Toly draws a line in the sand as Bulktrade expands beyond Solana

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko says apps not running on the L1 are not really on Solana, and an exchange he backed is now testing that idea Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has a clear view on who counts as part of the network. If an app isn’t running on Solana’s base layer, he says, it isn’t on Solana. The comment came on October 29, 2026, after Bulktrade announced it would expand beyond its Solana Layer 1 setup. The awkward part: Yakovenko is one of the exchange’s angel investors. Bulktrade describes itself as a high-performance perpetuals exchange.