{"id":7386,"date":"2026-03-11T09:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:50:39","slug":"jito-foundation-acquires-solanafloor-plans-relaunch-after-security-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7386","title":{"rendered":"Jito Foundation Acquires SolanaFloor, Plans Relaunch After Security Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_8f0cbeb02d5d88732f2b2e612bfa3afe\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jito Foundation acquired SolanaFloor and relaunched the Solana ecosystem news and analytics platform on March 10.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step Finance, SolanaFloor\u2019s former parent, shut down all operations on Feb. 23 after attackers drained approximately 261,854 SOL, worth roughly US$27\u201329 million, through a treasury wallet breach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jito Foundation President Brian Smith flagged the acquisition as an ecosystem-preservation move.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jito Foundation has acquired SolanaFloor and restarted the Solana news and analytics platform after it went offline with the collapse of Step Finance.<\/p>\n<p>The relaunch was announced on March 10, the same day publishing resumed. Financial terms were not disclosed. SolanaFloor editor Awais Afzal is staying on, and Jito said the newsroom will control its own coverage, story choices and data presentation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SolanaFloor is back.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, we are thrilled to announce that SolanaFloor has been acquired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jito_sol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jito_sol<\/a> and will resume operations under the Jito Foundation\u2019s ownership while maintaining full editorial independence.<\/p>\n<p>After announcing a wind-down in February 2026 following\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AsLWHKRRPC\">pic.twitter.com\/AsLWHKRRPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SolanaFloor (@SolanaFloor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolanaFloor\/status\/2031385925838844022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The deal follows the shutdown of Step Finance, which had operated SolanaFloor. Step closed all operations on February 23 after a treasury breach that led to the loss of 261,854 SOL.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Security firm CertiK said attackers gained access through compromised executive devices and used that access to unstake and transfer funds from the company\u2019s signing environment. The incident was an operational security failure, not a smart contract exploit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Back-to-Back Weekly Inflows for First Time in 5 Months<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-massive-losses\">Massive Losses<\/h2>\n<p>Loss estimates varied with the SOL price used, but reports placed the value between about US$27 million (AU$39.7 million) and US$29 million (AU$42.6 million). Some later estimates were higher as the token price moved. Step\u2019s token fell about 96% after the breach.<\/p>\n<p>Jito said the acquisition is meant to restore a key source of Solana ecosystem coverage after SolanaFloor went dark.<\/p>\n<p>The move also puts focus on ownership and editorial control in crypto media. Jito Foundation supports the Solana ecosystem through grants, partnerships and infrastructure tied to staking and block building. That gives SolanaFloor a financial backer with deep ecosystem ties, even as Jito says editorial decisions will remain independent.<\/p>\n<p>The issue matters because SolanaFloor covers a fast-growing market. Solana spot exchange-traded funds now hold close to US$1 billion (AU$1.47 billion) in assets, while Solana DeFi protocols have about US$6.7 billion (AU$9.85 billion) in total value locked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: NYDIG: Bitcoin\u2019s Stock Correlation Doesn\u2019t Undermine Its Diversification Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Jito,Security,Solana#Jito #Foundation #Acquires #SolanaFloor #Plans #Relaunch #Security #Shutdown1773222639<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jito Foundation acquired SolanaFloor and relaunched the Solana ecosystem news and analytics platform on March 10. Step Finance, SolanaFloor\u2019s former parent, shut down all operations on Feb. 23 after attackers drained approximately 261,854 SOL, worth roughly US$27\u201329 million, through a treasury wallet breach. Jito Foundation President Brian Smith flagged the acquisition as an ecosystem-preservation move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1292,1266,3213,586,3215,1676,1794,3214],"class_list":{"0":"post-7386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"tag-acquires","9":"tag-foundation","10":"tag-jito","11":"tag-plans","12":"tag-relaunch","13":"tag-security","14":"tag-shutdown","15":"tag-solanafloor"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jito Foundation Acquires SolanaFloor, Plans Relaunch After Security Shutdown - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=7386\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jito Foundation Acquires SolanaFloor, Plans Relaunch After Security Shutdown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jito Foundation acquired SolanaFloor and relaunched the Solana ecosystem news and analytics platform on March 10. 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