RaaS #582: Solana Starts a Chain Roast War!

Visa Pushes Stablecoins, Sui Goes Dark for 6 Hours, And Moar!

Solana fired the first shot by joking that Starknet had just 8 daily users and 10 transactions despite its valuation, instantly going viral. Starknet clapped back with a gorilla meme and a roast from CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, mocking Solana’s “8 marketing interns,” turning the whole thing into harmless chain-on-chain banter.

Animoca Brands acquired SOMO in a deal closed before the token launch, bringing an end to a long and contentious pre-TGE saga. SOMO raised $20M, oversold its presale, distributed tokens, but delayed launch for over 500 days while promising Tier-1 exchange conditions. Animoca’s backing finally puts the project on firmer footing, though token holders are still waiting.

Project Eleven closed a $20M Series A at a $120M valuation to build tooling that helps ecosystems migrate assets to post-quantum cryptography. With quantum threats no longer theoretical, the startup is already collaborating with Bitcoin and Solana ahead of a major product launch in early 2026.

OpenSea partnered with MetaMask Rewards Season 1, letting users earn points based on their OpenSea Treasure Chest tiers. Eligible users can earn up to 1,000 points plus referral bonuses by opting in via MetaMask mobile. NFTs chasing loyalty points are officially back.

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Visa teamed up with BVNK to launch a stablecoin payout solution, allowing businesses to pay partners and contractors in USDC and USDT through Visa’s infrastructure. Another quiet step toward stablecoins becoming backend plumbing for global payments.

Coinbase withdrew its support for the U.S. market structure bill after new provisions restricted stablecoin rewards. The company slammed the “anti-reward” clauses as innovation-killing, just days before a key Senate Banking Committee vote.

noisedotxyz announced a $7.1M Series Seed led by Paradigm and plans to launch attention markets on Base, marking a shift after long being positioned as a flagship MegaETH ecosystem project. Another sign that EVM competition is brutal, and Base keeps winning migrations.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Morpho is shutting down its public Discord, possibly signaling a broader shift away from noisy community channels.

2. MegaETH open-sourced its Stateless Validator code, continuing its push for open infrastructure.

3. Ripple secured preliminary EMI license approval from Luxembourg’s CSSF.

4. A Polymarket whale lost ~$40K betting on a U.S.-Iran strike that never happened.

5. Germany’s DZ Bank launched a retail crypto platform under MiCA, integrating crypto into its main banking app.

MANTRA Chain laid off staff as part of a restructuring push after its OM token collapsed over 90% from its 2025 peak, leaving TVL down more than 80% and activity near record lows. Management cited unsustainable costs and says the team is refocusing on a leaner path to profitability, with products like mantraUSD positioned as the next attempt at a reset.

 I hope Claude is open on their laptops.

Top Gainers: LGCT, KLED, DCR, DASH, DOLO.

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1. Rainyo argues survival in crypto 2026 is about capital-aware strategy, laying out an airdrop playbook that scales from $0 to $150K+ and urging users to build tier lists based on their own budget, time, and risk tolerance instead of copying whale strategies.

2. Crypto Mazino breaks down Insilico Terminal as a trader’s core weapon, walking through order flow tools, APIs, DOM views, hotkeys, and CLI features while making the case that serious trading requires professional-grade tooling, even if it’s free.

3. TheRosieum bets their career on the ICO comeback, joining Legion to focus on narrative and content after years of watching launches succeed and fail, arguing that storytelling and distribution discipline matter more than hype cycles.

4. Greg Isenberg claims 2026 is the best time ever to build, pointing to AI-powered mobile apps, solo-dev speed, consumer agents, and robotics finally becoming software problems instead of hardware bottlenecks.

5. BawsaXBT declares the rise of the one-person agency, arguing that modern AI tools and repeatable systems are collapsing traditional agency moats and allowing individuals to deliver what once required full teams.

The SEC closed its investigation into Zcash Foundation without enforcement action, sending ZEC up as much as 12%. The decision adds to growing signs of regulatory thawing, especially for privacy-focused projects.

Sui suffered a consensus outage that halted block finalization for nearly six hours, disrupting over $1B in daily transaction value. Despite the downtime, funds remained safe, apps recovered smoothly, and SUI’s price barely flinched.

That’s all for today!