In 2025, stablecoin transaction volume on the Solana network surpassed $1 trillion, reinforcing its focus on payments use cases.
According to the statement, the blockchain enables settlement in under a second, fees measured in fractions of a cent, and parallel transaction execution, making it suitable for mass payments.
The developers also announced the launch of comprehensive, structured documentation for payments solutions, which is intended to simplify Solana integration for businesses and fintech teams.
The published guide is aimed at payments infrastructure developers and describes how to build complex payment systems for money transfers, treasury optimization, global payouts, cross-border payments, merchant payment acceptance, invoicing, and other scenarios.
Among Solana’s key advantages is near-instant clearing: funds are considered secure in about 400 milliseconds, without T+2 models, manual batch processing, or reconciliation delays.
The median fee is about $0.001 per transaction, and the ability to bundle multiple payments into a single operation further reduces costs. Local fee markets for payments and parallel transaction execution allow throughput to scale without being affected by other network activity.
Against the backdrop of rising network activity, analysts at Delphi Digital called 2026 a turning point for the ecosystem. In their report, they said the year would be the “year of Solana,” noting that the network is preparing for the role of a “decentralized Nasdaq” in terms of execution speed, liquidity depth, and fairness in order processing.
Among the key drivers of this scenario, Delphi Digital cited a major upgrade cycle, including the Alpenglow consensus, the development of the alternative validator client Firedancer, and the growing presence of institutional capital in the Solana ecosystem.
At the same time, Solana is also starting to play a role in government initiatives. On January 7, 2026, the state of Wyoming officially launched the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) — the first stablecoin issued by a government agency in the US. The asset is fully backed by fiat currency and short-term bonds.
FRNT runs on the Solana network, and the Stargate platform is used for cross-chain transfers. The stablecoin is currently supported on seven blockchains: Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana. The token is also available for purchase on the Kraken crypto exchange.


