TomQH

THIS WEEK ON SOLANA: - @Titan_Exchange raised a $7 million seed round led by @galaxyhq Ventures, launched its meta-aggregator to the public, and introduced the Titan Prime API. - @thevaultfinance launched the Season 1 option exercise window, kicked off the Season 2 points system, and surpassed $400 million in TVL, a new all-time high. - @hylo_so hit $60 million in TVL and surpassed 100K $SOL staked to its validator, driven largely by its LSTs, hyloSOL and hyloSOL+. - @MeteoraAG launched NFT Distributor Airdrop Mechanic, where users can choose between a direct token drop or an NFT that represents an active liquidity position in the token/USDC. - @jup_lend introduced SDK for user-owned Liquidation Bot, allowing anyone to permissionlessly build and run their own bot on top of Lend. - @solanamobile announced winners of its first hackathon, awarding $100K in prizes and dApp Store placement to 10 grand prize winners: @nomadz_co, @gibdotmeme, @blormmy, @SP3NDdotshop, @be_plutus, @memeshot_app, @deplaydotfun, @DojoDuel, @Scrollyfeed, and @mattlefun. - @reflectmoney launched USDC+, a yield-bearing stablecoin backed by liquid deposits in blue-chip money markets on Solana mainnet. - @defidevcorp added 62,745 $SOL to its treasury, bringing total holdings to 2,095,748 $SOL. - @FWDind acquired 6.82 million $SOL for $1.58 billion as it kicked off its @solana Treasury Strategy. - Sharps Technology, one of Solana’s top DATs with over 2 million $SOL in holdings, partnered with @bonk_inu to stake part of its treasury in BonkSOL. - @21Shares launched the Raydium ETP (ARAY) in Europe, giving investors access to $RAY via banks and brokerages. - @HeliusHSDT raised a $500 million oversubscribed PIPE led by @PanteraCapital and Summer Capital to launch a Solana treasury company. - @CMEGroup announced plans to launch $SOL futures on October 13, pending regulatory approval. - @asymmetric_re identified a vulnerability in a @marginfi update that broke flash loan logic, allowing borrowing without repayment and putting $160M at risk. The issue was patched with no user funds lost. - @thesaberdao passed a proposal to wind down and transition into Toolbox DAO, which will maintain and upgrade SaberDAO’s existing open-source tools. - @oursolmate raised an oversubscribed $300 million round led by UAE-based @PulsarGroupAE and @Rockaway_X, with backing from @ARKInvest, to launch a Solana DAT. - $SOL reclaimed the $250 level for the first time in nine months.