Articles Tagged “Solana”
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Securitize Stocks on Solana: How 12 Tokenized Shares Work
Securitize Stocks launched with 12 tokenized US equities on Solana, including Apple and Nvidia, each backed 1:1 by a real share and settled in USDC.
Samsung Wallet USDC: How 82M Galaxy Phones Will Send Money
Samsung Wallet will let US users send USDC across borders over Solana from late October 2026, reaching about 82 million Galaxy devices at launch.
Solana DvP: How Atomic Settlement Works for Institutions
Solana DvP is an audited, MIT-licensed escrow program that settles both trade legs in seconds, built with input from J.P. Morgan. Here is how it works.
Roughrider Coin: How 90+ North Dakota Banks Settle on Solana
Fiserv's digital asset platform is live with Roughrider Coin: a dollar-backed stablecoin linking 90+ North Dakota banks on Solana. Here is how it works.
Solana 250ms Slot Times Are Live on Mainnet
Solana cut its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms at epoch 1037, lifting block production to four slots a second on the way to a 200ms target.
Schwab Crypto Adds Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink
Charles Schwab will add SOL, AVAX and LINK to Schwab Crypto in the coming months, extending 75-basis-point spot trading across 39.9 million accounts.
Shinhan Tests a Won-Denominated Tokenized Fund on Solana
Shinhan Asset Management, which oversees $96.6B, signed a four-way pact with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca to pilot a tokenized won fund.
Solana Slot Times Fall to 350ms on the Road to 200ms
Solana cut testnet slot times to 350ms on August 6, the first of four steps toward 200ms blocks, with Agave v4.2 mainnet targeted for August 17.
Jupiter Lend v2 Lets One Solana Deposit Earn Twice
Jupiter Lend v2 lets deposits double as trading liquidity, so the same capital earns lending interest and swap fees across $1.9B in deposits.
Solana Pay Targets 330,000 Merchants in South Korea
Korean payments firm KSNET signed an MOU with the Solana Foundation to bring Solana Pay to 330,000+ merchants processing $4 billion in monthly volume.
Morgan Stanley E*TRADE Opens Spot Crypto to US Clients
Morgan Stanley's E*TRADE now offers spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading 24/7 with a flat 0.50% commission, custody handled by Zero Hash.
Baillie Gifford's BAGEY Bond Fund Expands to Ethereum
Baillie Gifford brought its UK-regulated BAGEY tokenized bond fund to Ethereum, adding a second chain to a BNY-custodied product targeting ~7% yield.
Open USD: How a 140-Company Consortium Is Building an Open Stablecoin Rail
Open USD (OUSD) is a consortium-backed stablecoin launching on Solana with no mint or redeem fees and shared reserve yield for participants across finance and tech.
Toss Bank and Solana Team Up to Modernize Cross-Border Payments
Toss Bank signed an MoU with the Solana Foundation on June 22, 2026 — the first Korean internet-only bank to partner with Solana — to build cross-border remittance, settlement, and tokenization.
Moody's Brings Credit Ratings On-Chain to Solana for Tokenized Assets
Moody's deployed credit ratings on Solana mainnet June 17, 2026, embedding machine-readable signals into tokenized bonds and boosting RWA transparency.
World Series of Poker Adds Solana Crypto Buy-Ins for the First Time
The Solana Foundation is the 2026 WSOP presenting sponsor, and players can now buy into tournaments directly with crypto via MoonPay — with zero processing fees.
Solana ETFs Pull $56.6M in a Single Day As Alpenglow Upgrade Gears Up for 150ms Block Finality
Spot Solana ETFs absorbed $56.6M in net institutional inflows on May 10, 2026 as the Alpenglow consensus upgrade prepares to slash block finality to roughly 150 milliseconds in Q3.
Solana’s Firedancer Validator Hits 20 Percent Stake — And Benchmarks Show Over a Million Transactions Per Second
Jump Crypto’s Firedancer client reaches 20% network stake on Solana mainnet, with benchmarks showing up to 1M TPS and Alpenglow targeting 150ms finality.