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Solana Rising: Investing in the Fast Lane of Crypto
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Discover the next huge opportunity in the cryptocurrency the Solana blockchain
In Solana Rising, founder and comanaging partner of SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, delivers an exciting and authoritative account of one of the true generational trades available in today's the Solana blockchain. Representing digital liquidity, Solana offers its users the ability to tokenize and liquidize illiquid assets.
Perfect for intermediate-level crypto investors who are comfortable owning Bitcoin--and are now ready to take the next step into the world of Solana--the book explains how this blockchain works, why it's so transformative, and how it accomplishes what it does.
Listeners will also
Discussions of the investors and players currently betting big on Solana A step-by-step guide to getting started with Solana and the role it should play in a crypto portfolio Advice for spotting new and emerging trends in cryptocurrency
Most of us missed the bulk, or even the entirety of, Bitcoin's march from $0.01 to $100,000. Solana Rising is your opportunity to get in near the ground floor of a technology with even more potential.
Discover the next huge opportunity in the cryptocurrency the Solana blockchain
In Solana Rising, founder and comanaging partner of SkyBridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, delivers an exciting and authoritative account of one of the true generational trades available in today's the Solana blockchain. Representing digital liquidity, Solana offers its users the ability to tokenize and liquidize illiquid assets.
Perfect for intermediate-level crypto investors who are comfortable owning Bitcoin--and are now ready to take the next step into the world of Solana--the book explains how this blockchain works, why it's so transformative, and how it accomplishes what it does.
Listeners will also
Discussions of the investors and players currently betting big on Solana A step-by-step guide to getting started with Solana and the role it should play in a crypto portfolio Advice for spotting new and emerging trends in cryptocurrency
Most of us missed the bulk, or even the entirety of, Bitcoin's march from $0.01 to $100,000. Solana Rising is your opportunity to get in near the ground floor of a technology with even more potential.
176 pages, Hardcover
Published December 9, 2025
About the author
Anthony Scaramucci
29 books71 followersAnthony Scaramucci is an American financier, entrepreneur and political figure. He is the founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investments firm.
As part of the first generation of his family to attend college, Scaramucci graduated from the Tufts University and Harvard Law School before embarking on a successful career in the financial services industry. In November 2016, Scaramucci was named to President-Elect Trump’s Presdential Transition Team Executive Committee. In June 2017, he was named the Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import Bank. He served as the White House Communications Director for 11 days in July 2017.
In 2016, Scaramucci was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year-New York” Award in the Financial Services category. He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Scaramucci was born and raised on Long Island, New York, where he still resides today.
As part of the first generation of his family to attend college, Scaramucci graduated from the Tufts University and Harvard Law School before embarking on a successful career in the financial services industry. In November 2016, Scaramucci was named to President-Elect Trump’s Presdential Transition Team Executive Committee. In June 2017, he was named the Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import Bank. He served as the White House Communications Director for 11 days in July 2017.
In 2016, Scaramucci was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year-New York” Award in the Financial Services category. He is a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Scaramucci was born and raised on Long Island, New York, where he still resides today.
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June 29, 2026
**Solana Rising** by Anthony Scaramucci is a timely and energetic book about one of the most important questions in crypto: what comes after Bitcoin?
Scaramucci makes the case that Bitcoin remains the foundation — sound money, digital gold, the asset that changed everything — but that Solana may represent something different: a high-speed operating layer for tokenized finance, consumer applications, payments, DeFi, NFTs, DePIN, and the next generation of internet capital markets.
What I liked most is that the book does not treat Solana only as another “altcoin.” It frames Solana as part of a much bigger technological shift: the move from slow, closed financial infrastructure toward open, fast, global markets. That is where Solana becomes interesting. It is not trying to be Bitcoin. It is trying to be a blockchain where real activity can happen at scale.
