We’ve onboarded 800 students onto the SharkLabs Student Dashboard so far 🦈 These aren’t just signups. Students are completing quests, learning Solana development, tracking validator performance, and contributing across the ecosystem. And the number is only growing.

Massive respect to every student and club that showed up this season. Whether you placed or not, you contributed, learned, and helped build something real.

🔥 Top Students: @NovaBlockchain 🥇 DanielGluschuk — 15 SOL ($1,350) 🥈 thomas_morell — 5 SOL ($450) 🥉 MapleSyrup — 3.3 SOL (~$297)

🔥 Top Students: @dalbcs 🥇 @rittuvik — 15 SOL ($1,350) 🥈 @MatthewSullivn — 5 SOL ($450) 🥉 @devkp345 — 3.3 SOL (~$297)

🔥 Top Students: @42Blockchain_ 🥇 Beorlor — 15 SOL ($1,350) 🥈 theo — 5 SOL ($450) 🥉 iceywil — 3.3 SOL (~$297)

🏆 Top Clubs @42Blockchain_ — 10 SOL (~$900) @dalbcs — 10 SOL (~$900) @NovaBlockchain — 10 SOL (~$900) Each earning rewards for their club treasuries.

Season 2 is officially complete 🦈 Huge congrats to everyone who participated! This was our biggest and most competitive season yet. Check out the winners this season!👇

Great stop at Bentley 🦈 Walked through validators, staking, and how students can actually plug into Solana today. Appreciate everyone who came through.

Northeastern, we’re coming 🦈 On April 16th we’re hosting a live session on: • Solana validators & staking • Getting involved in the Solana ecosystem • SharkPool initiatives If you’re on campus, pull up!

Season 2 is coming down to the wire ⏳ Leaderboard is tightening up fast, @NovaBlockchain and @42Blockchain_ are neck to neck. With just 1 week left and $9K+ in prizes on the line (plus 10 SOL for top clubs), this is anyone’s game. Lock in. Clutch up. Finish strong.

Huge congrats to @pton_blockchain on cracking the top 4 for leader slot performance in March across all Solana validators🔥 University-run validators competing at this level isn’t a future narrative, it’s already happening now.

We just shipped an AI assistant inside the SharkLabs dashboard 🦈 It helps you: • navigate the platform faster • understand quests + features • get answers on validators & Solana Still in beta, try it out and tell us what to improve 👇

$SHARK connects everything: users → fees → validators → revenue → token holders Simple model. Strong alignment 🦈

Utility rolls out in phases: • Phase 1 → fee discounts (live) • Phase 2 → governance • Phase 3 → revenue share • Phase 4 → validator boost • Phase 5 → cross-chain expansion

Institutional flexibility Designed for different levels of exposure: • Fiat-only → no token interaction • Token-optional → fee discounts • Token-native → revenue share + governance + boosts No forced adoption.

Token flow example At $500K monthly revenue: • $50K (10%) → stakers • $25K (5%) → buybacks • $20K (20% of fees) → burned ~$45K+ net deflation monthly

Value accrual mechanisms Designed to be deflationary: • 20% of $SHARK fees burned • 5% of revenue → buybacks • staking locks reduce circulating supply Constant pressure on supply.

Priority access $SHARK holders get early access to: • new features • new chains • integrations + expansions Useful for funds + power users.

Validator boost (Phase 4) Stake $SHARK to increase delegation allocation. • more stake → stronger validators • stronger validators → better performance + rewards Aligns token holders with validator quality.