Gate News Announcement: On March 11, the Solana ecosystem DeFi protocol Drift announced that on March 12, it will launch cross-chain deposit functionality, allowing users to transfer funds from any major trading platform and start trading.

Drift Foundation has released the DIP-9 proposal, planning to allocate $1.5 million monthly to support protocol development, with an initial payment of $9 million covering operating costs for the first half of 2026. The proposal will be voted on December 24, 2025, with an execution period of two years.

BlockBeats News, December 12 — Cindy, co-founder of Solana ecosystem DeFi protocol Drift, stated at the Solana Breakpoint conference, "We will launch a mobile app in the first quarter of next year. This will be the first native application integrated with a multi-collateral account on mobile, and it will also include: Launch App"

According to Gate News Bot, on December 5th, CoinMarketCap data shows that as of press time, SOL (Solana) is currently priced at $138.12, down 3.83% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $146.72 and a low of $123.31. The 24-hour trading volume reached $4.069 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $77.331 billion, a decrease of $3.078 billion from yesterday. Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform that provides developers with a fast, secure, and scalable infrastructure. It supports a wide range of user experiences, making it accessible to both professional users and new consumers. Solana boasts fast transaction processing speeds and a per-transaction fee of less than $0.0025, with thousands of independent nodes validating transactions to ensure data security and censorship resistance. The network adopts a proof-of-stake mechanism, resulting in minimal environmental impact per transaction.

The perpetual futures DEX Drift Protocol has released the latest governance token DRIFT economic model, with 55.6% of the total supply already in circulation, and the lock-up period for major investors has ended. Drift v3 is set to launch, focusing on speed and performance, with community discussions on the proposal to buy back DRIFT tokens.

Coinmarketcap officially announced on platform X that this week's alt season index has risen to 74, with the top ten projects by increase including AsterDEX 649.71%, Immutable 49.55%, DriftProtocol 47.34%, and others.

Gate News Bot news, on September 18, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, DRIFT (Drift) is currently priced at $0.81, up 17.61% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.88 and a low of $0.57. The current market capitalization is approximately $297 million, an increase of $44.5 million compared to yesterday. Drift is a decentralized trading platform built on the Solana blockchain, providing users with features such as perpetual contract trading, prediction markets, and yield earning. The platform aims to offer users an experience similar to centralized exchanges while maintaining the characteristics of decentralization. Drift supports trading of various cryptocurrencies and offers leverage of up to 101 times. Important news about DRIFT recently: 1️⃣ **Drift Protocol Launches Prediction Market Feature** Drif

Gate News Bot news, on August 28, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, DRIFT (Drift) is currently priced at $0.58, with a rise of 10.34% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.64 and a low of $0.49. The 24-hour volume reached $112 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $209 million, an increase of nearly $19.6 million compared to yesterday. Recent important news about DRIFT: 1️⃣ **Drift Protocol completed $25 million financing** The Drift Protocol under the Solana ecosystem recently completed a $25 million financing round. This funding will be used to drive Drift to become the "Robinhood of the cryptocurrency world," with the potential to further expand its presence in the decentralized finance sector.