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A $15T asset manager. A 175-year-old payments giant. A billion transactions in seven days. Different sides of finance, all moving through one network. Solana. Here’s everything that happened this week: 📰 Headline News - @BlackRock filed with the SEC to issue tokenized BRSRV fund shares on Solana - @WesternUnion launched its USDPT-powered Stablecard with @raincards across 37 markets - Solana processed a record 1.01B non-vote transactions in a single week 📰 Launches - Take-Two Interactive’s $TTWO stock went live on Solana via @sunrise, issued by @Backpack Securities - @kamino launched Kamino Institutional Yield with an initial $25M Commodity Yield vault - @AllUnityStable brought CHFAU, the first fully MiCAR-compliant Swiss franc stablecoin, to Solana - @perena introduced Smart Borrow, powered by @hobba_io, to borrow without sacrificing yield - @upshift_fi launched @sharpbytexyz’s RWA Ecosystem Vault, allocating to RWA cash flows including @onrefinance’s ONyc - @solomon_labs deployed the USDv program on Solana mainnet - @phygitals debuted a Solana-native RWA mobile app - @rarible opened its Solana marketplace, with @Claynosaurz as its first featured collection - @metaplex added real-time quotes, Jito tipping, and MEV protection to its trading interface - @nuketrade rolled out its public beta, bringing institutional-grade market-neutral strategies onchain - @Alchemy shipped Solana Account Archive for querying account states at any historical slot - @Titan_Exchange opened Titan Pro early access for CEX-style onchain spot trading - @triton_one launched Riptide endpoints and Triton Shred Streaming with @DoubleZero - @0xProject made its Swap API available on Solana - @SaharaAI enabled Solana trading on @HeySorinAI via @OKX OnchainOS - @TradeNeutral shipped Neutral Autopilot for automated strategy and yield optimization - SIMD-0525 cut testnet target slot time from 400ms to 350ms, the first step toward 200ms target - @satrush debuted SatRush, a gamified Bitcoin-mining reward protocol - @crittersquest launched Lucky Pick Mines on Solana - @magicblock and @SuperteamTH opened applications for the MagicBlock Founders Camp - Solana’s poker series returns at Breakpoint 2026 and WSOP Bahamas following the @WSOP Solana Showdown in Vegas - @SuperteamKorea set Solana Summit Korea for September 30 in Seoul - @solanaturbine opened Q3 applications for its revamped Builders Program - @spenders_club brings Solana Summer House back to LA on August 29 with @solanaspaces, @SolanaEvents, and @SolanaFndn 📰 Milestones - Solana captured ~$1.45B in July tokenized-equities volume, representing ~82% global market share - Tokenized Micron ($MU) shares topped $530M in spot volume within six weeks of launch - @ArcherExchange_ surpassed 1M trades on Solana - WSOP Solana Showdown crowned its first bracelet champion, @rasmr_eth - Frontier Traders crossed $1B in combined tokenized-equity spot and perps volume - @Rosentica One Arena crossed $3.3M in volume across 7.5K matches - @ShiftRWA crossed 1K unique tokenized-equity holders - @CandyDigital recorded its 5,000th digital collectible sale - @SolanaMBS marked five years since the Solana Monkey Business mint - @xStocksFi crossed 190K holders on Solana If you enjoyed this week’s newsletter, repost it! Artwork by @ket_on_solana