• Solana ended Q1 2026 with US$1.23 billion in real-world asset lending deposits, up 115% quarter over quarter.
  • Stablecoin switch quantity on Solana reached US$2.1 trillion in Q1, whereas tokenised asset DEX quantity hit US$1.3 billion.
  • BlackRock, Visa, Citi and main fee companies expanded Solana-linked merchandise or workflows throughout tokenised funds, settlement and commerce finance.

Solana (SOL) has strengthened its place in institutional tokenisation and funds in Q1 2026, with real-world asset lending (RWAs), stablecoin settlement and tokenised buying and selling exercise rising at the same time as broader crypto buying and selling cooled.

In accordance with a report by Messari, Solana captured 41% of onchain spot buying and selling quantity throughout the quarter, forward of Ethereum and its layer-2 networks mixed. Likewise, complete Solana DEX spot quantity was US$284.5 billion (AU$395.5 billion), down about 18% from the earlier quarter and about 50% from Q1 2025’s memecoin-driven peak, however the mixture of exercise shifted towards stablecoins and tokenised belongings.

Furthermore, Solana DEXs processed US$1.3 billion (AU$1.81 billion) in tokenised asset quantity in Q1, up 164% quarter over quarter and a brand new all-time excessive. 

Stablecoin switch quantity reached US$2.1 trillion (AU$2.92 trillion), up about 60% each quarter over quarter and 12 months over 12 months, excluding flash loans and different inorganic quantity.

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RWAs Drive Lending

Actual-world belongings grew to become the clearest institutional progress line for Solana, ending Q1 with US$1.23 billion (AU$1.71 billion) in RWA lending deposits, up 115% quarter over quarter and above Ethereum’s US$1.13 billion (AU$1.57 billion), in line with the report.

Solana Basis’s March roundup mentioned complete RWA worth on the community crossed US$2 billion (AU$2.78 billion), whereas RWA holders reached 182,000 by the tip of the month. The muse additionally mentioned Solana RWA lending deposits reached US$1.2 billion (AU$1.67 billion) and the community settled roughly 94% of all-time onchain tokenised fairness spot quantity by late March.

The product base is increasing past crypto-native lending. xStocks accounted for 41.5% of Q1 tokenised asset quantity, providing tokenised public equities by a Swiss tracker certificates construction, whereas PreStocks ranked second with 35.8% of quantity by pre-IPO publicity.

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