According to market data, SOL has broken through $100 and is currently trading at $100.24, with an intraday increase of 5.5%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk management.

Solana's DEX on February 1 was approximately 1.149 billion US dollars, a decrease of about 21% from the previous day's 1.461 billion US dollars, once again ranking first. In addition, the trading volume of Ethereum's DEX on the chain yesterday was 1.131 billion US dollars, ranking second; the trading volume of Arbitrum's DEX on the chain yesterday was approximately 503 million US dollars, ranking third.

We started the year with a note on belonging. I felt inspired to write about this because of our work on two protocols, one of which today’s issue covers extensively. In mid-to-late 2022, Solana was the industry’s darling due to its figureheads. SBF’s overarching influence on its ecosystem could not be understated. But in the following months, as FTX collapsed, so did the Solana ecosystem.

Data from Cryptoslma shows that the sales of NFTs on the Solana blockchain in January 2024 exceeded $239 million, a decrease of approximately 34.4% from December 2023's $365,406,366.78. In addition, the number of independent buyers and sellers of Solana-based NFTs in January exceeded 200,000, with over 455,000 transactions on the blockchain.

According to DeFiLlama data, stablecoins worth over $200 million flowed into Solana's network on January 31st (the day JUP was launched), setting a new record for the highest daily inflow since May 2022.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain technology, two distinct approaches have emerged in the design and implementation of these distributed ledgers: integrated and modular blockchains. Since the origins of public, decentralised and permissionless blockchains, architectures were often built in an integrated way: Bitcoin came first then XRP, Ethereum and many others followed suit for over a decade. The scaling trilemma arose in debates that a blockchain can only have two out of three properties: security, decentralisation and speed. As such, Ethereum’s roadmap has evolved to encompass Layer 2s, a modular way to scale Ethereum. Understanding the differences between these approaches, exemplified by Solana (integrated) and Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem (modular), provides insight into their respective architectures, roadmaps, and the impact on adoption and development.

According to data from The Block, the transaction volume on the Solana blockchain reached a new high in January. As of the end of January, the trading volume of SOL and SPL tokens on the Solana blockchain has soared to $951.9 billion, meaning the network's economic throughput has increased by 30% compared to December's $735.8 billion, which was the previous high point. The growth in Solana blockchain transaction activity is significantly higher than most of 2022 and 2023. For example, in September 2023, Solana network transaction volume hit a low of $40 billion.

1.Stellar Foundation recommends postponing smart contract upgrades after discovering bug2.Pudgy Penguins: The beta version of IP authorization platform OverpassIP is now online3.OSL has partnered with global insurance and reinsurance company Canopius to secure a new two-year custody insurance agreement4.After the spot Bitcoin ETF was approved, Bitcoin’s market capitalization dominance increased to 49.8%, while the share of altcoins and stablecoins fell.5.Linea: Linea Voyage XP tokens will be airdropped to qualified user wallets6.Google’s cryptocurrency-related advertising policy will be revised on January 29 and may cover Bitcoin ETF advertising7.Analyst: Charles Schwab may be interested in joining the spot Bitcoin ETF race8.The trading volume of DEX on the Ethereum chain yesterday was US$734 million, a decrease of approximately 43% from the previous day.9.Data: SOL/BTC ratio has grown 290% since October 202310.CFTC urges investors to be wary of AI-created crypto asset arbitrage algorithms

Solana chain Meme project DragonEgg is about to launch an airdrop, with a total supply of 60% of DGE (Dragon Egg) airdropped to millions of Solana wallet addresses. The airdrop application will open at 10:00 UTC-5 (23:00 UTC+8) on January 31 and will continue until February 8. Applicants can apply on the website degfinance.org on January 31.

Data disclosed by Glassnode shows that since October 2023, the SOL/BTC ratio has increased by 290%, fluctuating between 0.0011 and 0.0005 SOL/BTC. During this period, its performance has been significantly better than ETH, but unlike ETH, the price of SOL did not show any significant increase after the approval of Bitcoin spot ETF. In addition, the performance of altcoins in recent weeks has been disappointing, with ETH performing better than most altcoins and dominating the entire cryptocurrency market with a rise of 4.2%.