This Week in Media: Solana News Highlights (Sept 25 - Oct 1)

Read

• Payments Dive:Fiserv's stablecoin system starts
• CoinDesk:Solana's 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network
• CryptoBriefing: Solana leads all chains in spot DEX volume for fifth straight quarter with $197B in Q3 2026
• CoinDesk:Solana ETFs draw record $188 million in a week as Bitwise takes two-thirds of inflows
• Crypto.news:Backpack CEO plans to bring 10,000 tokenized stocks to Solana
• Forbes:OUSD Stablecoin Goes Live With Visa, Mastercard And Stripe Behind It
• Bloomberg:Stripe, Visa-Backed Consortium Launches Dollar Stablecoin
• Blockster: Metaplex Wants to Bring More Financial Assets to Solana—with Investor Checks Built In

Watch

• Wolf of All Streets: North Dakota Banks Are Launching Their Own Stablecoin, and They Picked Solana
• Stabledash: From Polygon to Solana: The New Payments GM on What He'll Build First | Jamal Raees
• House of SOL w/ Ben Brophy: What Institutions Want From Onchain Data, with William Lai of Allium
• SolanaFloor’s The Big Picture:$SOL Below $120, ETF Flows Rise | Matt Hougan, Bitwise | Q4 Rally Incoming?
• Lark Davis:Solana These Numbers Are Shocking
• Krutzky Trades: In The Trenches with Vibhu Norby, CPO, Solana Foundation
• Stabledash: Why Western Union and SoFi Want Their Own Stablecoins, and What It Changes for Remittances

Listen

• The Stack with Ilan Gitter:Alpenglow's Big Breakthrough: A Deep Dive
• Talking Tokens:What Actually Makes a Crypto Token Investable?
• Solana is Global with Alex Scott:Why the UAE Is Becoming the Global Hub for Tokenized Assets
• Bits to Bricks with Amira Valliani:How AI Is Changing the Political Conversation with Ben Brody from Punchbowl News