Step Finance, a Solana DeFi aggregator, is shutting down permanently after suffering a wallet compromise. The team explored fundraising and acquisition options but concluded no sustainable recovery path existed following the security breach.
Technical analyst Ali Martinez identifies key Solana support levels at $50, $22, and $10 based on a Parallel Channel pattern in SOL's weekly price chart. The analysis suggests these levels could provide support if Solana continues declining from its recent rejection at the channel's upper resistance.
Bitcoin dropped to $65,000 during weekend trading, erasing most gains from Wednesday's rally toward $70,000. The decline was accompanied by 6% drops in major altcoins including Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin, driven by hot producer price data and Nvidia's post-earnings decline affecting risk assets.
Morgan Stanley has applied for an OCC bank charter to provide cryptocurrency custody services, marking another major step in the traditional banking giant's expansion into digital assets. This follows the firm's recent filing to launch Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs in January, demonstrating an accelerated push into the crypto space.