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If Solana investors look at their AI coins, they will see some interesting products scheduled to launch this year.

Shipping dates can always be pushed back, of course, but as of now, 2025 is poised to deliver a slew of Solana product launches. Solana Mobile's Seeker tops the list alongside the full version of Jump Crypto's Firedancer client. DePINs, wearable crypto technology, and the Jito repository platform are some noteworthy areas anticipating new launches.

The most interesting product launch to watch in this newsletter writer's opinion is the Solana Seeker, the second mobile phone made by Solana Mobile. The new phone is Expected in mid-2025.

Solana Mobile is being built under Solana Labs, the original Solana development company where co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal still work. Perhaps thanks to its good intentions, Seeker has lured dozens of Solana teams to its so-called dApp store.

Researchers' requests will be driven in part by interest in symbolic airdrops associated with the phone, which has proven to be the case Very profitable for the latest Solana phone. When we last spoke in October, Emmett Hollyer, general manager of Solana Mobile, said the Seeker, currently priced at $500, had 145,000 pre-orders.

The second installment of Seeker hype may be the full launch of Firedancer, the Solana validation client built from the ground up by Jump Crypto. Firedancer is a program that Solana network validators can run to process transactions and build the blockchain — and it has been spoken of in hallowed terms by Solana faithful since its development began in 2022.

He was a fire dancer It was revealed that he had gone live During the Solana Breakpoint conference in September 2024, but it currently only operates in non-voting mode, meaning the client still essentially comes with training wheels attached. No one really knows if or when Firedancer will be able to go fully live, and the team isn't doing much pushing. Customer's GitHub repository He appears Two token commits related to voting transactions over the past month.

Although slight Clear decline In the interest of DePIN from the crypto chat category, there is one Solana DePIN launch that I am looking forward to this year. Al-Fajr, A Dear crypto project Which aims to be a decentralized Internet service provider, is decided It will launch on the mainnet in 2025.

Speaking of sectors that are witnessing a decline in interest amid the explosion of artificial intelligence, Jito recovery platform It should launch in about a month, a team member told me today.

And there's one wild card to keep an eye on: fitness technology. Pulse, Solana's connected fitness tracking bracelet, aims to ship products in the first quarter. The second version of Cudis' Solana smart ring started shipping in December (I'll note that I had issues with... My first Cudis episode Rust, although my second ring has been fine so far. However, buyer beware).

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