Solana

"When I was seven, it was one dollar to three Egyptian pounds. Today, it's 50." Worldpay's Head of Crypto Partnerships Ahmed Zifzaf has seen the impact of stablecoin adoption firsthand:

Why is Baillie Gifford looking closely at Solana? Theo Golden, CFA from Baillie Gifford discusses how onchain financial market infrastructure can streamline legacy processes and directly improve outcomes for institutional investors. Clip from House of Sol, a weekly session by Superteam UK.

What will define the next generation of financial infrastructure? Not just blockchains - but internet-scale capital markets. In our latest High Stakes conversation with Catherine Gu from the Solana Foundation: – Liquidity emerges as the defining metric (not TVL) – Capital markets move toward 24/7 operation – Privacy becomes a requirement, not a feature This is where data and intelligence become critical - enabling institutions to participate with confidence.  Full conversation: https://lnkd.in/e7x-fDKi

Join us for the x402 builder meet up at Solana Skyline in NYC. Featuring live demos from Crossmint, Merit Systems, Corbits, and BlockRun.AI, with practical workflows and a happy hour to meet other builders.

Pseudonymity: Data Visible, Identity Visible Most blockchains start here,  and for many enterprise use cases, it's exactly right. In Pseudonymity mode, transaction flows are public but participant identities stay protected. Think interbank settlement: the market benefits from knowing a transaction occurred, but counterparties don't need to be exposed. On Solana, Token Extensions and the Solana Attestation Service make this institutional-grade: KYC offchain, settlement onchain, compliance provable without ever revealing who's behind the wallet. This is the first of four privacy modes we cover in our new report. 👇 https://lnkd.in/dVNNkaEd

New episode of Bits to Bricks: Amira Valliani talks with Eleni S., Head of Stablecoins at Lead Bank, about what stablecoins can actually do inside a regulated bank, and where the technology still falls short. Listen on Apple or Spotify (links in the comments)

Another big week for capital markets on Solana. RWA deposits reached new highs, tokenized credit markets expanded, and real-world spending rails continued to scale across the ecosystem. This week’s key developments: - Solana Foundation shipped Solana Developer Platform for enterprise, bundling 20+ infra providers into AI-ready APIs with Mastercard, Western Union, and Worldpay already building - Solana surpassed Ethereum in RWA lending deposits, reaching $1.2B to lead the category - Solana RWA holders reached a record 176K - Loopscale released PRISM to aggregate RWA settlement liquidity, starting with Apollo’s ACRED fund - KAST released the Pudgy Penguins Pengu Card, enabling spending at 150M+ merchants globally - World Liberty Financial’s USD1 supply on Solana surged 5x to $855M in two months - Solana settled ~94% of all-time onchain tokenized equity spot volume to date - OnRe market on Kamino crossed $100M in market size - Loopscale hosted the first credit market denominated in Brazilian Real Have a great week ahead.

Solana Summit, hosted by Solana Policy Institute. Washington x Wall Street convenes policymakers, regulators, institutional investors, and developers to explore why Solana serves as foundational infrastructure for modern finance and how sound, forward-looking policy can enable broader institutional adoption of blockchain technology. Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/e8vB_mZs

No more capital locked across countries. No more waiting days to move funds. Reap uses stablecoins on Solana to give businesses full control over global treasury, at instant speed. Kevin Kang