Solana NFTs Hit OpenSea Mobile; Jupiter Launches Cross-Chain Swaps

Backpack added Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani to its US board, while Solana NFTs became available on OpenSea Mobile. Jupiter introduced Universal Deposit for cross-chain token swaps at a flat $0.30 fee, and LayerZero's endpoint went live on Stellar with over $190 billion in USDT liquidity via the OFT standard.

Backpack's addition of Kyle Samani to its US board signals deeper ties between the Solana ecosystem and established venture capital. Samani, an early Solana backer, brings institutional credibility as the exchange expands its American footprint. Meanwhile, OpenSea's mobile rollout for Solana NFTs, initially gated to SolanaMBS holders, marks a notable step in cross-ecosystem NFT accessibility.

Jupiter's Universal Deposit removes traditional bridging friction by automatically routing, bridging, and swapping tokens from Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, or Sui into USDC on Solana at a flat $0.30 fee. Elsewhere, Base's Creator Grant Program offers up to $4,000 for ecosystem content, HashKey Group became the first Asian firm in DTCC's digital assets working group, and LayerZero's endpoint launched on Stellar, unlocking $190 billion in USDT liquidity through the OFT standard.