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According to data from the cryptocurrency recruitment platform CryptoJobsList, the number of job postings by cryptocurrency companies in September increased from 382 in July to 1241, continuing to rise from 886 in August, and surpassing the most active month earlier this year, January, which had 573 postings. The number of companies posting jobs in September rose to 125, up from 107 in July, and briefly dropped to 77 in August.The platform believes that the hiring rebound in September aligns with the seasonal pattern of business normalization following the summer off-peak season in the Northern Hemisphere, but the data indicates that seasonality is not the only reason: the number of job postings in August had already doubled compared to July, and there was no similar surge from August to September in 2025; the most active month that year, October, only had 373 postings, with data from July to September remaining relatively stable.In contrast to the rise in job postings, the number of applications fell from 25,700 in July to 24,631 in August, and further dropped to below 20,000 in September. CryptoJobsList interprets this divergence as an indication of increasing competition for professional talent. Over the past three months, finance has been the largest recruitment category, followed by engineering and trading, with stablecoins, AI, security, and compliance also making it into the top ten; the most commonly requested blockchain skills are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

The Solana token issuance platform Stonk has launched the "Community Coin." Holders of the Community Coin can now earn holder rewards from new Memes paired with it.Each Meme launched in community mode shares 33% of its holder rewards with eligible community holders, while the remaining 67% goes to the Meme's own holders. The first batch of Community Coins includes USELESS, PENGU, ZCAT, ANSEM, and NEET.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the Solana-based meme coin HOOKED once surpassed 17 million USD, currently reported at approximately 13.96 million USD, with a 24H increase of over 110%. It is reported that HOOKED is the token of the Hooked platform, a meme launch platform within the Solana ecosystem.Hooked integrates Transfer Hook, which supports setting holding, trading, and transfer restrictions for tokens through on-chain rules to reduce issues such as bot sniping, concentrated holdings, and malicious sell-offs. The prices of meme coins are highly volatile and easily influenced by market sentiment and trending events; please be aware of trading risks.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of PAID on Solana has fallen below 6 million USD, down over 88% from its peak market capitalization of 51.61 million USD. The current market capitalization is reported at 5.88 million USD, with a 24H decline of nearly 40%.Market news reminds users that the prices of meme coins are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

Bonk Guy posted an analysis of the Robinhood chain ecosystem on X, urging Robinhood to strengthen its efforts on ecosystem tokens. He believes that the previous rise of the chain primarily relied on Robinhood's large retail user base and the narrative surrounding token listings, rather than technical advantages, thus creating a flywheel effect.Bonk Guy pointed out that the Robinhood chain has recently weakened, with reasons including the need for a correction after the previous large increase in ecosystem tokens, funds being diverted due to the recovery of Solana, and Robinhood's insufficient follow-up on ecosystem projects like PONS and AI.He stated that the absence of a collapse in the ecosystem after the HOOD Summit is a positive signal, and he remains optimistic about the user base and the flywheel effect of token listings in this ecosystem; if Robinhood increases listing catalysts and strengthens the distribution effect of token listings, on-chain activities will warm up in a bull market, and the next wave of increases will arrive soon.

According to Blockworks data, Solana processed a record 14.2 billion non-voting transactions in the third quarter, an increase of 45% compared to the second quarter.

At 00:23:40 Beijing time, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana chain.

Solana's official X post stated that the number of tokenized stock holders on Solana has reached a record high of 1.2 million, with 775,000 people joining just in September.

According to GMGN data, the privacy narrative token MASK on the Solana chain has a market capitalization exceeding 35 million USD, setting a historical high, with a 24-hour increase of over 70%. The current market capitalization is 34.91 million USD, with a trading volume of 2.7 million USD during the same period.MASK uses ZEC as the base pair and provides liquidity through the ZEC/MASK trading pair, aiming to offer ZK privacy services for any cryptocurrency activities. The prices of related tokens are highly volatile, and investment should be approached with caution.

The perpetual contract protocol Drift (now Velocity) Foundation has opened claims and redemptions for the security incident on April 1. Affected users can claim newly issued compensation tokens DFX at a rate of 1 DFX for every $1 of verified loss. DFX is a Solana standard SPL asset, with a fixed total supply of approximately 299.5 million tokens, corresponding to about $295.4 million in verified losses, and no further issuance will occur.Users can destroy DFX on the official portal and redeem it for USDT at the redemption price, or trade it on secondary markets like Raydium. The redemption price is determined by the balance of the recovery pool divided by the number of DFX tokens that have not yet been destroyed. Currently, there are about 3.11 million USDT in the pool, with a redemption price of approximately $0.0104, allowing for about $1 back for every $100 lost, covering about 1% of the losses, which has caused dissatisfaction in the community, believing there is a significant gap from the expected full compensation.The plan also includes a maximum support commitment of $127.5 million from Tether, up to $20 million from partners, as well as subsequent sources such as transaction fee sharing from the new trading platform Velocity and the recovery of stolen funds, most of which are upper limits or installment arrangements, and were not included in the pool on the opening day. After the DFX launch, the redemption price remains around $0.0104, while the secondary market trading price has risen from about $0.01 to approximately $0.03, with a 24-hour increase of about 210%, and liquidity at that time was around $200,000. The tokens can be freely transferred, and the trading price does not have to equal the redemption price; buyers are mainly concerned with subsequent funding, protocol revenue, recovered funds, as well as the impact of early redemptions and the destruction of unclaimed portions after the window closes on January 1, 2028.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, the USDC Treasury address minted 250 million USDC on the Solana chain, worth approximately 250 million USD.

