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July 9, 2026
On the web
Stripe’s Solana Stablecoin Push Brings Another Real Payments Use Case Into View
Trading View
"Stripe introduced stablecoin payment settlement for US merchants using Solana. The rollout centres on USDC and aims to make on-chain settlement practical inside merchant flows. It is another sign that stablecoins are moving from trading tools to real payment infrastructure. Solana’s low-cost and relatively fast settlement profile makes it an obvious network for this kind of rollout. For merchants, cost and speed matter more than crypto ideology. If a network can help settle transactions cleanly and cheaply, that is what counts."
June 18, 2026
On the web
Solana Pushes AI-Agent Payments and Stablecoins at Tokyo Summer Series
Coin Insider
"Pay.sh, launched May 5 with Google Cloud, illustrates the kind of infrastructure Solana is building toward. The gateway lets AI agents discover, access and pay for application programming interfaces using USDC on Solana, removing the need for accounts, API keys or subscriptions, with the payment itself serving as the access credential."
April 3, 2026
On the web
Solana Joins Linux Foundation’s Open Payment Platform, ‘x402 Foundation’
Block Chain Reporter
"The Solana Foundation, a non-profit organization behind the Solana blockchain, has joined the open payment network, x402 Foundation, of the Linux Foundation. The other participants of the newly developed x402Foundation include the global leaders like Visa, Stripe, Shopify, Microsoft, Mastercard, Google, Fiserv, Coinbase, Cloudflare, Circle, American Express, and Amazon. As per Solana’s official announcement, the development denotes a landmark in the internet-native payments’ evolution."
March 24, 2026
On the web
Solana Debuts Solana Developer Platform With Mastercard and Western Union as Early Users
The Street
"The Solana Foundation announced the launch of the Solana Developer Platform (SDP). This new "one-stop-shop" is designed specifically for large enterprises and financial institutions to build and launch financial products on the Solana blockchain using simple APIs. By grouping the best infrastructure tools into a single, unified interface, the platform aims to help big businesses get to market in a way that is efficient, compliant, and easy to scale."
August 12, 2024
On the web
Solana, the Cryptocurrency of Future
Fintech News
"Solana has long been considered as a potential “Ethereum killer”. The recent metrics indicate that this statement might be closer to reality than ever before."
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