Scaramucci is clearly bullish, and at times the book reads more like an investment thesis than a neutral history. But that is also part of its strength. He explains why serious investors are paying attention to Solana, why speed and low fees matter, and why crypto may be moving from speculation into real-world use cases. For readers who already understand Bitcoin and want to understand why Solana has attracted so much attention, this is a very useful introduction.
The strongest parts of the book are the big-picture arguments: tokenization, liquidity, the future of financial markets, and the idea that blockchains will not only store value but also move value, trade value, and unlock value from assets that have historically been illiquid. That is the real promise of Solana.
Of course, no Solana book can ignore the risks: outages, centralization debates, competition from Ethereum and other L1s, regulatory uncertainty, and the fact that crypto narratives can change very quickly. I would have liked even more critical discussion of those trade-offs. But as a pro-Solana investment case, the book is clear, readable, and convincing.
For me, the key takeaway is simple: Bitcoin is still the monetary revolution, but Solana may be one of the strongest candidates for the application layer of crypto. Whether it becomes that or not is still an open question, but **Solana Rising** explains very well why the question is worth taking seriously.
A strong read for anyone interested in Bitcoin, crypto investing, tokenization, and the future of open financial infrastructure.
Scaramucci makes the case that Bitcoin remains the foundation — sound money, digital gold, the asset that changed everything — but that Solana may represent something different: a high-speed operating layer for tokenized finance, consumer applications, payments, DeFi, NFTs, DePIN, and the next generation of internet capital markets.
What I liked most is that the book does not treat Solana only as another “altcoin.” It frames Solana as part of a much bigger technological shift: the move from slow, closed financial infrastructure toward open, fast, global markets. That is where Solana becomes interesting. It is not trying to be Bitcoin. It is trying to be a blockchain where real activity can happen at scale.
Scaramucci is clearly bullish, and at times the book reads more like an investment thesis than a neutral history. But that is also part of its strength. He explains why serious investors are paying attention to Solana, why speed and low fees matter, and why crypto may be moving from speculation into real-world use cases. For readers who already understand Bitcoin and want to understand why Solana has attracted so much attention, this is a very useful introduction.
The strongest parts of the book are the big-picture arguments: tokenization, liquidity, the future of financial markets, and the idea that blockchains will not only store value but also move value, trade value, and unlock value from assets that have historically been illiquid. That is the real promise of Solana.
Of course, no Solana book can ignore the risks: outages, centralization debates, competition from Ethereum and other L1s, regulatory uncertainty, and the fact that crypto narratives can change very quickly. I would have liked even more critical discussion of those trade-offs. But as a pro-Solana investment case, the book is clear, readable, and convincing.
For me, the key takeaway is simple: Bitcoin is still the monetary revolution, but Solana may be one of the strongest candidates for the application layer of crypto. Whether it becomes that or not is still an open question, but **Solana Rising** explains very well why the question is worth taking seriously.
A strong read for anyone interested in Bitcoin, crypto investing, tokenization, and the future of open financial infrastructure.
March 18, 2026
It’s boring and superficial, which makes it uninteresting to read.
25% of the book is about how Ethereum is slow (even though they’ve updated the system and it’s faster now—and that speed is sufficient for regular users anyway).
Then there’s a lot of uninteresting information about the bankrupt FTX exchange and its founder.
There isn’t enough criticism of Trump and the Melania meme coins, and the topic isn’t exposed as a scam. That it was a fancy scheme to raise donations and line their own pockets.
And how the Solana network stopped working when the Melania coin appeared. I saw it myself.
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25% of the book is about how Ethereum is slow (even though they’ve updated the system and it’s faster now—and that speed is sufficient for regular users anyway).
Then there’s a lot of uninteresting information about the bankrupt FTX exchange and its founder.
There isn’t enough criticism of Trump and the Melania meme coins, and the topic isn’t exposed as a scam. That it was a fancy scheme to raise donations and line their own pockets.
And how the Solana network stopped working when the Melania coin appeared. I saw it myself.
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