments: The Solana Pay protocol has powered an ecosystem of frictionless payment structures that can settle payments in seconds.

Games and entertainment: Processing large transactions with minimal lag time opens up Web3 use cases for games, entertainment, and metaverse capabilities.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs): The platform is home to a growing number of NFT projects, enabling creators to mint, trade, and showcase digital art and collectibles.

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN): Real-world networks that leverage blockchain technology. DePIN extends blockchain's decentralization principles to tangible infrastructure like energy grids and supply chains.

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U.S. assets dumped, with dollar at three-year low vs euro

Safe-haven currencies yen and Swiss franc surge

Gold notches another record high

European markets closed for Easter Monday

SINGAPORE, April 21 (Reuters) - Asian equities and U.S. stock futures slid on Monday as anxiety over tariffs and criticism of the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump shook investor confidence, pushing the dollar sharply lower and catapulting safe-haven gold to a record high.

Trump launched a scathing attack against Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, with his team evaluating whether they could fire Powell, a move that would cast doubts about the central bank's independence and further erode faith in U.S. assets.

Most markets were closed on Friday and some, including most of Europe, remained on holiday for Easter Monday, leading to thin liquidity.

S&P 500 futures fell 0.75% and Nasdaq futures slid 0.8%. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei (.N225), opens new tab and Taiwan's benchmark index (.TWII), opens new tab were down more than 1% but Chinese stocks inched higher.

"Markets are already on edge due to escalating geopolitical tensions, and now concerns are rising that Trump's potential interference with the Fed could add another layer of uncertainty," said Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo in Singapore.

Any signs of political pressure on monetary policy could undermine the Fed’s independence and complicate the path ahead for interest rates just as investors are looking for stability amid global volatility."

Trump's tariffs have roiled financial markets and triggered a selloff in Treasuries and the dollar in April that stoked doubt in the long-held belief in the safe-haven status of U.S. assets.

The drop in confidence in U.S. assets has been exacerbated by Trump's attacks on the Fed and Powell through last week.

The relentless selling in the dollar led euro to a three-year high on Monday, while the yen hit a seven-month peak. The Swiss franc strengthened to its highest against the dollar in over 10 years.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday that he hopes the United States is not moving to an environment where the ability of the central bank to set monetary policy independent of political pressure is questioned thus will take adequate steps

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what is USDC

What Is USDC?

Launched in 2018 by Circle, a prominent global fintech company, USDC is designed to mirror the stability of the US dollar while leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology. Each USDC digital asset is fully reserved in order to maintain 1:1 value and redeemability with the US dollar. 

The purpose of USDC is to facilitate fast transactions, cost-effective payments, and frictionless trading opportunities in a global context. With its transparency and regulatory compliance, USDC has established itself as a trustworthy player in the cryptocurrency space.

How Does USDC Work?

USDC operates on most of the world’s major blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Sui, and more. As a fully reserved stablecoin, every issued USDC is backed by an equivalent US dollar or cash-equivalent assets held in regulated financial institutions. This means that holders can redeem their USDC at any time for the equivalent amount in USD, ensuring its stability as a digital dollar.

Technical aspects

While USDC is primarily built on Ethereum's blockchain as an ERC-20 token, it is also supported on many other blockchains to boost its widespread accessibility. USDC is natively issued on more than 15 blockchains according to their respective tokenization standards for seamless interoperability across each on-chain ecosystem.

Instant settlements

One of the standout features of USDC is its ability to facilitate near-instant settlements. Unlike traditional banking infrastructure, which can take several days to process transactions, USDC transactions can settle in mere seconds, and aren’t affected by banking hour limitations like nights, weekends, or holidays. This frictionless experience positions USDC as a powerful tool for peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions and cross-border payments among a multitude of additional use cases.

What Makes USDC Unique?

USDC distinguishes itself in the market through a combination of several unique value propositions:

Open and accessible: USDC connects people globally, designed to be accessible to everyone. With its near-instant availability, users can send, spend, save, and trade with USDC almost anywhere in the world, creating opportunities for financial inclusivity.

Regulation and transparency: Issued by Circle, USDC adheres to strict regulatory standards, ensuring that its reserves are well-managed and fully backed. Circle provides monthly attestation reports that confirm the status of USDC reserves, promoting a high level of trust among users.

Secure and frictionless: USDC provides a more secure way to exchange value compared to traditional payment methods. It moves seamlessly and securely around the world, enabling users to send USDC across borders in seconds, without the need for a bank account.

Cost efficiency: Transactions using USDC can be executed for as low as fractions of a cent, making it a cost-effective option for global payments compared to traditional methods that incur significant fees as payments are routed through multiple intermediaries.