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Alpenglow activates on Solana mainnet in epoch 1064, which starts on Wednesday, October 21, at approximately 15:00 UTC, according to the Solana Foundation.
The upgrade replaces TowerBFT and targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds, down from about 12.8 seconds today.
Vote transactions will leave blocks, so Solana's headline transaction counts and TPS figures will drop sharply without any drop in real activity.
Solana has locked in October 21 for Alpenglow, a full replacement of the system its validators use to reach consensus. The switch is tied to epoch 1064, which the Solana Foundation expects to begin around 15:00 UTC that Wednesday.

Alpenglow retires TowerBFT, the current system the network uses, and aims to make transactions final in roughly 150 milliseconds. Finality is the moment a transaction becomes irreversible, and under TowerBFT that currently takes about 12.8 seconds.

Myriad: Where does Solana go next? Click to make your prediction.On Solana today, a payment is confirmed pretty quickly, but that’s not a guarantee. Until TowerBFT runs out its 13 second clock, the block could in theory still be dropped.

That small doubt is why anyone handling real money tends to wait out the full window. With finality at around 150ms, the irreversible answer arrives almost as fast as the optimistic one, which is what a checkout counter taking SOL or a DeFI application, or a trading desk settling a position actually needs.

TowerBFT works by having validators post their votes as on-chain transactions, and a block only counts as final once 32 slots’ worth of those votes pile up. Votor, the voting protocol shipping with Alpenglow, takes votes off the chain, so validators message each other directly, package the votes into certificates, and can lock in a block after a single round of voting, or two at most.

When 80% or more of stake backs a block in the first round, it finalizes on the spot. If support lands between 60% and 80%, a second round with 60% thresholds decides whether the block is finalized or skipped, and the Foundation says the design tolerates 20% malicious stake plus another 20% offline.

It’s time.

Alpenglow goes live on mainnet-beta Wednesday, October 21, ~14:50 UTC.

18 months of work for a migration that happens in one slot. Finality drops from seconds to ~150ms.

Make sure to follow us @anza_xyz as we countdown to go-live.

Details: https://t.co/MEf26uzCMW

— Anza (@anza_xyz) October 13, 2026

Ordinary users don’t need to do anything, and wallets and apps should behave as they do now. The Solana Virtual Machine, transaction formats, programs, and fees are left alone, while for developers the “confirmed” and “finalized” commitment levels become one and the same.

Each vote account also needs 0.8 SOL on top of its rent-exempt balance to pay the new Validator Admission Ticket, a per-epoch fee of the same size that gets burned. It replaces the roughly 1 SOL per epoch validators spent on vote transaction fees under TowerBFT, and a validator that can’t cover it sits out voting and block production for the following epoch.

The feature gate turns on as epoch 1064 begins, yet TowerBFT stays in charge for another 5,000 slots, roughly 18 minutes, before Alpenglow takes control at slot 459,653,000. This assures stability and prevents any issues during transition.

Validators approved Alpenglow in September 2025, when the SIMD-0326 proposal passed with 98.27% of votes cast in favor. In May, Anza Lead Economist Max Resnick told Decrypt the team was looking at a late Q3 or early Q4 mainnet activation, so everything is going according to schedule.

October 21 delivers only Votor, the first half of Alpenglow. Rotor, a replacement for Turbine, the system Solana uses to broadcast block data between validators, comes later and still has no date.

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COINDESK: Solana sets Oct. 21 for Alpenglow upgrade targeting 150-millisecond finality

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14 October 2026 | 09:10 Solana’s Alpenglow consensus upgrade is expected to begin its mainnet rollout on October 21. It targets finality in roughly 150 milliseconds, but it will also remove validator vote transactions from blocks, meaning Solana’s total transaction and TPS charts may drop without any decline in user activity.

Key Takeaways Alpenglow consensus takes over about 5,000 slots, roughly 18 minutes, after the epoch starts. Votor targets finality of around 150 milliseconds, down from roughly 12.8 seconds under TowerBFT. Vote transactions will leave blocks, requiring transaction-count and TPS dashboards to set new baselines. October 21 starts the rollout, not the instant switch Solana Foundation’s Alpenglow documentation places the start of epoch 1064 at approximately 15:00 UTC on October 21, 2026. Because epoch timing can drift, that clock time is an estimate rather than a fixed activation moment.

The network will continue using TowerBFT for the first 5,000 slots of the epoch, or about 18 minutes. Alpenglow consensus is then scheduled to take over at slot 459,653,000.

The mainnet release covers Votor, the new voting and finality protocol. Rotor, a separate Alpenglow component designed to replace Solana’s Turbine block-propagation system, is planned for a later release and does not yet have a mainnet date.

The upgrade changes different things for different users Who is affected? What changes after Alpenglow Wallet users and ordinary app users Nothing about signing, sending or approving transactions changes. Solana’s transaction format, programs, account model and fees remain the same. Apps waiting for settlement They can use finalized confirmation with far less delay once Alpenglow is live. The old distinction between confirmed and finalized effectively disappears. Indexers, explorers and data providers They must update how they read block data, account for bank_id and re-baseline metrics that included vote transactions. Validator operators They need an Agave-based client and at least 0.8 SOL above the rent-exempt minimum in the vote account for the Validator Admission Ticket fee. This split is important. Alpenglow is designed to leave the ordinary wallet experience intact, but the infrastructure that produces, streams and interprets Solana data will change materially.

Votor replaces vote transactions with direct validator certificates Under Solana’s current TowerBFT consensus, validators cast votes as on-chain transactions. Those votes accumulate across 32 slots before a block reaches finality, creating the roughly 12.8-second wait for the strongest settlement guarantee.

Votor takes those votes out of the block itself. Validators send them directly to one another and aggregate them into certificates, allowing a block to reach finality in one or two voting rounds.

