Solana moves Alpenglow into testnet as SOL nears January highs
Sep 23 2026 14:40 UTC

Alpenglow enters testnet after Solana DEX trade counts surpassed the NYSE and tokenized assets hit record levels.

➤ Solana has launched Alpenglow, a significant upgrade to its consensus mechanism, on testnet, aiming to drastically reduce transaction finality times.
➤ This upgrade coincides with a rally in SOL's price and record levels of trading activity on Solana's decentralized exchanges, surpassing traditional exchanges in trade counts.
➤ The network is also seeing growth in tokenized real-world assets, reaching $4.6 billion, as it prepares for Alpenglow's potential mainnet deployment.

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