The post Coinbase Buys Solana-Native Vector to Expand Onchacom. Coinbase announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Vector, a Solana-native onchain trading platform, in a move the exchange says will broaden asset availability and deepen its support for one of the fastest-moving trading ecosystems in crypto. The company says Vector’s team and technology will be folded into Coinbase’s DEX trading integration with the goal of improving the speed, liquidity and accessibility of Solana-based assets for Coinbase users. In its blog post, Coinbase pointed to fresh market data to underscore the timing of the deal: research from Messari shows that Solana’s decentralized exchange volume for 2025 has already topped $1 trillion, a sign of the high-velocity trading activity that Vector was built to serve. Coinbase framed the acquisition as part of a broader push to build what it calls the “everything exchange,” an onchain-first trading hub that offers faster, cheaper, around-the-clock markets. The company also touted the Vector team’s Solana-native experience as a strategic complement to Coinbase’s product roadmap. As part of the transition, Coinbase confirmed that Vector’s existing mobile and desktop apps will be sunsetted while the team and its tech are integrated into Coinbase’s platform. The announcement also made clear that the Tensor Foundation, the community-governance body behind the Tensor protocol and marketplace, will remain independent from Coinbase; Tensor’s NFT marketplace and native token, Coinbase said, will likewise stay unaffiliated. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and, according to Coinbase, is expected to close by year-end. In its.