The 150-millisecond target refers to how long a transaction takes to become final. It does not mean Solana will produce a new block every 150 milliseconds. Slot times were reduced separately to 200 milliseconds in October.

For services that wait for finality before crediting a deposit, releasing goods or completing a transfer, the change could remove much of the delay created by Solana’s own consensus process. It does not remove delays imposed by exchange risk checks, bridges, payment providers or other chains.

That matters most in workflows where one party waits for a stronger settlement guarantee before completing the other side of a transaction. Solana’s delivery-versus-payment escrow tool is one example of infrastructure that could benefit from faster finality without requiring users to change how they submit transactions.

Vote removal will change Solana’s transaction data overnight The most visible change for analysts may not be finality at all. Vote transactions will no longer appear in Solana blocks under Votor. Since they have represented a large share of the transactions counted in blocks, total transaction counts and TPS figures can fall sharply after activation.

That would be an accounting change, not evidence that Solana suddenly lost users or application demand. A dashboard that continues to compare post-Alpenglow totals with pre-upgrade figures without adjusting its baseline could falsely report a collapse in network activity.

What not to conclude after October 21

“Solana transactions fell, so Solana usage fell.” First check whether the dashboard includes pre-upgrade validator votes in its historical baseline. If it does, the headline transaction count is no longer directly comparable.

Solana’s own guidance tells indexers and throughput dashboards to re-baseline their data. Tools that previously measured validator participation by parsing Vote Program instructions must also switch to the certificates carried in Alpenglow’s block footer.

Use a basket of activity measures after the upgrade No single metric can describe network demand. Once vote transactions disappear, the cleanest reading will combine several measures rather than treating total TPS as a verdict on its own.

Non-vote transactions: A direct measure of transactions generated outside validator voting. Active fee payers: A better indicator of participation breadth than raw transaction totals alone. Stablecoin transfer count and value: Useful for tracking payment and settlement activity. DEX volume and unique traders: Together, they give more context than volume alone. Fee revenue: Helpful alongside user metrics, though it can also move with fee conditions and trading intensity. That approach makes post-upgrade comparisons more honest. If total TPS falls while non-vote transactions, active fee payers and application volume remain stable, the network has changed its accounting—not necessarily its demand.

What will show whether the rollout worked? The first test is realised finality. The network needs to demonstrate that blocks reach finality close to the stated target without meaningful instability or a rise in skipped slots.

The second is operational readiness. Validators must migrate to supported Agave-based clients; Firedancer and Frankendancer are not supported during the transition. Indexers and RPC/Geyser users also need to handle the new bank_id field, because a slot can contain more than one candidate block.

The third is data continuity. Explorers, analytics platforms and media reports need to distinguish between fewer validator votes and weaker application demand before drawing conclusions from Solana’s post-upgrade transaction charts.

Alpenglow makes Solana faster, and its old TPS baseline obsolete Alpenglow’s immediate promise is much faster finality without changing how ordinary users send transactions. Its less obvious consequence is that familiar Solana activity statistics will need a reset once validator votes disappear from blocks.

After October 21, a fall in headline transaction counts should be treated as a measurement question first. Only a simultaneous decline in non-vote activity, active fee payers and application-level usage would support the conclusion that demand itself has weakened.

This article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Mainnet activation timing and performance depend on network conditions and implementation readiness.

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Solana (SOL) has fallen 9.34% over the past seven days to approximately $107, as seven consecutive trading days of reported ETF outflows and weakening technical indicators precede the blockchain’s October 21 Alpenglow upgrade.

Summary

Solana traded near $107 after losing 9.34% over seven days, according to supplied market data.
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled for October 21, targeting transaction finality of 150 milliseconds.
Solana ETFs recorded $1.04 million in net outflows on October 13, according to SoSoValue figures.
Technical indicators place immediate SOL support near $105, with stronger selling risks below $100 emerging.
Crypto Patel identified $125 and $150 as potential recovery targets, conditional on bullish confirmation signals.

According to CoinGecko, SOL traded near $107 at press time, with approximately $2.86 billion in daily trading volume and a market capitalization of $63.02 billion. The decline comes as the Solana Foundation prepares to activate Alpenglow, an upgrade designed to reduce transaction finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. 

Despite the approaching launch, SOL remains below important resistance levels around $110 and $115.

Solana price outlook weakens ahead of Alpenglow upgrade
Solana has struggled to maintain its recovery after retreating from late-September highs near $123. The cryptocurrency previously rebounded from August lows around $75, but the latest decline has weakened its short-term price structure.

During the October 14 trading session, SOL hovered around $107.06 after opening near $106.72. Its daily chart recorded an intraday high of $108.20 and a low of $106.68, placing the cryptocurrency close to immediate support between $104 and $105.

Solana remains below its 20-day simple moving average of $115.83. The Bollinger Bands place the upper boundary at $127.20 and the lower boundary at $104.45, with SOL trading closer to the lower end of the range.

A sustained decline below $104.45 could expose the psychological $100 support level. If selling continues below that threshold, the analysis identifies $95–$98 as the next possible support area.

Solana (SOL) price chart, source: TradingView
For a recovery, SOL would need to reclaim $110 before approaching stronger resistance near $115.83. Moving above the 20-day average would improve the short-term technical structure, while $120–$123 remains another resistance zone.

The Relative Strength Index stood at 41.58, below its moving average of 52.41. The indicator’s position below 50 suggested that selling pressure remained stronger than buying momentum, although SOL had not reached the conventional oversold level of 30.

Analyst Crypto Patel identified a similar downside risk on the eight-hour chart. He said SOL had broken below its local price structure and remained under resistance around $112.39.

His analysis placed a potential buying zone between $103 and $96, with particular attention on $95.63–$101.27. The analyst suggested that a decline into this region could precede another recovery if SOL establishes a higher low and confirms a bullish reversal.

