Happy New Year, Neonauts!

Solana Breakpoint 2025 took over Abu Dhabi in December. At the same time, we unveiled a new brand from the Neon team - Parasol. We continue to focus on core infrastructure, developer tooling, and scalability to strengthen our foundations for the year ahead.

Here’s a recap of December 2025 highlights!

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🌍 Events

• December was all about Solana. Breakpoint took over Abu Dhabi. The team was on the ground at Breakpoint 2025, and it was an absolute cinema!
• Parasol unveiled at BP25: Ivan Bjelajac, CEO of Neon Labs, took the stage to explain how ZK unlocks new frontiers for Solana with Parasol, a zk-powered engine for on-chain perps on Solana. Read the Parasol Genesis Announcement.

🏎️ Builders & Community

• Architecture of Synergy Between Ethereum & Solana - Ethereum brought EVM, Solana brought speed, and developers want both. This article explains how Neon EVM runs EVM execution on Solana. It lets Solidity apps interact with Solana programs and assets, combining Ethereum tooling with Solana’s performance.
• A special Holiday × Breakpoint edition of The Sol Street Journal shipped. Get your bi-weekly pulse on the Solana ecosystem. Subscribe for free at solstreetjournal.com and catch up.
• Land the job: Level-Up Your Web3 Resume(Part II) - Everything you need to craft a Web3 resume that actually gets you hired.

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And that’s December at Neon. Grab your Breakpoint fortune cookie 🥠 before you go!