In a September 26, 2026 post, a user says Solana had processed $5 trillion-plus in stablecoin volume that year, with real-world assets on the network above $4.5 billion and tokenized stocks above $620 million. The post says the Solana Foundation is bringing in a new strategy chief and a dedicated payments lead as institutional partnerships, payments and tokenization become a bigger focus. The author frames the harder test as whether banks, fintechs and payment companies will actually use the network.