Patel identified $125 and $150 as possible upside targets after such confirmation. However, he warned that sustained trading below $95.63 would invalidate his proposed bullish setup.

WILL $SOL SWEEP $100 BEFORE RALLYING TOWARD $150?#SOL has broken down from its local structure and remains under pressure below the $112.39 resistance level on the 8H timeframe.

Key Demand Zone: $103–$96
Resistance: $113
Bullish Targets: $125 → $150

My focus is on a… pic.twitter.com/0vIKBh8e8w

— Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) October 13, 2026

Solana Alpenglow upgrade scheduled for October 21
While SOL faces selling pressure, the network is preparing for one of its largest technical changes since its launch.

The Solana Foundation confirmed that Alpenglow is scheduled to activate during epoch 1064, beginning around 15:00 UTC on October 21. The upgrade will replace TowerBFT, the consensus mechanism Solana has used since 2020. Its new voting system, Votor, targets transaction finality of approximately 150 milliseconds, compared with the current 12.8 seconds.

Transaction finality refers to the point at which a blockchain transaction can no longer be reversed under the network’s consensus rules. Although Solana transactions can appear successful almost immediately, applications currently wait longer for stronger confirmation that settlement is complete.

Alpenglow is designed to reduce that waiting period by changing how validators reach agreement. Instead of submitting voting transactions to the blockchain, validators will exchange votes directly and combine sufficient approvals into certificates that finalize blocks.

According to the Foundation, the upgrade will not change how ordinary transactions execute. Wallets and decentralized applications are expected to continue operating through the transition.

The activation process includes a temporary period during which Solana will continue using TowerBFT for the first 5,000 slots of epoch 1064. Alpenglow will then take over approximately 18 minutes after the epoch begins.

Validator operators must prepare before the activation by using software built on Agave 4.3.0. The Foundation said Firedancer and Frankendancer will not support the initial migration, requiring operators using those clients to switch temporarily.

Another operational change concerns validator expenses. Existing voting transaction costs of approximately 1 SOL per epoch will be replaced with a 0.8 SOL Validator Admission Ticket fee, paid from each validator’s vote account.

The upgrade could change how Solana’s network statistics appear. Because voting transactions will no longer be recorded inside blocks, reported transaction counts may decline even if ordinary user activity remains unchanged.

Earlier Solana Alpenglow development and testing established the network’s October target after developers completed preparatory work through Agave 4.2.

The Foundation has confirmed the activation date, although its 150-millisecond finality target remains dependent on actual network performance following the upgrade.

Solana ETFs record seven consecutive days of outflows
Institutional investment data has provided another source of concern ahead of Alpenglow.

According to the supplied SoSoValue data, U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded approximately $1.04 million in net outflows on October 13. The latest negative session extended a reported streak of seven consecutive trading days of withdrawals.

Solana (SOL) spot ETF net inflow, source: SoSoValue
The October 13 figures placed cumulative net inflows at approximately $1.58 billion, while total net assets stood near $1.71 billion. Trading volume across the tracked products reached $64.26 million during the session.

The daily net outflow means investors withdrew more capital from the funds than they invested during the reporting period. The figure does not establish that every individual fund experienced withdrawals.

Despite the recent negative flows, cumulative inflows remained positive, indicating that the products had attracted more capital than they had lost since their respective launches.

The reported seven-day streak occurred as SOL declined over the previous week, although the available information does not establish whether ETF redemptions caused the price weakness.

With Alpenglow scheduled for October 21, subsequent ETF flow reports will provide further data on institutional demand before the network activates its new consensus system.

Can Solana recover to $150 after the upgrade?
The technical outlook remains divided between weakening daily indicators and analysts monitoring a possible recovery from lower support.

Crypto analyst Sweep reported a bullish divergence on SOL’s chart, suggesting that selling momentum could be weakening despite the recent price decline.

The analyst compared the formation with an earlier divergence that preceded a 30% price rally. However, the comparison does not establish that Solana will repeat the previous performance.

The supplied daily indicators continued to favor caution. SOL remained below its 20-day moving average, while the RSI at 41.58 suggested that buying pressure had not recovered sufficiently to reverse the prevailing short-term weakness.

Patel’s outlook identified $113 as immediate resistance, followed by possible recovery targets at $125 and $150. His bullish scenario requires a confirmed improvement in market structure after a potential decline into the $96–$103 demand region.

A move above $110 would provide an initial indication of improving momentum, while reclaiming $115.83 would place SOL back above its 20-day moving average. Failure to maintain $104–$105 support would leave $100 exposed.

The Solana Foundation’s October 21 activation schedule identifies epoch 1064 as the starting point for Alpenglow. Validators must complete their software migration before that epoch begins and maintain at least 0.8 SOL above the rent-exempt minimum in their vote accounts.

The Foundation has provided a network verification method through the getAgGenesisCert RPC command, which returns the Alpenglow genesis certificate once migration is complete. Before activation, the command returns null, indicating that the network continues operating under TowerBFT.

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DigUp Overhauls Mac Search With Google’s New Model: Locate a Specific Shot in a Video Even If You Forget the Filename

Dongcha Beating AI News Flash: Finding files on Mac typically requires remembering names or keywords. If you only recall a zebra appearing in a video segment, or a podcast episode discussing sleep, traditional file search tools are of little help. Independent developer Abdur Rahim’s open-source tool DigUp solves this by enabling direct content-based file searches. Type in "zebra in video" and it will jump to the exact frame where the zebra appears; search for "segment discussing sleep" and it will pinpoint the relevant timestamp in the podcast. It can also search photos, PDFs, and even open the exact page of a specific clause in a contract.
DigUp leverages Google DeepMind’s EmbeddingGemma 2 model, released on October 6. This model converts text, images, audio, and video into comparable numerical features, allowing users to find corresponding visuals or audio based on a text description. DigUp pre-indexes selected folders, and during searches, it can also precisely match details like invoice numbers and error codes. All indexing and search processes run locally on Mac, eliminating the need to upload private files to the cloud.
Free and open-source, DigUp has earned over 3,000 GitHub stars in less than a week since its launch. It currently only supports Macs with Apple’s custom silicon, requiring macOS 14 or later. First-time use requires downloading an approximately 865 MB model and spending time building the index.

