Solana Foundation Launches Developer Platform — TradFi And DeFi Giants Join The Push

bitcoinistОпубликовано 2026-03-25Обновлено 2026-03-25

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The Solana Foundation has launched the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), an API toolset designed to help corporations and financial institutions build and deploy blockchain-native products. The platform, described as "AI-ready," consolidates key Solana ecosystem infrastructure into a single interface to lower technical barriers and ensure compliance and scalability. SDP is structured around three core API modules: issuance, payments, and trading. The issuance module enables the creation of tokenized deposits, stablecoins under the U.S. GENIUS Act, and real-world assets (RWAs). The payments module supports fiat and stablecoin flows for B2B, B2C, and P2P transactions. A trading module, scheduled for late 2026, will enable atomic swaps and on-chain FX. Major traditional finance players like Mastercard and Western Union are participating in pilot programs. Mastercard will use SDP for stablecoin settlement, while Western Union is testing cross-border payments. The platform integrates with infrastructure partners across node services, wallets, compliance, and ramps, and supports AI coding tools like Claude Code and Codex.

The Solana Foundation announced on Tuesday the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), an application programming interface (API) toolset aimed to assist corporations and financial institutions in developing and deploying blockchain-native products on the newly released platform.

Framed as an “AI-ready” environment, SDP boasts key infrastructure across the Solana ecosystem into a single interface intended to lower technical and operational barriers for institutional builders while ensuring compliance and scale.

Solana Dev. Platform Breakdown

According to the Foundation’s blog post, SDP is organized around three core API modules that together address issuance, payments, and trading use cases.

The issuance module lets organizations create tokenized deposits, stablecoins under the United States’ GENIUS Act framework, and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

The payments module supports orchestration of fiat and stablecoin flows — including on-ramps, off-ramps, and on-chain stablecoin transactions — to power business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and peer-to-peer (P2P) payment scenarios.

A trading module, which the Foundation says will arrive later in 2026, is intended to enable financial flows such as atomic swaps, vaults, and on-chain FX. At launch, the issuance and payments modules are already live; the trading functionality will follow in a subsequent release, the blog post said.

Catherine Gu, Head of Product, Digital Assets at the Solana Foundation, emphasized that SDP aggregates protocol features such as token extensions for permissioning and privacy and directly integrates with Solana’s developer ecosystem.

She noted the platform’s initial partner integrations and said the level of early interest from enterprises demonstrates strong demand for a simplified, compliant path to building on Solana.

Mastercard And Western Union Join SDP Pilots

Notably, the Foundation revealed that traditional finance (TradFi) giant Mastercard is tapping the platform for stablecoin settlement, and Western Union is experimenting with cross-border payments. Raj Dhamodharan, Executive Vice President, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Mastercard, stated on the matter:

As an early user of Solana Developer Platform, we’re helping enable direct stablecoin settlement for customers on select blockchain networks — beginning with Solana — combining the speed and programmability of blockchain with the reliability, security, and global reach of the Mastercard network.

To meet institutional needs, Solana selected a slate of infrastructure partners across four categories: node infrastructure, wallets, compliance, and ramps.

Node providers such as Alchemy, Helius, QuickNode, and Triton are intended to abstract blockchain complexity and enable no-code or low-code onboarding.

The wallet cohort — including Anchorage Digital, BitGo, Coinbase, Crossmint, Dfns, Dynamic, and others — offers custody and experimentation options.

Compliance partners such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, and TRM aim to ensure know-your-customer (KYC) and Travel Rule requirements are integrated. Ramps like Bridge, BVNK, and MoonPay support the payments module’s on- and off-ramp flows.

The platform also supports out-of-the-box use by artificial intelligence coding tools such as Claude Code by Anthropic and Codex by OpenAI.

The daily chart shows SOL’s price ranging below the key $90 level in the last 24 hours. Source: SOLUSDT on TradingView.com

At the time of writing, the blockchain’s native token, SOL, traded at $89.69, recording losses of 5% in the weekly time frame, according to CoinGecko data.

Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com

Связанные с этим вопросы

QWhat is the Solana Developer Platform (SDP) and what is its primary purpose?

AThe Solana Developer Platform (SDP) is an application programming interface (API) toolset launched by the Solana Foundation. Its primary purpose is to assist corporations and financial institutions in developing and deploying blockchain-native products on the Solana blockchain by lowering technical and operational barriers while ensuring compliance and scale.

QWhat are the three core API modules that the SDP is organized around?

AThe SDP is organized around three core API modules: an issuance module for creating tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and real-world assets (RWAs); a payments module for orchestrating fiat and stablecoin flows; and a trading module (to be released later in 2026) for enabling financial flows like atomic swaps and on-chain FX.

QWhich two major TradFi companies were named as early partners in the SDP pilot program, and what are their use cases?

AMastercard and Western Union were named as early partners. Mastercard is using the platform for stablecoin settlement, and Western Union is experimenting with cross-border payments.

QWhat are the four categories of infrastructure partners that Solana selected to meet institutional needs for the SDP?

AThe four categories of infrastructure partners are: node infrastructure (e.g., Alchemy, Helius), wallets (e.g., Anchorage Digital, Coinbase), compliance (e.g., Chainalysis, Elliptic), and ramps (e.g., Bridge, MoonPay).

QHow does the Solana Foundation describe the platform in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) tools?

AThe Solana Foundation describes the SDP as an 'AI-ready' environment that supports out-of-the-box use by AI coding tools such as Claude Code by Anthropic and Codex by OpenAI.

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