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Monday, June 9, 2025

Is Solana Leading Crypto Into Retail or Trailing Apple? - CoinDesk

The Solana blockchain is opening an embassy in New York City. Not like a United Nations embassy with ambassadors and diplomats and flags, but a storefront that seemingly doesn’t plan to sell much of anything.
Solana Spaces, located in the high-end Hudson Yards real estate development on Manhattan’s West Side, is a “culture center.” It’s a place where the Solana Foundation imagines people will go to hang out and get educated about crypto.
“Inside, you’ll learn how Solana works, what Web3 is. We’ll set you up with a wallet and your first [non-fungible tokens] and guide you through your first on-chain transactions,” reads a promo from the Solana Spaces Twitter account.
The Space is clearly modeled on the sleek, modern design of Apple Stores – those sales-cum-tech centers that radically transformed Apple (AAPL) into a retail powerhouse when they opened in 2001.
There’s incredibly bright track lighting, white walls, white benches, a white ceiling. Every angle is clean and every curve...



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