Drift Protocol rebrands to Velocity DEX

Drift Protocol announced rebrand to Velocity DEX, following a $295.4M exploit. Private beta to launch soon with USDT-based perpetuals.

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📊 Solana keeps stacking milestones Big momentum in Q2: 🔸Tokenized stock transfer volume has crossed $10B for the first time. 🔸US spot Solana ETPs recorded more than $150M in net inflows during Q2 2026, with $BSOL accounting for roughly 65% of the total.

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$Drift is rebranding as Velocity. It will soon launch a special beta test for the relaunch of its derivatives exchange on Solana.

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$SOL is starting to look like a massive opportunity again. Just finished analyzing the weekly timeframe in SOLANA and the way its respecting these major support levels is telling. We are either building a base here for a clean rotation back up or testing the resolve of the market. Patience is the only edge right now. Watching closely.

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Solana $SOL | Cycle Bottom Pt 2. @AltcoinPsycho could be right. Solana looks like it's carving a bottom and the protocol's fundamentals have never been stronger: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ○ Firedancer is LIVE - shipping since Dec 2025 ○ Single-client fragility is gone ○ Alpenglow cleared governance at 98.3% = sub-second finality (~150ms) targeted for mainnet late 2026, vs ~13s today 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 ○ No major outage since Feb 2024 ○ Fees are basically free ~$0.001–0.003 a swap ○ Even Oct 2025's liquidation stress topped ~$0.007 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 ○ #1 chain by app revenue ○ $257M in Q2, 9 straight quarters ahead of L1/L2's ○ ~4.3M daily active addresses ○ DEX volume now level with $ETH (~$43B vs ~$46B, 30d) 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 ○ TradFi is settling here - Visa, Western Union and Stripe all clear $USDC on Solana ○ ~$12–16B in stablecoins, $PYUSD +500% Y/Y ○ Token-2022 is the default rail for new institutional coins 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗶𝗱 ○ Spot SOL ETFs live + staking-enabled ○ ~$1B+ cumulative inflows since Oct 2025 launch ○ Public treasuries hold ~3% of supply (~16–18.5M SOL) 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ○ ~68% of supply staked at ~5.7–6% ○ One of the highest staking ratios in crypto ○ Inflation down to ~3.8% from an 8% start ○ SIMD-0550 (a live proposal) would double disinflation — ~$1.5B less future supply Reliable, near-free, #1 in revenue and now the institutionally bid could revive Solana momentum

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“It's a thing of beauty, the concept alone should give orgasm to any Solana maxi, decentralised maxi, DeFi maxi! “

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Solana is currently showing further strength, continuing its recovery from the $67–52 target zone. 👀 The Bottom Anomaly Score of approximately 89.6 had already signaled a historically notable bottoming environment: Price low. Stress high. Attention low. The key question now is: Has $SOL already formed its bottom, or is the current rally merely a temporary reaction? Ready for a fresh #SOL analysis? 💪 KNOWLEDGE IS WEALTH. RECOGNIZE TRENDS. TRADE PROACTIVELY. TSC | Trend Serra Capital.

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onchain options on solana are the quiet big bet i'm placing low fees + instant finality make native option vaults possible if perps liquidity plugs in, we get real-time spreads and native hedging watch protocol-level option products incoming 👀