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Solana is making another move toward becoming infrastructure for institutional markets.

Yesterday, Solana Foundation launched Solana DvP, an open-source Delivery-versus-Payment program designed for financial institutions.

The idea is simple but important:

Instead of transferring an asset and payment separately, both sides can settle atomically in one transaction.

Either the asset and payment move together, or neither does.

That can reduce counterparty risk and potentially compress traditional settlement processes from days to seconds.

What makes this more interesting is the institutional input behind it.

J.P. Morgan contributed its expertise on securities settlement requirements, helping shape the program for real-world institutional use.

Solana DvP supports SPL Token and Token-2022, including features such as transfer hooks, pausability and permanent delegates that regulated assets may require.

This fits into a broader trend on Solana.

The network is not just trying to tokenize real-world assets. It is building the infrastructure around them — issuance, compliance, liquidity and now settlement.

SOL is currently around $116.94, with a market cap of roughly $69B and 24h volume close to $3B.

The bigger question is whether public blockchains can become part of the core infrastructure of global capital markets.

Solana is clearly positioning itself for that race.

Disclaimer: Personal views for informational purposes only. Not financial or investment advice.