Articles Tagged “Solana”
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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.