
CSO @defidevcorp 🚀, $SOL Bull 🐂 | former @krakenfx 🐙, L/S equity analyst 📈, Corp Dev @snap 👻, credit risk @morganstanley 🏛️ | struggling blue belt 🥋
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In times like this, if you're a long term investor, you don't want to be waffling about being in or out, you want to be stacking units systematically. Don't get confused by the traders, it's a separate game.
On unit accumulation, depending on how long you've been in the game, it's helpful to think in "relative units" of the investment you did best with. I'll use $ETH because the math is easy and relates well to younger networks.
ETH has ~120M units. Let's say I once held 10 ETH.
Now I'm looking to stack $SOL, but SOL has ~636M units, or ~5.3x the # of units. Therefore, to have an equivalent position size in network terms, I'd need 53 SOL. If I want to own double the network % of SOL, that I owned of ETH, I'd need 106 SOL.
Or, perhaps I'm considering $TIA, which has ~1.16B total supply, or ~9.7x the # of units of ETH. In that case, I'd need 97 units of TIA to have a network equivalent. If I want to place a bigger network bet on TIA, because the network value is lower than when I entered ETH, then 10x the % ownership would require me to accumulate 970 TIA. 100x the % ownership = 9,700 TIA. Going for significantly more ownership, at cheap prices, if you're right, can lead to asymmetric outcomes.
$ZEC is another good example of this, since its supply mirrors $BTC's. And so it's easy to think of your "dream # of BTC," and aim to accumulate that in ZEC, if you're so inclined.
Pick your networks of choice, and do the math. I have always found thinking in unit terms keeps me grounded, optimistic, and goal oriented in dreary times. I can then dream about future upside in the thick of the bull, but the important thing is to systematically stack the units with a high conviction methodology in the bear or early-bull pullbacks.
In terms of where we are now, which is probably why most of you are still reading :) BTC has been bleeding out the long-tail while remaining resilient, with many names 20-40%+ down from the highs while BTC is down just shy of 10%. You can either say BTC has already bled the risk appetite out of the market and so most of the work is done, or you can say BTC hasn't dropped much so it'll be really terrible if it goes cliff diving. I'm sympathetic to the former view.
I read this as an early-bull opportunity rather than a warning sign that this move was a "bull trap," and so I'm inclined to be a buyer. You have to respect the possibility of lower levels, and so tranche out any dry powder that remains with % cash used corresponding to % probability those levels are the local bottom - yes, you likely end up with some excess cash if not all levels are hit, but that's okay. And don't forget, there's already opportunity in front of you.
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THE BLOCK: DeFi Development Corp. is increasing the annual dividend rate on its CHAD preferred stock from 13% to 14%, effective Nov. 2.
The increase raises annual dividends to $1.40 per share from $1.30, based on CHAD's $10 stated value, with payments made each business day when declared by the company's board.
$DFDV said it plans to use proceeds from future CHAD issuances to expand its solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 treasury.
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🚨 $CHAD JUST GOT A RAISE.
We’re increasing CHAD’s annual dividend rate from 13% to 14%, effective November 2.
That’s ~7.7% more annual dividend income per share, with dividends payable every business day when declared.
Same daily payday, more income.
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THE BLOCK: Solana's upcoming consensus upgrade, Alpenglow, is scheduled to launch on mainnet on Oct. 21. It aims to slash the network's block finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
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Lookin' for something that pays you every day? Meet $CHAD.
13% annual dividend, paid daily.
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Delusional solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 bulls ALWAYS win in the end.
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THE BLOCK: Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp. $DFDV added approximately 22,070 SOL and solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 equivalents over the past week, bringing its total holdings to 2.59 million SOL and equivalents.
The company said its treasury has grown 12% since Aug. 12, while its CHAD preferred stock reached a record trading high last week despite the broader crypto drop.
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🚨JUST IN: Solana treasury company @defidevcorp bought 22,070 $SOL (~$2.43M) over the past week, bringing holdings to 2,586,282 (~$284.9M), up 12% since August 12.
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Today, $DFDV announced the addition of ~22,070 $SOL and SOL equivalents, bringing our treasury to ~2.59M SOL. 🚀
That’s ~12% growth in less than 9 weeks, driven by relentless accumulation.
Meanwhile, $CHAD keeps hitting new highs despite market softness.
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The apex fuel for accomplishing anything is heartbreak, hate, and desperation.
Being able to draw from/rekindle that fire is pure gold.
Kingdoms were not built by the satisfied, but by the forsaken.
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Everyone sees base:0x311935cd80b76769bf2ecc9d8ab7635b2139cf82 outperforming peers on price, users, activity, & more.
But many are sleeping on the fact that base:0x311935cd80b76769bf2ecc9d8ab7635b2139cf82 is CRUSHING it where it matters most: scaling.
In 2026 alone, Solana has shipped 11 major protocol upgrades. Seven fully live, two activating now.
🔸 WHAT'S LIVE 🔸
• Larger transactions (1,232 → 4,096 bytes). Multi-hop swaps, large multisigs, and ZK proofs fit in one transaction instead of being split apart or failing.
• 100M CU blocks (+66% capacity). More transactions land in every block, so congestion and fee spikes are rarer, and block times haven't changed.
• BLS keys + Validator Admission Ticket. Thousands of votes now verify as one. Groundwork for what's coming.
• Native BN254 and BLS12-381 curve ops. ZK bridges and proof-heavy apps got 10-20x cheaper.
• Optimized Token Program (−98% compute). The most common action on Solana now costs a sliver of what it did, freeing ~10% more block space for everything else.
• XDP networking (200x faster propagation). Validators read block data straight off the network card. This is what makes bigger blocks safe to run.
• The Agave 3.1 feature set, activated across March and April. CPI account limits up 4x, faster Turbine propagation, Vote Account V4. Unglamorous plumbing, and the reason everything after it could ship.
🔸 ROLLING OUT NOW 🔸
• Slot times 400ms → 250ms, cut in four steps since August, with the final 200ms step activating now. Confirmations twice as fast, no app changes required.
• Rent down ~90%. Accounts, tokens, and onchain data get dramatically cheaper; onboarding users at scale becomes cheaper.
🔸 APPROVED BY VOTE 🔸
• In August, Solana ran its first binding governance vote. SIMD-0550 passed: inflation now decays 30% a year instead of 15%. Terminal 1.5% inflation now arrives in 2.8 years instead of 5.7. That's ~18.9M SOL that never gets issued or hits the market.
🔸 SHIPPING NEXT 🔸
• Alpenglow (Agave 4.3, expected October). A full replacement for TowerBFT consensus. Validators vote directly to each other and bundle those votes into certificates. Finality drops from 12.8 seconds to ~150 milliseconds, 99% faster. A trade settles about as fast as a card swipe.
• sBPFv3 (Agave 4.4, November). Four bytecode formats collapse to one. Existing programs keep running untouched, and the runtime stays lean as it scales.
Watch out, because @Solana is the only chain delivering on its promise to scale. Nothing stops this chain.
Keep tabs on all things base:0x311935cd80b76769bf2ecc9d8ab7635b2139cf82.
👉 StateOfSOL.com
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Our August & September 2026 Recap is LIVE!
Catch up on everything accomplished over the last two months - from surpassing 2.5 million $SOL and launching $CHAD to expanding our capital markets engine and launching State of Solana.
Read the full recap. 👇
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