According to Lightspark, its cofounder and chief strategy officer Christian Catalini joined the a16z crypto podcast to discuss the future of money, lessons from Meta's Libra, and why openness rather than corporate control will prevail. Source: Lightspark on X, Jan 15, 2026. The episode covers why Bitcoin is more than digital gold, what Catalini learned from his time at Facebook, and his view that openness will win. Source: Lightspark on X, Jan 15, 2026. Lightspark notes that Catalini is a former architect of Meta's shuttered Libra project and currently cofounder and chief strategy officer of Lightspark, a global payments startup. Source: Lightspark on X, Jan 15, 2026.

According to @lookonchain, the LIBRA team spent 61.59M USDC to buy 456,393 SOL at an average price of $135, with transactions visible on Solscan at https://solscan.io/account/FKp1tEiy55hiAZs3RaYr8mj87U5ZcopB5aXgCPD8dNX7 and https://solscan.io/account/61yKS9bjxWdqNgAHt439DfoNfwK3uKPAJGWAsFkC5M4C (source: Lookonchain; Solscan). For trading, $135 represents the buyer’s average entry from these on-chain fills, and monitoring the two Solana addresses for subsequent inflows or outflows can offer signals on SOL liquidity and momentum (source: Lookonchain; Solscan).

According to @OnchainLens citing Nansen data, the LIBRA team withdrew $3.94 million USDC from a liquidity pool. According to @OnchainLens citing Nansen data, two wallets associated with the team bought 456,401 SOL for $61.59 million USDC at an average execution price of $135. According to @OnchainLens, the wallet addresses involved are DefcyKc4yAjRsCLZjdxWuSUzVohXtLna9g22y3pBCm2z and 61yKS9bjxWdqNgAHt439DfoNfwK3uKPAJGWAsFkC5M4C. According to @OnchainLens citing Nansen data, these transactions confirm a large USDC-to-SOL conversion with a reported average entry level near $135 for these wallets.

According to @lookonchain, the LIBRA team withdrew another 3.94M USDC from a liquidity pool and used 17M USDC to purchase 127,774 SOL at about $133 per SOL on Nov 18, 2025, with the transfers visible on Solscan at https://solscan.io/account/DefcyKc4yAjRsCLZjdxWuSUzVohXtLna9g22y3pBCm2z (Lookonchain; Solscan).