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According to TradingBeats' monitoring, at least 14 accounts (with positions exceeding $100,000) opened new U.S. stock positions in the afternoon session. Among these, 12 accounts opened long positions totaling approximately $3.2081 million, while the other 2 accounts opened short positions totaling around $725,500. The new long positions are concentrated in the storage sector. Micron Technology (MU), SanDisk (SNDK), and SK Hynix (SKHY) accounted for about $2.6695 million in new long positions, making up roughly 83.2% of the total long position volume in this round. Specifically, Micron attracted 5 accounts to open new long positions, totaling approximately $1.384 million, with a volume-weighted average price of $947.99. SanDisk saw 2 accounts opening long positions totaling around $678,200, at a weighted average price of $1,455.36. SK Hynix had 1 new long account buying about $607,300. Short positions also centered on semiconductors and storage: one account opened a new short position of roughly $379,000 in SOXL in the afternoon, then closed it entirely; another account opened short positions of approximately $181,100 in SanDisk and $165,300 in Micron respectively. The remaining new long positions are distributed across Applied Materials (AMAT), Microsoft (MSFT), Nebius (NBIS), Broadcom (AVGO), and the Korean stock leverage ETF (KORU), with total position amounts of about $118,700, $103,900, $102,600, $103,300, and $110,100 respectively. Positions in Broadcom and KORU have since been exited.

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Per Galaxy Research’s supply attribution map, based on block height 971,382 and an unspent Bitcoin supply of roughly 20.098 million BTC, "unattributed" addresses account for 55.1% (about 11.1 million BTC). Among attributed holdings, exchanges make up 17.9%, ETFs and funds 6.0%, Patoshi (linked to Satoshi Nakamoto’s early mining patterns) 5.6%, followed by custodial institutions, miners, and corporations, among others. Top attributed holders include Coinbase, BlackRock’s IBIT, Binance, Fidelity Custody, and Strategy.

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Shipping risks resurface in the Strait of Hormuz, with WTI crude oil's daily trading volume rising 16% month-on-month.

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Meanwhile, transportation risks in the Strait of Hormuz have been escalating recently. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) confirmed that an oil tanker and a container ship were each struck by unidentified projectiles; the incidents remain under investigation, and market concerns over tightening crude oil supplies have intensified.
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In September, DEX spot trading volume was approximately 26% of CEX spot trading volume, while 86% of RWA perpetual contracts were traded on-chain.

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The Solana developer says the move off TowerBFT will take place in a single slot and bring finality down to about 150 milliseconds, after Alpenglow ran on testnet and devnet last month.

Anza sets Oct. 21 for Solana's switch to Alpenglow

Posted October 14, 2026 at 6:32 am ET.

Alpenglow, the consensus protocol built to replace Solana’s TowerBFT, will switch on for mainnet-beta on Wednesday, Oct. 21, Solana software developer Anza said on X on Tuesday. Anza put the go-live at about 14:50 UTC.

“18 months of work for a migration that happens in one slot,” the company wrote, adding that finality would fall “from seconds to ~150ms.”

The mainnet date comes after Alpenglow took over consensus on Solana’s testnet on Sept. 24 and on devnet a day later. Anza’s Alpenglow page says the team picked the mainnet date only after a period of watching those earlier networks, and that operators rehearsed the migration numerous times over the last five months.

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How the Handoff Works
According to Anza’s page, the process begins when a feature gate, SIMD-0384, turns on at an epoch boundary. That starts a 5,000-slot countdown during which blocks hold nothing but validator votes, so they can be rolled back without losing any user transactions. When the countdown ends, validators certify an Alpenglow genesis block backed by 82% of stake, pass consensus to the new voting component, Votor, and resume processing user transactions. Anza expects that step to take hundreds of milliseconds, after which TowerBFT is retired.

Under Alpenglow, validator votes move off the chain as BLS-signed messages that are combined into a single certificate, which Anza says frees up block space. The page says the network can keep running with up to 40% of stake offline or misbehaving, split evenly between the two, compared with TowerBFT’s tolerance of under 33% adversarial stake.

Anza’s page lists a bug bounty of more than 25,000 SOL, work from 115 security researchers, a simulation across 1,500 nodes and nine at-scale migrations as part of the testing.

The Road to Mainnet
Solana validators approved Alpenglow in September 2025, with more than 98% voting in favor. In May, Anza opened it to a community test cluster, and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said at the time that mainnet activation could come the following quarter if testing went smoothly. TowerBFT finality runs about 12.8 seconds.

Anza’s page names Rotor, a replacement for the tree that Solana uses to spread block data across the network, along with faster handoffs between block leaders, as later work.

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Render Network and Solana are set to highlight decentralized rendering technology at an immersive digital art exhibition in London during Breakpoint 2026. The event, called BEYOND THE FRAME, is scheduled for November 16 and will feature 15 artists displaying original 3D works powered by the Render Network. This initiative comes as market participants watch RENDER’s price rebound from recent lows.

Immersive Digital Art Event Scheduled for Breakpoint 2026BEYOND THE FRAME will take place at FRAMELESS London, coinciding with Solana’s Breakpoint 2026 conference. Organizers plan for the event to run from 7:30 PM to 10 PM, inviting participants to experience 3D art specifically created for the venue’s immersive rooms.

All artwork will be rendered using the decentralized GPU infrastructure of the Render Network, which connects artists and creators with distributed computing resources. Attendance at the event is complimentary, though capacity is limited due to venue constraints.

