In Case You Missed It: Key Announcements from Solana Crossroads 2025

Solana’s biggest community conference played host to critical updates from across the ecosystem.

Published: May 5, 2025 at 17:09

Bringing together the network’s biggest teams and thought leaders for two days of hard-hitting announcements, insightful panel discussions, and actionable alpha, this year’s Solana Crossroads conference was the best yet.

The event’s jam-packed agenda delivered a wealth of critical announcements from your favorite Solana teams. Here’s everything you might have missed:

The SolFlare Debit Card

SolFlare, one of Solana’s most popular wallets, announced the launch of its self-custodial debit card. Unlike many crypto debit cards, the SolFlare card ensures that users never relinquish true ownership of their assets.

Fragmetric Brings Yield-Bearing BTC to Solana

Partnering with Zeus Network and Solv Protocol, Fragmetric, a Solana-based DeFi and staking application, unveiled yield-bearing BTC on Solana.

A first of its kind on the network, $fragSOL enables users to stake Bitcoin-pegged assets, like $zBTC, to receive BTC-denominated yield derived from Solana ecosystem activity

Uprock Unveiled Real-Time AI Data Crawling

Marking its return to the headlines, Uprock announced the launch of its latest product, Prism. The Solana DePIN project’s new web intelligence platform combines AI-scale web crawling with global performance monitoring from a decentralized network of over 2.65M mobile devices.

Prism eliminates the costs and complexity of legacy infrastructure while contributors earn UPT tokens.

Huma PayFi Network Breaches $4B in Volume

Following the launch of its V2 app just over two weeks ago, Huma Finance has witnessed over $4B in transactions since launching in 2023. Since its migration to Solana, Huma has enjoyed accelerated adoption, with active wallet addresses up 490% to 33,000 in just two weeks.

Huma’s growing presence and influence in Solana DeFi are likely driven by the generous yield offered on stablecoin deposits and distribution of Huma “Feathers”, which are expected to factor into an upcoming airdrop.

Kast to Launch DEX

Kast, one of Solana’s most popular crypto debit card operators, revealed its ambitious plans to become the industry’s leading self-custodial onchain bank.

As a key point of difference, the KAST DEX is hyper-focused on stablecoins, offering tight spreads and low fees on a wealth of stablecoins.

Meteora Teases A.S.S. (Anti-Sniper Suite)

Building on the success of its Alpha Vault, Meteora remains committed to providing the Solaa network with fairer token launches.

To a room full of eager DeFi savants, Meteora’s new project lead Zhen Hoe Yong unveiled Meteora’s next great experiment, the Anti-Sniper Suite.

Marinade Launches Instant Native Staking Withdrawals

Creators of Solana’s first LST, the chefs at Marinade Finance have been cooking up ways to make its native staking product just as flexible as Liquid Staking.

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Previously, native stakers needed to wait around 2 days to regain access to their staked $SOL. Through Marinade’s new instant unstaking feature, stakers benefit from the flexibility of instant withdrawals, without exposing themselves to the smart contract risks common among LSTs.

Dialect Launches Mobile Alert Stack

Dialect, the team integrating blockchain into the rest of the internet through Solana Actions, has unveiled its new Mobile Alert stack.

Initially available through the Jupiter Mobile wallet, Dialect’s new stack enables users to receive push notifications related to their DeFi positions. For DeFi experimenters and power users, Dialect’s new stack could be the difference between saving a leveraged position or loan and getting liquidated.

What Happened Offstage?

While Solana Crossroad’s three stages delivered a constant stream of illuminating panel discussions and key product announcements, there was also plenty of action offstage.

From compelling exhibition booths to unforgettable side events, Crossroads brought together representatives from all areas and levels of the Solana community. One of the network’s most eagerly anticipated products, the Solana Seeker, was also on display for attendees.

Every day users got to rub shoulders with ecosystem heavyweights, founders made critical connections with fellow builders and supportive VCs, and the Solana faithful shared their combined enthusiasm for the network’s future.

Recorded material from the event, including panels and presentations, will be released by SolanaFloor in the near future.