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Solana tops May app revenue but token falls for 8th straight month
Solana ranked No. 1 among blockchains in May by app revenue, totaling $90.62 million, while SOL ended the month lower for an eighth straight month. The report said network usage and token prices did not move in tandem, with SOL falling from around $220 in October to about $82 at May close and market value shrinking by roughly $78 billion to about $47 billion. Spot Solana ETFs recorded net inflows in May.
Crypto
Solana begins testing Alpenglow, its biggest consensus overhaul
Solana\'s next-generation consensus overhaul, Alpenglow, has started running on a community test cluster. The move lets validator operators test the new consensus software in conditions close to a live network before any mainnet rollout. The update aims to verify whether Solana can move to a faster structure, potentially cutting transaction finality from seconds to near real time. Developers are also testing the transition process, dubbed Alpenswitch.
Crypto
Institutions are accumulating different coins: 10 promising cryptocurrencies for 2026
The cryptocurrency market is expanding to about $2.7 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, reviving strategies focused on top market-cap assets, the report said. It cited institutional inflows, growth in spot ETFs and greater regulatory clarity as drivers of large-cap preference. Bitcoin and ether remain central, while USDT and USDC lead stablecoins. XRP, BNB and Solana were highlighted among altcoins, alongside Dogecoin, Tron and Hyperliquid in the top 10.