The collaboration between Solana, a high-throughput blockchain designed for decentralized applications, and Render Network marks a notable merger of creative and technical communities, bringing additional attention to both ecosystems.

Render Network says the show aims to reveal how its distributed computing platform can deliver visually striking experiences in real time. However, the announcement does not mention any direct uptick in network revenue or user count as a result of this event, leaving the broader impact on adoption yet to be determined.

Decentralized Rendering Expands RENDER’s Use CaseRender Network is a decentralized protocol that allows creators to access global GPU computing power for graphics-intensive workloads. The platform’s model enables 3D rendering, animation, and visual effects to be processed outside of traditional centralized data centers.

By supporting exhibitions like BEYOND THE FRAME, Render Network highlights its practical use cases beyond cryptocurrency speculation. The event is expected to attract digital creators and stakeholders from both the art and blockchain sectors, although its long-term effects will depend on follow-up demand for decentralized rendering solutions.

Key indicators for the platform include overall network usage, the amount of rendering completed, and aggregate demand for GPU resources. While the upcoming exhibition serves as a public demonstration of the technology, no guarantees on sustained ecosystem growth can be drawn from a single event.

Mini dictionary: Render Network, a decentralized GPU computing platform, lets users tap into a distributed network of providers for rendering tasks such as 3D graphics, visual effects, and augmented reality, reducing reliance on centralized infrastructure and increasing accessibility for creators.

Analyst Sees Key Technical Levels for RENDERRENDER recently fell to an intraday low of $1.76 before recovering to the $2 range. Technical analysis by Bitcoin Meraklisi, a crypto analyst, points to $2.43 as the immediate resistance level. If RENDER can surpass this price, the recovery could accelerate.

Additional price targets identified are $4.16, $6.56, and $11.58, with each level contingent on sustained buying pressure and positive market conditions. Regarding vulnerabilities, a decline below $1.76 would threaten the current bullish structure, making it a crucial support to monitor.

Bitcoin Meraklisi considers the recent uptrend as a possible end to RENDER’s accumulation phase and expects a stronger breakout if the coin surpasses technical resistance. The possibility of testing higher levels depends not only on chart dynamics but also on broader crypto sentiment and network activity.

Traders are closely watching the $2.43 resistance, while an increase in rendering activity across the ecosystem would provide additional market support.

As of now, achieving the outlined technical goals will require further positive momentum, both on the price chart and through adoption of the Render Network’s core technology.

Price LevelSignificance$1.76Key support (recent low)$2.43Immediate resistance$4.16Next upside target$6.56Intermediate bullish target$11.58Major long-term goalThe BEYOND THE FRAME exhibition provides a platform for Render Network to demonstrate practical benefits, while traders continue to evaluate technical price action and project milestones for signs of continued strength.

A reinsurance yield token is on its way to Monad

Mastercard launches Open USD stablecoin on Solana for cross-border payments

The Solana crypto is once again on investors’ radar as the SOL price has continued to stay near the flatline at around the $108 mark. However, the latest buzz around the crypto is not due to its price movements, but the upcoming Alpenglow upgrade, which is scheduled for October 21.

Blockchain market enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for the upgrade, as it is expected to bring a massive change to the network. So, here we explore the development in detail and see why it matters the most now for Solana crypto.

Solana Alpenglow Upgrade Targets 150ms Finality Solana developer Anza has confirmed that the Alpenglow upgrade will reach mainnet-beta on October 21 at approximately 14:50 UTC. The announcement marks the culmination of 18 months of development focused on improving the blockchain’s consensus mechanism.

Meanwhile, Anza said that the upgrade aims to reduce transaction finality from seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds. SolanaFloor has also highlighted the expected improvement, describing Alpenglow as the network’s most significant consensus upgrade to date.

The targeted finality time represents a major departure from Solana’s existing performance. Current finality reportedly takes around 12.8 seconds, making the proposed improvement approximately 85 times faster.

Source: Anza, X Meanwhile, Alpenglow replaces TowerBFT, the consensus protocol that Solana has used since its launch. Its design combines advances in consensus research with erasure-coded data distribution to accelerate agreement across a geographically distributed network.

The upgrade also introduces Votor, a voting protocol that changes how validators communicate their agreement. Instead of submitting votes as on-chain transactions, validators will exchange messages directly and combine them into certificates.

This approach allows blocks to become final after one or two voting rounds. It also removes voting transactions from the blockchain, potentially freeing valuable blockspace for regular users.

SOL Price in Focus Amid Massive Dump Amid the Solana crypto Alpenglow upgrade buzz, market participants are also keeping close track of the SOL price movements. As of writing, the SOL price was up around 0.3% and exchanged hands at $107.8, while its 24-hour volume rose 52% to $4.07 billion.

However, it’s worth noting that the crypto has lost more than 10.5% over the past seven days amid a broader crypto market selloff. Besides, a Solana treasury firm has sold half of its SOL holdings, weighing on investors’ sentiment.

For context, Lookonchain reported that SkyAI has offloaded 1 million SOL tokens, worth $107 million, recently. On the other hand, the firm still holds another 1 million Solana, which has further sparked discussions about whether the selling pressure will continue to impact the price.

However, a successful rollout of the Alpenglow upgrade could strengthen confidence among developers, application operators, and investors who prioritize network performance. Faster finality may also support new use cases that require near-instant transaction settlement.

Nevertheless, technological progress does not guarantee an immediate SOL price rally. Broader crypto market sentiment, liquidity conditions, Bitcoin’s direction, and actual adoption will continue to influence the token’s performance.

Most trading in tokenized stocks on major blockchains now takes place outside regular US market hours, offering an early indication that around-the-clock trading could be one of the biggest advantages of putting equities onchain.

According to Blockworks data cited by The Kobeissi Letter, more than 70% of tokenized stock trading volume on BNB Chain occurs outside the traditional 9:30 am to 4 pm Eastern trading session. The figure is 63% on Solana and nearly 60% on Base.

