Fidelity Sees A Stronger Solana Network, With Concentration Risks Still In View
TL;DR: Fidelity’s technology research team says Solana has operated for more than two years without a major mainnet outage, while maintaining roughly 99.7% vote success. It also warns that validator and infrastructure concentration remain important concerns. Solana’s reputation was once shaped by how often the network stopped. A new assessment from Fidelity’s Center for Applied…
Tokenized Stocks Reach $262 Million In DeFi, But The Growth Is Not All On Base
TL;DR: Stock-linked tokens deployed in DeFi reached an estimated $262.4 million across blockchains at the end of September, up nearly 18-fold from the start of 2026. Base accounted for about $16 million, not the entire total. Tokenized stocks are starting to do more than sit in digital wallets. A September 30 snapshot put approximately $262.4…
Solana’s Tokenized Asset Market Grows More Than Sixfold In A Year
TL;DR: Research attributed to Castle Labs puts Solana’s real-world asset market at about $4.3 billion, versus $700 million a year earlier. Ethereum remains substantially larger, but the gap has narrowed sharply. Solana’s next growth story may have less to do with meme coins and more to do with assets that already exist in the traditional…
Solana Foundation Launches Atomic DvP Settlement Tool With JPMorgan Input
TL;DR The Solana Foundation has launched Solana DvP, an open-source delivery-versus-payment settlement program for financial institutions. The MIT-licensed tool is designed to settle the asset and cash legs of a transaction atomically through isolated escrow. JPMorgan provided input on institutional settlement practices, but the program is a Solana Foundation release rather than a JPMorgan product.…
QNT Reaches Solana Liquidity Through Sunrise And Raydium
TL;DR Quant’s QNT token is now available on Solana through Sunrise infrastructure, with trading available through Raydium. The expansion gives Solana users a route into QNT liquidity without implying that Quant has abandoned Ethereum. The event is a cross-chain market-access expansion, not a migration of the QNT ecosystem away from its existing networks. QNT has…
Fiserv Puts Stablecoin Banking Platform Live With North Dakota Roughrider Coin
TL;DR Fiserv says its digital-asset platform is now live with financial-institution clients. Bank of North Dakota’s dollar-backed Roughrider Coin is the first live use case, with VersaBank as issuer, Fireblocks providing digital-asset infrastructure and Solana processing transactions. The launch moves stablecoin settlement closer to the core banking systems already used by conventional financial institutions. Stablecoins…
Solana Validator Codebase Tag v2.1.0 Released On Testnet
In a major development confirmed on SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, Confirmed announcement/filing for Solana Validator Codebase Tag v2.1.0 Released On Testnet. This operational move highlights expanding activity across the digital asset ecosystem and underscores key developments for market participants. Key Operational Milestones & Context According to primary regulatory and corporate filings verified on SEPTEMBER 30, 2026,…
21Shares Sets New Staking Payouts Across Five Crypto ETFs
TL;DR 21Shares has declared September staking distributions for five crypto ETFs covering Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, Sui and Polkadot. The largest per-share distribution is $0.191360 for the Hyperliquid Staking ETF. The funds distribute staking rewards generated by their underlying proof-of-stake assets to shareholders. 21Shares has declared a fresh round of staking distributions across five crypto exchange-traded…
DeFi Development Corp Adds 47,706 SOL As Treasury Passes 2.5M Tokens
TL;DR DeFi Development Corp added approximately 47,706 SOL and SOL equivalents since September 21. Total holdings have reached roughly 2.538 million SOL and equivalents, valued by the company at about $309 million. The treasury has grown around 10% since the company’s August 12 earnings update. DeFi Development Corp has pushed its Solana treasury above 2.5…
Solana Foundation Hires Former Binance CMO For Institutional Push
The Solana Foundation has appointed former Binance global CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer. Former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees has joined as general manager of payments. The Foundation says the hires are aimed at accelerating institutional adoption and payment activity on Solana. **ID:** N25-07 **Site:** NewsBTC **Status:** READY **Author:** NewsBTC Editorial Team **Focus…