ChainCatcher news reports that, according to official sources, the Solana ecosystem's re-staking protocol Fragmetric has completed a $5 million strategic financing round, led by Rockaway Capital, with participation from Robot Ventures, Amber Group, Hypersphere, and BitGo.It is said that this round of financing comes just a month after its $7 million seed round, bringing Fragmetric's total funding to $12 million. This financing will be used to expand fragAsset and further advance its mission to build a reliable and innovative re-staking platform.According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Fragmetric is Solana's native liquidity re-staking protocol, with a vision to enhance the security and economic potential of the Solana ecosystem. By leveraging Solana's token expansion, Fragmetric effectively implements NCN reward distribution. Additionally, Fragmetric has designed a practical solution, the standardized token program, to utilize various LSTs within the re-staking platform. Fragmetric's mission is to build a secure, transparent, and efficient re-staking infrastructure that empowers users and supports the stability of the Solana re-staking ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, 4 hours ago, the USDC issuer USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC (approximately 249,973,750 USD) on the Solana chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the Fidelity Solana Fund has been registered in the state of Delaware, USA.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Volatility Shares will launch two Solana (SOL) futures ETFs on March 20, namely the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT).According to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the management fee for the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) is 0.95% until June 30, 2026, after which the management fee will increase to 1.15%. The Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF will offer investors 2x leverage, with a management fee of 1.85%.This application is the first ETF based on Solana in the U.S., following the launch of SOL futures contracts by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data, Circle minted 250 million USDC on Solana 7 hours ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, the Solana ecosystem decentralized exchange platform Raydium has launched a meme coin issuance platform called LaunchLab. The platform offers linear, exponential, and logarithmic curve pricing models, allows third-party UI customization of fees, supports multiple quote tokens, and integrates Raydium's liquidity locking feature.Previously, Pump.fun planned to launch its own AMM, reducing reliance on Raydium, which led to a 25% drop in Raydium's native token RAY in February. Raydium core contributors stated that LaunchLab is not intended to replace Pump.fun, but rather to provide more options for teams that do not want to develop contracts on their own.

ChainCatcher news, according to official Solana news, the second phone developed by Solana Mobile, Solana Seeker, is currently in testing and is expected to start shipping in the summer of 2025.Solana Seeker is the next-generation Web3 smartphone following its first phone, Solana Saga, priced at $500. Compared to the previous Saga model, Seeker features significant hardware improvements, including a slimmer design, a brighter display, enhanced camera performance, and longer battery life.Seeker comes with Seed Vault, a self-custody crypto wallet deeply integrated with the hardware, and is equipped with an upgraded Solana decentralized app store. Each Seeker phone includes a unique "soulbound" NFT, named Seeker Genesis Token.

ChainCatcher news, K33 Research analysts Vetle Lunde and David Zimmerman pointed out in their latest report that traders have low interest in CME Solana futures, with only $12.3 million in trading volume on the first day and $7.8 million in open interest, far less than the previously launched Bitcoin and Ethereum futures products. Additionally, the analysts believe that Solana futures have a limited impact on the spot price of SOL, making it difficult to replicate the frenzy effect of the 2024 Bitcoin ETF.

ChainCatcher news, Justin Sun announced on the X platform that TRX (Tron token) is about to land on Solana.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem gold tokenization project ORO announced the completion of a $1.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by 468 Capital, with participation from investors such as Fasset, Dead King Ventures, and several angel investors. According to reports, ORO aims to expand income-generating real-world assets on Solana through gold tokenization.

ChainCatcher news, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi posted on X platform: "I missed the seed round investment in Solana at $0.04 in early 2018, which, at the current price, amounts to a 3250x return. Solana was one of the first projects I encountered as a junior venture capitalist, and at that time, I wrote memos for every missed trade. Now, rereading that memo, it’s simply the most embarrassing moment of being a junior VC. We were obsessed with 'Ethereum killers', consensus protocols, and what would replace EVM/eWASM. So, here is the unedited version (i.e., the memo I wrote) ------ the worst investment mistake of all time."

ChainCatcher message indicates that, according to the application information, there are currently at least 13 Solana-based exchange-traded products awaiting approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The applicants include institutions such as Grayscale, Bitwise, Canary, and 21Shares. However, since Paul Atkins has not yet been officially appointed as the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, these applications remain pending.ETF Store President Nate Geraci predicted last week that BlackRock will apply for Solana and XRP ETFs. Additionally, Bloomberg ETF analysts previously estimated that the chances of Solana ETF approval by the end of this year could reach 70%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Circle has minted 250 million USDC on Solana.Since 2025, Circle has minted an additional 10.25 billion USDC on Solana.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph data, BNB Chain has surpassed Solana in 24-hour DEX trading volume.In the past 24 hours, the BNB Chain ecosystem DEX trading volume reached $1.636 billion, while the Solana ecosystem DEX trading volume was approximately $1.077 billion.

ChainCatcher message, according to DefiLlama data, the net inflow of funds to the Base cross-chain bridge in the past week reached 34.78 million USD, ranking first among all public chains. Following are Solana and Noble, with net inflows of 17.16 million USD and 14.67 million USD, respectively.Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Avalanche experienced net outflows of 61.31 million USD, 43.68 million USD, and 43.67 million USD, respectively.