Meanwhile, Jupiter, a major Solana-based trading platform, reported a 50% month-over-month increase in tokenized asset trading volume.

Source: The Kobeissi Letter

The figures suggest investors use tokenized stocks to trade when traditional US exchanges are closed, rather than simply replicating activity during regular market hours. 

The growth comes as tokenized stock values have increased by 15% over the past 30 days to nearly $3.3 billion, according to RWA.xyz data. A significant portion of that value is concentrated among issuers such as Ondo Global Markets, xStocks and bStocks, whose tokens are issued and traded across different blockchains.

Wall Street moves toward onchain stock tradingThe growth in round-the-clock trading comes as US regulators begin opening the door to tokenized equities in traditional markets. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced an “innovation exemption” allowing qualifying venues to trade tokenized US-listed stocks on public blockchains.

SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said participating venues must publish transaction data in US dollars, including trade prices, sizes, timestamps and daily trading volumes. They must also disclose liquidity pool addresses and balances.

Unlike existing tokenized stock products such as xStocks and Ondo Global Markets, which are generally unavailable to US investors, the SEC exemption allows qualifying venues to offer tokenized US equities domestically, provided they preserve shareholder rights and meet trading and disclosure requirements.

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Solana climbed above $107 on Tuesday, showing signs of stabilization after falling the previous day. The upward move came as buyers targeted the 50-day exponential moving average, a commonly watched technical level for the cryptocurrency.

Second spot Solana ETF launches in Hong KongOn Monday, Solana announced that the Pando Solana ETF would debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange the following day. This product becomes the city’s second spot Solana exchange-traded fund, broadening institutional access to SOL via familiar investment vehicles.

Pando Asset, an investment management company specializing in digital asset products, partnered with local market participants to bring the new ETF to market. The launch underscores Hong Kong’s push to remain competitive in digital asset adoption and regulatory clarity across Asia.

While the ETF’s listing is expected to enhance Solana’s institutional footprint, actual trading volumes and fund flows will be the key indicators of long-term investor appetite for the asset.

Solana’s latest announcement highlighted that institutional-grade products like spot ETFs offer new gateways for professional investors, but ongoing demand will depend on market sentiment and flows.

In addition, Solana spotlighted the onchain tokenization of USDGO Plus SP, a market-neutral digital asset fund now available for eligible professional investors in Hong Kong. This fund is built on USDGO, a regulated stablecoin with a circulating supply exceeding $1 billion and regulated in the United States.

OSL Group, a digital asset platform headquartered in Hong Kong, managed the tokenization and distribution of the fund, further broadening local financial products built on Solana’s blockchain.

Mini dictionary: OSL Group, a leading digital asset platform in Asia, offers trading, custody, and tokenization services, and provides institutional solutions for cryptocurrencies and tokenized securities.

Despite these launches, net outflows from spot Solana ETFs persisted for a sixth straight session, with CoinGlass reporting withdrawals totaling $700,000 on Monday. The recent outflow, however, was smaller than those recorded over the past week, hinting at a potential slowdown in selling pressure.

DayNet Outflow (USD)Monday$700,000Previous week (peak daily)Above $1 millionA sustained return to positive ETF inflows would signal improved sentiment among professional investors and support further price recovery. For the time being, lingering outflows remain a challenge for upward momentum.

SOL price outlook and technical levelsSolana’s price trend remains under pressure, with SOL registering a 4% loss in the past 24 hours. Tuesday’s rebound brought SOL to $106.54, just below its 50-day EMA, which sits at $107.49. This moving average acts as a key support and resistance level for short-term traders and analysts.

If Solana can hold and rally above $107.49, it could target the September 28 high at $124.89, with further resistance ahead at $149.36. However, the price remains vulnerable given the muted technical readings.

The Relative Strength Index currently stands at 40, below the neutral midpoint of 50, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator stays in negative territory. These signals reflect weak bullish momentum despite the brief recovery.

If Solana loses support at the 50-day EMA, prices could move towards the 100-day EMA at $99.34 and the 200-day EMA at $97.18. Horizontal support is also found around $96.19. In the case of a deeper selloff, trendline support between $84.82 and $77.07 may become relevant, potentially stabilizing further declines.

Momentum for SOL remains soft as technical indicators have yet to flash a decisive bullish reversal, keeping the outlook cautious while below the 50-day EMA.

Renowned crypto investment firm Grayscale has continued to see renewed interest in its recently launched Solana investment product as the fund continues to draw in capital.

Per recent data showcased by Arkham Intelligence, the firm has bought up to $20.2 million worth of Solana through its Solana ETF, GSOL, over the past 20 days.

Grayscale's Solana ETF sees sustained demand The data shows that the Grayscale Solana ETF saw consistent demand from investors as it recorded a steady influx of fresh capital on most daily trading sessions over the last month.

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While the fund recorded only one day of outflows during the period, it appears that investor money has largely continued to flow into the Solana-based investment product. 

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Furthermore, the rare cases of withdrawals recorded by the fund have seen Grayscale outperform other Solana investment funds that have recently recorded selling activity.

The sustained inflows have drawn attention from market analysts, as the fund has only launched recently, yet it is already igniting renewed institutional interest in the Solana ETF ecosystem.

Grayscale outshines VanEck's Solana ETFUnlike Grayscale, VanEck's VSOL ETF saw investors withdraw their funds amid the recent market volatility.

During its latest trading session, VanEck sold about $700,000 worth of SOL, suggesting that investors are less willing to gain exposure to Solana through the fund when compared to Grayscale.

Notably, Grayscale did not record any sales during the same period, as investors appear to be monitoring institutional demand for Solana and how investment funds are responding to changing market conditions.

Following these purchases, Grayscale is establishing its foothold as a strong player in the Solana ETF market.

