Overview

• Jump Crypto’s Firedancer proposal, SIMD-0370, would remove Solana’s fixed 60 million compute‑unit block limit and allow validators to skip blocks they cannot process.
• The Alpenglow roadmap targets roughly 150‑millisecond finality, with a testnet scheduled for December 2025.
• SOL trades around $208–$210 after a recent rebound, with $206–$210 flagged as initial support and $230–$253 as the next resistance zone.
• Treasury wallets now hold over 20.9 million SOL, and firms including Forward Industries have disclosed sizable positions that signal growing institutional participation.
• On-chain data show a weekly decline in transactions and fees, and engineers warn of centralization risks for smaller validators, while an Oct. 10 SEC ETF decision is viewed as a potential catalyst.