Solana is not just chasing adoption numbers this cycle. It is rebuilding its own foundation. Anza, the team spun out of Solana Labs, is developing a new consensus upgrade called Alpenglow to replace Proof of History and Tower BFT, the two systems Solana has run on since launch. At the same time, an asset manager has already filed for a spot Solana ETF that includes a staking component, meaning investors could get price exposure and yield in the same wrapper. Infrastructure upgrades rarely make headlines. They are usually what the headlines are about a year later. We track them now — Sovereign Collective, free, link in bio.