🥛 Solana’s biggest upgrade ever ⚡
AI Summary
Milk Road reports that Solana's Alpenglow upgrade goes live Oct 21, cutting transaction finality from ~12.8 seconds to ~150ms. It also covers Nexo's Digital Wealth Survey showing wealthy investors expect crypto to be a top wealth builder but rarely hold it long term. Short items include the GMGN Global Championship and Franklin Templeton's view that institutional fear of crypto has flipped.
Key Facts
Author Takes
Solana AI agent economy
Solana will win the AI agent economy, with machines paying each other in stablecoins for data, compute, and APIs.
Solana positioning
Solana is a high-speed trading engine whose real rivals are Hyperliquid and Lighter; NEAR is better for AI agents, but $100 is a great place to add.
Bitcoin price
BTC could test $78-80K before November, and SOL rarely gets a free pass when Bitcoin dips.
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