Solana hit several milestones this week, including its first slot-time reduction to 350ms. Shinhan Asset Management partnered with the Solana Foundation and other firms to build a KRW tokenized fund. Securitize and Neuberger Berman launched HINC on Solana, tapping Neuberger’s $230B+ asset-management platform. Solmate’s treasury reached ~1.25M SOL, while the $MRNA token posted more than $4.5M in onchain volume in its first 24 hours on Solana.

Micron Technology reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter revenue of $41.46 billion, up 345.72% year over year, and non-GAAP EPS of $25.11, marking a seventh straight quarterly beat. Free cash flow for the quarter reached $18.30 billion, and HBM4 shipment revenue has already exceeded $1 billion. For the fourth quarter, the company guided to $50 billion in revenue, $31 in non-GAAP EPS and gross margin of roughly 86%. Wall Street’s average price target is $1,501.98, and none of 45 analysts rate the stock a sell.

The U.S. FDA has approved Moderna’s mFLUSIVA, making it the first mRNA-based influenza vaccine, for adults ages 50 and older. The shot also received accelerated approval for adults ages 65 and older. Experts say the vaccine adds an important new option for flu prevention, rather than replacing existing flu vaccines.

Morgan Stanley plans to invest just over $587 million in a permanent office building in Dallas, with the site expected to house around 3,800 employees by the end of 2035. The bank also committed to hiring Dallas residents for at least 25% of relocated or newly created roles, and it must submit a local recruiting plan by the end of 2027. Goldman Sachs is also investing $500 million in a new Dallas campus that it says will be its largest U.S. workforce outside New York City, with more than 5,000 employees expected to work there. The number of applicants to Goldman Sachs’ Dallas program has risen 52% over the past five years.

Red Cat Holdings is shifting from a small drone supplier to a scaled autonomy platform, after revenue rose 527% year over year to $20.2 million. Its manufacturing footprint has expanded 5x and inventory has climbed to $85 million. Management is guiding for $150–$180 million in fiscal-year revenue, though performance is expected to be heavily concentrated in the second half. Gross margin improved to 16.1%, with a year-end 2026 target of 30% tied to contract execution and volume ramp.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter revenue of $10.7 billion, up 40% year over year and a record high. Revenue from its Cloud and AI segment rose 22.9%, while Networking revenue jumped 148.2%. Non-GAAP earnings per share doubled from a year earlier, and the Cloud and AI operating margin nearly doubled. The company also raised its full-year free cash flow outlook to at least $3.5 billion.

Nomura Securities’ digital-asset unit, Laser Digital, has completed registration in Japan as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider under the Payment Services Act, with registration number 00032. The registration enables the firm to operate in Japan in compliance with local rules. Its approved crypto-asset list includes $XRP alongside BTC and ETH. The move expands a traditional financial group’s footprint in Japan’s crypto market and provides a new regulated route for trading $XRP.

Crypto project BounceBit said it will shut down its proprietary blockchain network after detecting an unauthorized large-scale transfer involving 286.5 million BB tokens. The incident prompted an emergency chain shutdown to address potential security vulnerabilities and asset risks. BounceBit has not disclosed details of the attack or the extent of any impact on user funds, but said the breach has dealt a serious blow to its ecosystem.