Solana News. April 17, 2026

Loopscale launched USDT incentives on Solana with 15,000 USDT in rewards and 6x points for lending, borrowing, and looping, with USDT lenders earning 10%+ APY​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Loopscale@Loopscale

Solana is becoming a home for USDT, and the next step is scaling USDT credit markets. Lend, borrow, and Loop on Loopscale with @tether's USDT, the largest stablecoin in crypto. $USDT lenders earn 10%+ APY with USDT incentives for the next 3 months. Only possible on @Loopscale.

9:30 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 13.9K Views

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Solana Foundation President Lily Liu called USDT’s growth on Solana inevitable as Drift prepares to migrate from USDC to USDT at relaunch

Lily Liu@calilyliu

Here’s why I’m excited about USDT growing on Solana USDT is the original stablecoin. Still the largest, most liquid base asset in crypto, underpinning the majority of trading activity. Solana is built for trading, and in markets, liquidity is king. So, the most performant on

Tether @tether

When the industry faces challenges, Tether steps up. 🛡️ We are leading an up to $150M recovery plan alongside the @SolanaFndn to support user recovery and safely relaunch @DriftProtocol Watch the video to see how we're protecting the community and expanding $USDT on Solana. 👇

2:48 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 27.3K Views

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DoubleZero Foundation rolled out public beta of Edge, a permissionless low-latency onchain data delivery service, with Jito, Temporal, Staking Facilities, and Triton joining

DoubleZero@doublezero

Market data over the internet works. Solana shreds over DoubleZero Edge wins. DoubleZero Edge beta is live. ↓

1:13 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 82.1K Views

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Blank launched on Solana as an all-in-one launchpad covering tokenomics, vesting, staking, community, and updates, with 2% trade fees split among creator, Blank, and Meteora

Blank@blankdotbuild

Most launchpads solve the first 30 minutes of a token's life and walk away. You launch, then you're on your own. Blank is built for what happens after. And we're now LIVE! 🧵

2:07 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 34.5K Views

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Mastercard partnered with Crossmint’s Lobster.cash to let AI agents execute card purchases, launching via early access on OpenClaw

Crossmint@crossmint

BIG NEWS: Your AI agents will soon be able to pay with your existing @Mastercard via lobstercash. Your card. Your agents. Your rules. Powered by Crossmint. 🧵

2:07 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 39.7K Views

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RefiHub became the first company raising on Crafts, built on the Stakeholder Token Standard on Solana

ReFi Hub@refihub

Honored to be selected into Solana’s first equity-backed token raise through @craftsdev If equity is going onchain, it starts here:

Crafts @craftsdev

Excited to announce the first company raising on Crafts: @refihub RefiHub brings real upside in real-world energy. Built on the Stakeholder Token Standard (STS) on @solana

4:17 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 1.96K Views

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Sentinel Action Fund, backed by Solana Institute and Multicoin Capital, to spend $8M supporting Republican Sen. Jon Husted against Sherrod Brown in Ohio midterms

The Daily Block@thedailyblock

🚨JUST IN: Solana Institute-backed PAC deploys $8M in the Ohio race, targeting Sherrod Brown.

11:10 AM · Apr 16, 2026 · 11.1K Views

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RISE launched with native borrowing built into every token from launch, interest-free loans against floor value with no liquidations

R I S E@risedotrich

Every token on RISE has borrowing built in from second one No applications. No waiting. No third parties Unlocking instant liquidity 🧵

3:10 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 25.4K Views

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Visa’s Cuy Sheffield confirmed two US banks, Lead Bank and Cross River, are now settling transactions in USDC on Solana

SolanaFloor@SolanaFloor

🚨NEW: Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at @Visa, says two U.S. banks, Lead Bank and Cross River, are now settling transactions in $USDC on @solana.

10:01 AM · Apr 16, 2026 · 39.2K Views

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ATXP migrated to x402 and MPP on Solana, topping agentic commerce leaderboards with 5,000 users on 2+ products and over 1M transactions

Solana@solana

BREAKING: @atxp_ai moves to x402 and MPP on Solana, topping the agentic commerce leaderboards. 5,000 users leverage two or more ATXP products, and the protocol recently crossed 1 million transactions.

8:36 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 42.7K Views

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Jupiter Lend added SPYx, QQQx, NVDAx, and TSLAx xStocks as collateral, with up to 3.8x leverage and 75% LTV for USDC/JupUSD borrowing

Jupiter@JupiterExchange

Jupiter Lend just unlocked a new asset class. SPYx, QQQx, NVDAx, and TSLAx are now live as collateral. Borrow against your xStocks, or multiply them with up to 3.8x leverage. Earn xPoints on every position 👇

6:08 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 83.2K Views

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Husher launched on Solana for private wallet-to-wallet transfers with 1-second swaps

Husher@HusherExchange

Transfer crypto, instantly and privately on @solana. Husher lets you move funds to a new wallet with no links to past activity. Our instant exchange offers: Swaps that complete in as little as 1 second. Lowest fees on the market. Complete privacy.

3:40 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 23.2K Views

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Pumpcade launched an ACE (Asset Conversion to Equity) round, letting eligible token holders convert tokens into a Community SAFE for equity exposure

Pop Punk@PopPunkOnChain

https://t.co/wiXM0ra0p5

4:11 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 155K Views

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xStocks partnering with Jupiter Academy to launch tokenized stocks education

Jupiter Academy@jup_academy

Coming soon. Tokenized stocks meet crypto education. @xStocksFi x Jupiter Academy 🎓

8:00 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 3.64K Views

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YO carved Resolv’s RLP position out of the yoUSD vault, realized a $1.21M one-time impairment (2.56% price drop), and removed the 2.95% withdrawal fee

YO@yield

https://t.co/91UBEpX873

5:57 PM · Apr 16, 2026 · 3.79K Views

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