Payment giant Fiserv announced that its digital asset platform has officially launched for financial institution clients, with the first case being the dollar-backed stablecoin Roughrider Coin introduced by a bank in North Dakota.VersaBank is responsible for issuing, custody, and reserve asset management, while Fireblocks provides digital asset infrastructure and tokenization services, with transactions processed through the Solana blockchain.Roughrider Coin will connect to Fiserv's Commercial Center system, providing interbank fund transfer services for over 90 participating banks and credit unions in North Dakota.The platform also supports applications such as stablecoin cards, cross-border payments, programmable commerce, fund management automation, and tokenized deposits.

According to The Defiant, the Solana ecosystem liquid staking protocol Marinade stated that its governance committee consecutively rejected two proposals within six hours, thereby preventing an attempt to take over the DAO.Marinade stated that this incident did not result in any funds being transferred, and its staking services were not affected.

Decrypt, a crypto media outlet, announced the launch of The Information Exchange, positioned as an information and financial network, with technology provided by the prediction market platform Myriad, using MYR as a coordination layer, operating on Solana.This network integrates news, data, market prices, probabilities, and direct participation into a single experience. The products include prediction markets, spot trading, perpetual contracts, structured event products, and new financial instruments, some built by Myriad and others connected to third-party protocols and exchanges.Decrypt stated that the cumulative trading volume of Myriad's prediction markets has exceeded $600 million, allowing information audiences to become market participants within the same experience.After merging with Rug Radio, Decrypt has approximately 1.6 million monthly unique users, around 3.7 million monthly page views, and over 73,000 active email subscribers. MYR can be staked for network functions such as information verification and market settlement, and can also be used to access higher API throughput, low-latency quotes, probability data, and execution services.The announcement stated that a portion of the revenue generated from network economic activities will be used for open market repurchases of MYR, supply reduction, staking incentives, network rewards, treasury, and ecological construction. Holders and stakers can benefit from lower transaction costs, enhanced data access, and paid products or services. The products will be launched in phases over the coming weeks and will continue until Solana Breakpoint.

According to The Block, Solana Treasury Company HSDT announced the completion of a $15 million stock issuance plan, with an issuance price at a 5% premium to the company's net asset value (NAV), accompanied by warrants.The company is currently the fourth largest publicly listed Solana reserve company, holding approximately 2.3 million SOL, valued at about $273.5 million. The funds raised from this financing will be used for further purchases of SOL or to repurchase the company's stock.

USD.AI announced that USDai and sUSDai have now been extended to Solana through LayerZero's OFT standard, allowing them to circulate as unified assets across supported networks.LayerZero stated that in addition to Solana, the two assets also support Arbitrum, Ethereum, Plasma, and Base; as of now, the cumulative cross-chain transfer amount achieved through the OFT standard has exceeded 2 billion dollars.

On-chain data shows that at 9:37 AM Beijing time today, USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million USDC on the Solana network.

Cindy Leow, co-founder of the Solana perpetual contract exchange Drift (now Velocity), stated thatVelocity has completed audits with OtterSec and Asymmetric Research this week and is fully open-sourced, with the exchange restarting today.At the same time, as the exchange restarts and enters the next phase, she will step down. Previously, ChainCatcher reported on April 1 that Velocity was hacked by North Korean hackers due to a security vulnerability, resulting in a theft of $295 million.

The token standard on Solana and the NFT infrastructure Metaplex announced the launch of MPL-3643, positioned as a new standard for permissioned real-world assets (RWA) and tokenized securities, aimed at supporting the compliance infrastructure required for issuer-led tokenization.Metaplex stated that bringing new markets on-chain requires compliance infrastructure that can support issuer-led tokenization. MPL-3643 will be deployed on Solana, targeting real-world asset and tokenized securities scenarios that require permission control.

The founder of Pons, MEADGod, posted on platform X indicating that a social trading feature is about to be launched.Community member byTheGentleman added that this feature will be comparable to FOMO, or include real-time on-chain buying and selling dynamics, wallet tracking and instant alerts, verified profit and loss records, and trader leaderboards, as well as extending to Solana through Pump.fun.