After ceding its dominance to BNB and Robinhood, Solana is once again leading all chains in weekly tokenized equity trading volume for the first time in 14 weeks.

With meme/stock trading winding down across all networks, Solana has re-emerged as crypto’s premier venue for tokenized equity trading. Issuers now find themselves in a fierce battle to capture the market, with xStocks and Backpack fighting tooth and nail to win Solana’s traders.

Meanwhile, commodities trading has declined almost entirely, with weekly trading volumes falling 72% from their peak.

Solana Leads All Chains For First Time Since July
Solana is reinforcing its position as the everything exchange, with tokenized equity trading activity flowing back to the network after brief periods of memetic mania on rival chains.

According to Blockworks data, Solana now accounts for 31% of weekly tokenized equity trading volume across all chains, leading rivals BNB and Robinhood, which captured 26% AND 25%, respectively. As BNB and Robinhood cool off, Base has emerged as an unexpected competitor, enjoying consistent week on week growth to command 18% weekly market share.

Within Solana DeFi specifically, tokenized $SPCX has emerged as the network’s most-traded equity. In yesterday’s session, Backpack-issued $SPCX witnessed $19.4M in trading volume, with the xStocks variant attracting $5.26M in flow.

But beyond the $SPCX outlier, onchain data suggests that xStocks still dominates Solana’s tokenized equity race.

Backpack, xStocks Go Head-to-Head for Dominance
Solana’s two leading tokenized equity issuers, Backpack Securities and xStocks, are in a fierce battle to win over DeFi users. Last week, both issuers captured 48% of total trading volume each, with notable competitors like Ondo and the newly launched Securitize struggling to gain traction.

Where xStocks and Backpack-issued assets boast deep onchain liquidity and strong brand awareness, Ondo and Securitize are somewhat limited by virtue of their design. For example, Ondo stocks trade via an RFQ system, making them inherently less composable onchain, while only whitelisted users can trade Securitize stocks.

Despite Backpack and xStocks sitting neck-and-neck in trading volume, xStocks has a much larger footprint in the wider DeFi landscape. Blockworks data suggests that over 77% of the supply of Solana tokenized equities has been issued by xStocks, with Backpack-issued equities representing just 5%. 

Similarly, xStocks and Superstate are the only issuers represented in lending markets like Kamino and Jupiter Lend, giving these assets far greater utility beyond trading. 

Commodities Trading Declines Amidst as Memes Cool
While reclaiming the crown in the tokenized equity race, Solana’s onchain commodities sector has struggled to maintain trader interest. Buoyed by memecoins paired with commodities like gold, weekly commodity volume on the network ripped to new all-time highs of $92.5M.

But with memecoin markets starting to cool and the custom token pairing narrative losing steam, weekly volumes have dropped 72%, falling to just $25M.

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Grayscale is experiencing robust inflows to its Solana ETF, GSOL, as investor demand continues to grow. Newly released data from Arkham Intelligence reveals that Grayscale acquired $20.2 million in Solana over the past 20 days, highlighting consistent daily buying activity.

Strong inflow momentum for Grayscale’s GSOLGSOL has recorded steady inflows throughout the last month, with only one day of outflows during this period. Most sessions demonstrated new capital entering the fund, reinforcing Grayscale’s appeal among investors seeking exposure to Solana through exchange-traded products.

Institutional players have shown particular interest in the product, with market analysts noting that Grayscale’s ETF, despite launching only recently, has quickly established itself as a key vehicle for Solana investment.

The data shows that the Grayscale Solana ETF saw consistent demand from investors as it recorded a steady influx of fresh capital on most daily trading sessions over the last month.

When compared to competing Solana exchange-traded funds, GSOL’s inflow record stands out. Even during short-lived market volatility, only minimal withdrawals were recorded, suggesting ongoing confidence among existing investors.

VanEck’s VSOL faces outflows amid volatilityIn contrast, VanEck’s VSOL ETF has reported investor withdrawals as participants reacted to recent fluctuations in the digital asset market. The latest available trading session saw VanEck selling approximately $700,000 worth of SOL, signaling a cooldown in investor appetite for this particular Solana product.

Market observers have noted that, during the same period, Grayscale did not report any sales—reflecting a notable divergence in fund flows between the two ETF providers. This difference has further elevated Grayscale’s position in the evolving Solana ETF landscape, supporting the impression that GSOL is attracting a greater share of institutional and retail attention.

Investor behavior and meme token activityThe current environment emphasizes the importance of tracking inflows, outflows, and investor behavior when analyzing ETF performance and broader market sentiment. In the highly volatile meme token market, sharp capital movements are common. An online trend can drive millions of dollars of activity within days. For example, Fomo App data highlighted a trade that turned a $99 investment in “Niu Lai” into roughly $370,000, illustrating the pace and intensity of shifts in this sector.

Monitoring the timing and token selection by market participants is becoming increasingly vital. Fomo App offers a platform that combines token discovery, real-time trading, and investor ranking features. By providing social feeds and trade notifications, Fomo App enables users to monitor meme token trends alongside overall investor activity.

With GSOL continuing to attract steady inflows and VanEck facing outflows, Grayscale is steadily strengthening its presence in the Solana exchange-traded fund market. The divergence in fund flows between competitors underlines the shifting preferences of institutional and retail participants in crypto investment products.

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Solana price has rebounded toward $108 after falling close to $100, but its position below daily trend resistance leaves the recovery facing an early test near $111.

Summary

Solana price traded near $107.77 after recovering from an intraday low of $101.69.
Daily Bollinger Band resistance stood at $116.43, with lower-band support near $106.
CoinGlass showed the strongest nearby liquidation concentration around $111, above the latest price.
Weekly support stood at $93.75, while analysts outlined different paths for the correction.

