Geo-Aware Leader Schedule
Solana proposes a geo-aware leader schedule to reduce propagation delays between consecutive block producers by clustering validators geographically, while quantifying trade-offs in latency gains and attack surface...
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Payments on Solana: September 2026 in Five Stories
Solana’s September payments milestones included Payment Channels, FDIC-insured bank stablecoin integration, and record-breaking stablecoin activity across multiple corridors.
Samsung Partners with Solana to Natively Deliver Stablecoins in Samsung Wallet to 82 Million U.S. Galaxy Devices
Samsung will integrate Solana-based stablecoin transfers into its Wallet and Pay apps for U.S. Galaxy users starting October 2026, enabling cross-border remittances via USDC within the existing interface.
Solana Foundation Launches Solana DvP, an Atomic Settlement Program Built for Financial Institutions
Solana Foundation launched Solana DvP, an open-source escrow program enabling atomic delivery-versus-payment settlement for financial institutions on Solana, aiming to reduce counterparty risk and settlement times.
Solana x AI: The Democratization Layer
Solana proposes a blockchain-based infrastructure stack to decentralize AI development, enabling open compute markets, verifiable inference, and persistent agent economies beyond platform control.
Solana Foundation Appoints Rachel Conlan as Chief Strategy Officer and Jamal Raees as General Manager of Payments
The Solana Foundation named Rachel Conlan as Chief Strategy Officer and Jamal Raees as General Manager of Payments to accelerate institutional adoption and global payment infrastructure on Solana.
How AI Is Reshaping Crypto Security, with Michael Coates
A hardware wallet flaw exposed 5,200 Coldcard users to $116 million in Bitcoin theft, prompting a shift in crypto security strategies amid rising AI-driven threats.
Report: Stablecoins Are Reshaping Remittances
A Solana Foundation report details how stablecoins are cutting costs and speeding up cross-border payments, with major firms already launching services.
# How BitRobot Crowdsources Real-World Data for Embodied AI, with Jonathan Victor
BitRobot crowdsources real-world robotics data through a network of contributors, addressing the scarcity of embodied AI training data by gamifying robot control and deploying wearable devices like RoboCap.
Solana Ecosystem Roundup: August 2026
Solana’s ecosystem expanded in August 2026 with new payment rails, tokenized assets, and DeFi innovations, while network performance improved significantly.
Payment Channels: 1 Million Payments Per Second
Solana introduced payment channels to reduce onchain friction for agentic payments by authorizing a spending limit once and settling in batches, enabling up to one million payments per second.
How to Reclaim Excess SOL After Rent Reduction
Solana has reduced rent requirements, leaving excess lamports in token accounts and program-owned accounts that can now be reclaimed using new instructions.
The Token Supercycle: Everything of Value is Becoming Programmable
The Token Supercycle describes the long-term shift of assets, money and ownership onto always-on internet infrastructure, transforming how value is issued, invested and distributed globally.
The Token Supercycle Is Here: Solana Brings Breakpoint 2026 to London
Solana Foundation announced Breakpoint 2026 will be held in London from November 15–17, bringing together over 8,000 attendees to discuss the Token Supercycle and onchain financial infrastructure.
Lowering Slot Time and Validators Economic
Solana proposes reducing slot time from 400 ms to 200 ms in four stages to improve latency and bandwidth, with economic and market-structure implications for validators and transaction inclusion.
Transaction v1 and the ALT Trade-off
Solana introduced Transaction v1 to simplify validator processing and expand capacity, replacing legacy formats with a more efficient structure. The update addresses ingestion complexity but may increase serialized size...
How Meow Built Agentic Banking and Agent Payment Rails, with Brandon Arvanaghi
Meow enables AI agents to autonomously form companies and open business bank accounts via a single prompt, expanding from Treasury bills to agentic payments and corporate cards.
Why Asia Is Ahead on Stablecoins, According to Reap's Daren Guo
Reap co-founder Daren Guo argues Asia’s mature fiat and regulatory infrastructure, including Hong Kong’s 2025 Stablecoins Ordinance and Singapore’s 2023 framework, positions the region as a leader in stablecoin adoption...
MoneyGram Ramps launches on Solana
MoneyGram Ramps integrates with Solana’s developer platform, enabling Solana-based apps to offer cash deposits in 25+ countries and withdrawals in 170+ countries via MoneyGram’s global network.
Webinar Recap: Giving AI agents a native way to pay with x402
Solana and Coinbase introduced x402, a protocol enabling AI agents to pay for web resources using stablecoins, addressing long-standing gaps in agentic workflows.
Solana Ecosystem Roundup: July 2026
Solana expanded block capacity by 66% in July, enabling 24/7 trading of tokenized equities and real-world assets. Major firms including SK Hynix, Robinhood, and Intel listed shares on Solana, while payments adoption...
Breakpoint 2026: The Token Supercycle
Solana’s Breakpoint 2026 in London will explore the ‘Token Supercycle,’ focusing on tokenization’s role in financing AI and commodity infrastructure, with events from November 15–17.
Inside Solana’s Growing Market for Tokenized Cards and Physical Collectibles
Solana-based platforms are tokenizing physical collectibles like trading cards, enabling instant trading while the items remain in secure vaults, with platforms reporting over 130,000 tokenized cards and $1.6 billion in...
Overview of Institutional Real World Assets on Solana
Solana’s real-world asset ecosystem has grown to $3.7 billion across 313,000 holders by July 2026, spanning tokenized Treasuries, equities, private credit, and more. Major institutions like BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, and...
Deploying enterprise stablecoin rails on Solana in days with Crossmint
Crossmint launched a single platform enabling enterprises to deploy Solana-based stablecoin rails within days, replacing multi-vendor integrations with one API for wallets, compliance, and payments.
Rent Reduction on Solana: A Data-Backed Analysis
Solana proposes reducing rent-exempt requirements to address state growth constraints, aiming to balance validator costs and security while analyzing economic impacts on account creation and malicious state maintenance.
Solana Ecosystem Roundup: June 2026
Solana’s June 2026 ecosystem update highlights tokenized assets, stablecoin settlement, and mainstream integrations, including SpaceX shares, Mastercard’s onchain payments, and WSOP crypto buy-ins.