September Solana Ecosystem Call: Most Thrilling Live Event for All Lovers of Solana
The Solana Ecosystem call is one of the most significant convergences of Solana's best and brightest builders. This virtual event takes place every first Thursday of the month and is much anticipated by all lovers of the Solana blockchain. In a span of 60 minutes, everyone onboard the Zoom meetup call gets abreast of the latest events, projects, and alpha in the Solana ecosystem.
On the 7th of September 2023, the September Ecosystem call took place. lt was a thrilling call hosted by the exceptional Kash Dhanda. There were several highlights of the occasion which included: Wins of the month, world premiere, the introduction of special guests, alpha drops, work to earn, and finally, poap and giveaways.
Let’s now dive into the recap of the September ecosystem call and see some of its exciting features
Wins of the Month
The Solana Blockchain amassed several wins recently. The adoption of this blockchain by reputable investors is worthy of mention. The September Ecosystem call put a spotlight on some of this tremendous news
Win 1: Visa, the biggest payment company expands stablecoin settlement pilot to Solana
This signifies Super, fast and cheap, compliant cross-border payments for all transactions
Win 2: Maker, one of the largest defi protocols in all of crypto, is considering the Solana codebase for newchain.
More and more notable institutions are pitching their tent in Solana
Win 3: Shopify, one of the biggest e-commerce platforms has integrated Solana pay
An amazing development for the 4.4 million Shopify stores. They can now take payments with Solana. This is a huge milestone for the Solana Blockchain as it is gradually increasing in its real-world usage and adoption.
Win 4: Maple Finance has returned to Solana
With their amazing product features, Maple Finance proposes a stablecoin cash management for any treasury on Solana
Win 5: A Tokenized version of Bitcoin is launching on Solana
This exciting evolution opens a whole new universe of Defi opportunities for all BTC holders on Solana
Win 6: Over 15 million compressed NFTs were minted on Solana in August
Compressed NFTs are now taking over, with 55% of all NFTs on Solana. The cost of these NFTs is very cheap on Solana compared to other blockchains.
Win 7: Over 1M Solana staked on the new marinade native
The momentum is very impressive. A reminder to join the trend and stake your sol
Win 8: Phantom introduced sign-in with Solana
This thrilling feature is a nice plus to Solana dApps helping users sign in with just one simple click
Win 9: Membrane Finance brings the first euro stablecoin to Solana
More stablecoins are launching on Solana. This stablecoin will enable new use cases such as foreign exchange, euro payments, etc.
Win 10: Elusiv ships private token swaps with Jupiter as well
These private swaps will enable users and traders to decouple their public keys from on-chain activity. This helps them effectively hide their portfolio, P/L, and trading strategies.
Win 11: Kamino Finance launches creator vaults
This helpful tool is a license-free liquidity management primitive for Solana. It offers LP's opportunities to create their own strategy from scratch according to their preference.
Win 12: Solend protocol open-sourced brick
This ready-to-go program is one that can be quickly deployed to freeze functionality. Teams can use this to avoid damage after an exploit is detected
Win 13: Solarplex v2 is live
Solarplex is a new social network built on Solana. It's only been out for a few weeks and so far it has amassed:
100s of users posting every day
Over 1k average posts per day
More than 2k cnfts added to posts
20k likes added to posts
60+ genesis reaction trades on Tensor
Win 14: OPOS came to a close with 150+ submissions and 600+ participants
This shines the limelight on community-run hackathons as the future
Win 15: Hyperdrive has officially kicked off!
The hyperdrive hackathon is set to span from September 6 through October 15. There are $1M in prizes and seed funding for all participants. Interested people are welcome to register for this life-changing opportunity
These wins do not end here. This is just the tip of the iceberg. There has never been a perfect time to build on Solana. This blockchain is gradually gaining full momentum and finally getting the recognition it deserves.
World Premiere
Next up featured on the show was World premiere. This feature is an amazing ad that the superteam produced for the Solana global hackathon. This ad encourages anyone building something cool to do so on the superteam’s newly launched website where many interesting things can be found to build on.
The state of Solona as a great blockchain for building on was expressly discussed.
Special Guests
The Solana Ecosystem call had special guests who graced the occasion. One of the guests was the phenomenal Mike Dudas. The other was the exceptional Carl. These gentlemen have been long-term supporters of Solana. They took time to discuss why they believe so much in Solana to invest their time, effort, and resources in the blockchain.
Alpha Drops
Next on the program is Alpha drops. There were some reputable individuals featured in this segment. @hellochow from @MeteoraAG was available for the alpha drops. Tanner from @getcode was on hand to talk about the simplest way to send money. Joe from @maplefinance also graced the show with his presence enlightening everyone on alpha drops. Codigo was mentioned to be the last alpha drop for the month.
Work to Earn
The program also featured the several bounties available on the superteam work to earn platform. Anyone can win jobs and bounties worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Poap and Giveaways
Finally, this thrilling event ended on a happy note. There were giveaways in the form of poaps for the general audience.
The September Solana Ecosystem call was quite an amazing one for the Solana community. You definitely will not want to miss the next one. So hurry and sign up for the next one