TradingView’s Binance SOL/USDT daily chart showed Solana trading at $107.77 on Oct. 13, up 1.90% during the session. The token had moved between $101.69 and $109.07, recovering roughly 6% from its intraday low while remaining below its early-October trading area near $120.

Compared with the Oct. 7 reference price of $120.65, the latest chart reading put SOL approximately 10.7% lower. The rebound reduced the weekly loss, but the daily chart still showed a sharp retreat from the recent highs and a price below its 20-day average.

Solana’s $106 band faces a fresh support test
TradingView’s daily Bollinger Bands placed the lower boundary at $106.01, the middle line at $116.43 and the upper boundary at $126.84.

Solana price daily chart — Oct. 13 | Source: TradingView
SOL had recovered above the lower band by the chart’s latest reading, following an intraday move beneath it. The rebound left $106 as the nearest visible band level below the market, followed by the session low at $101.69 and the psychological $100 threshold.

The daily chart showed that Solana’s recent advance had carried the token from its August trading area in the $70s toward $120. The latest correction pulled price back beneath the middle Bollinger line, reversing part of that advance without returning SOL to its earlier base.

At $107.77, the token remained about 8% below the $116.43 middle band. A recovery toward that line would therefore require SOL to move through the session high at $109.07 and the overhead liquidation concentrations visible on CoinGlass.

The daily average directional index stood at 31.06, down from higher readings during the preceding advance. The indicator measures trend strength rather than direction; alongside the falling price and declining reading, the chart showed a weakening of the earlier upward trend.

The daily setup places the first recovery test near $109, with the 20-day average farther above. On the downside, a renewed move beneath $106 would bring the recent low near $102 back into focus.

The $111 liquidation cluster sits above the rebound
CoinGlass’s three-day liquidation heatmap showed SOL falling from roughly $110, briefly rising above $113 and then dropping toward $102 before recovering toward $108.

Solana liquidation heatmap | Source: CoinGlass
The brightest nearby concentration sat around $111–$111.5. Additional overhead bands appeared near $109 and across approximately $112–$114.50, placing several concentrations above the latest price.

Below the market, the heatmap showed bands around $106, $104, and $102. The lower concentrations lined up with areas crossed during the latest sell-off and rebound.

The price trace also showed that the first recovery from the low stalled below $109 before SOL retreated again. The latest bounce brought the token back toward $108, leaving the strongest overhead concentration unreached.

A move through $109 would put the $111 area next on the visible map. A retreat toward $106 would instead return SOL to the lower part of its recent trading range, with $104 and $102 beneath it.

CoinGlass’s heatmap maps estimated liquidation exposure rather than completed liquidations. Its bands identify potential pressure points for leveraged positions, while the price trace shows which areas SOL has already crossed.

Weekly support at $93.75 frames the deeper risk
TradingView’s weekly chart placed SOL at $107.76, down 3.22% from the week’s opening level of $111.35. The weekly range stretched from $101.69 to $113.40.

Solana price weekly chart — Oct. 13 | Source: TradingView
The Murrey Math indicator marked $125 as a major support and resistance pivot and $93.75 as the lower boundary of its displayed trading range. SOL remained between those levels after failing to sustain its recent advance toward $125.

At the latest reading, the $93.75 boundary sat approximately 13% below the market. A decline to that level would require SOL to lose both the recent $101.69 low and $100 along the way.

The weekly Awesome Oscillator remained positive at 25.22, with green bars. The longer-term momentum reading therefore remained above zero despite the latest weekly price decline.

Analyst Batman described SOL as returning to the lower boundary of an ascending channel. The analyst suggested another strong advance could follow if that structure held, citing a sharp expansion after an earlier channel.

$SOL is back at the lower rail of its ascending channel.

The previous channel led to a sharp vertical expansion. If this structure holds, we could be looking at another strong leg higher pic.twitter.com/prrHopcetK

— BATMAN ⚡ (@CryptosBatman) October 13, 2026

CryptoBullet outlined a more cautious near-term path, saying SOL had reached the upper boundary of a target zone and could move deeper into it over the coming weeks. The analyst’s chart illustrated a further dip before a possible later recovery.

The two views make support retention central to the setup: Batman’s bullish scenario depends on the channel holding, while CryptoBullet anticipates additional weakness first.

US ETF withdrawals accompany the technical pullback
SoSoValue data showed that US spot Solana ETFs recorded $24.8 million in net outflows during the week ending Oct. 9. The withdrawals ended 14 consecutive weeks of inflows and marked the products’ largest weekly outflow since launch.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has scheduled the September consumer price index report for Oct. 14 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, placing the inflation release immediately after SOL’s latest support test.

For SOL’s technical recovery, the immediate levels remain closer: $109.07 at the session high, the liquidation concentration near $111, and the daily middle band at $116.43. Below the market, $106.01 and $101.69 separate the latest rebound from another test of $100.

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Raydium has announced the launch of $INJ token staking on the Solana platform, as revealed by Injective on social media. This development enables increased participation and liquidity for INJ within Solana’s decentralized ecosystem, which includes decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and wallet services. Since becoming a Solana SPL token in September 2026, INJ has been actively integrated into the Solana network, with Raydium providing a pivotal venue for its exchange.

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The launch of $INJ staking on Solana by Raydium appears to enhance INJ’s integration within Solana’s decentralized environment.
Market pricing suggests this development could be consistent with a positive outlook for Solana, potentially increasing its user base and liquidity.
Current market pricing reflects a cautious but possibly optimistic view of Solana reaching higher price thresholds in October 2026.

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Observers will be keen to see if the introduction of $INJ staking influences Solana’s price trajectory, particularly regarding the “Will Solana reach $190 in October?” market. Any subsequent announcements from Solana Labs or partnerships that further solidify Solana’s ecosystem could align with scenarios supportive of a YES outcome in related prediction markets. Additionally, broader market trends and regulatory developments could impact these expectations.

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