HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOLANA BREAKPOINT DAY TWO

Solana Breakpoint Day One set a rapid pace, with milestone announcements about Firedancer, key product updates from Jupiter, and trillion-dollar asset manager Franklin Templeton disclosing its intention to build a mutual fund on Solana.

Despite the high expectations following a blistering Day One, Day Two kept the momentum alive and delivered plenty of showstopping announcements.

COINBASE TO LAUNCH cbBTC ON SOLANA
Coinbase, one of the industry’s most popular centralized exchanges, announced its intention to deploy its wrapped version of Bitcoin on the Solana network. Since launching on Ethereum and Base just a few weeks earlier, cbBTC has quickly climbed the ranks to become the third-largest wrapped Bitcoin token in the market.

The move is expected to bring more of Bitcoin’s deep liquidity to Solana, where cbBTC can be integrated into various DeFi applications and increase capital efficiency on the network.

FIREDANCER LIVE ON MAINNET FOR NON-VOTE TRANSACTIONS
FireDancer may have stolen the show on Day One, but the Jump Crypto developers weren’t content to stop there. Firedancer’s Research and Development Architect, Phillip Taffet, and Production Engineer Anway De announced that the full Firedancer validator client was now live on the Solana mainnet for non-vote transactions.

But that wasn’t all that the Firedancer team had in store. A live demo also demonstrated the Frankendancer client executing 1.04M transactions per second.

MAGIC EDEN UNVEILS NEW FEATURES
Magic Eden, the blockchain industry’s largest NFT marketplace across all chains in terms of trading revenue, outlined some of its future plans.

Showcasing a more composable cross-chain ecosystem Magic Eden teased new features like the ability to swap fungible assets on one chain for non-fungible assets on a completely different network.

In a move that didn’t surprise anyone, Magic Eden also announced that its upcoming $ME token will be launched on Solana.

deBridge ANNOUNCES TGE
The deBridge ($DBR) token airdrop has been one of the most anticipated TGEs in recent months.

To thunderous applause from a captivated audience, deBridge co-founder Alex Smirnov announced that $DBR is scheduled to go live on the 17th of October.

Smirnov also used his time in the spotlight to share a wealth of new product features coming to the deBridge application, including gasless bridging and the integration of new chains live Bitcoin and Tron.

BONK ETP
One of Solana’s favorite memecoins, BONK made its presence known at Breakpoint. But beyond the BONK boxing ring, BONK core contributor Nom highlighted the prolific growth of the Bonk brand, which has secured impressive partnerships across the Web2 world, like its sponsorship of Borussia Dortmund.

Affirming BONK’s rise from memecoin, to cultural movement, to financial entity, Nom also announced the team’s intention to launch a BONK ETP. The move is believed to be a precursor to an eventual BONK ETF.

SANCTUM ANNOUNCES BIG UPDATES
Sanctum, the Solana DeFi powerhouse bringing greater flexibility to LST (Liquid Staking Tokens), announced several exciting updates.

First, Sanctum co-founder FP Lee introduced ‘Creator Coins’, a novel spin on LSTs that provides new tools for individuals, communities, and businesses to build, grow, and monetize their audiences.

Lee also announced the upcoming launch of a Sanctum card. Conceived in collaboration with BasedApp and Jupiter, the Cloud Card is expected to facilitate real-world payments using Solana-based crypto assets.

Finally, the Sanctum founder also shared that the platform’s polarizing incentives campaign, Wonderland, would be making its return soon with a second season of rewards.

4.6 million transactions in one day: Coinbase’s layer 2 Base breaks a record 🚀

The @base ecosystem has grown with the support of coinbase . Several major protocols like Curve, Aave, and Compound are now used on Base.

Coinbase also launched its own Wrapped Bitcoin, the $cbBTC , on #Ethereum and Base, driving activity on layer 2 ⛓️

The number of new addresses created every day shows that $BASE continues to gain popularity. Unlike competitors like Arbitrum, Base is growing rapidly

🔵 Coinbase launches cbBTC, its Wrapped Bitcoin.

The ERC-20 token will be backed 1:1 by Bitcoin (BTC) held by Coinbase.

cbBTC will be supported on Base and Ethereum, with plans to expand to other blockchains.

“By aggregating assets across more chains, wrapped assets like cbBTC help build a more efficient, interconnected and expansive financial ecosystem.”