The Solana Foundation is looking to bolster the Solana network with a new developer platform targeted for institutional adoption. The platform, Solana Developer Platform (SDP), aims to streamline enterprise development on Solana with an AI-ready toolkit. SDP consolidates ecosystem infrastructure into a unified API-driven interface to help financial institutions launch compliant, scalable products efficiently, the foundation said. The goal is mainstream institutional adoption by addressing barriers such as technical complexity and regulatory hurdles.
At its core, SDP will feature three API modules tailored for real-world finance: an issuance module that supports tokenized deposits, GENIUS-compliant stablecoins, and real-world assets. A payments module is designed for fiat-stablecoin orchestration with on-ramps, off-ramps, and on-chain transactions for B2B, B2C, and P2P use cases. And a trading module will enable atomic swaps, vaults, and on-chain FX.
With issuance and payments live on the Solana devnet sandbox, enterprises can prototype institutional-grade solutions rapidly, the Solana Foundation explained. Catherine Gu, head of product for digital assets at the Solana Foundation, said that Solana Developer Platform provides an easy gateway for any financial institution to build on Solana from day one, adding that it is entirely API-based and removes the technical and operational barriers that enterprise developers may encounter.
Some major players are already onboarded, including Mastercard, Western Union, and Worldpay. Mastercard will leverage SDP for stablecoin settlement, Western Union plans to tap SDP’s payments module for cross-border flows, and Worldpay is focusing on merchant payments via issuance and payments modules. “The next phase of digital asset innovation will be defined by practical use cases that integrate seamlessly with existing financial systems. As an early user of Solana Developer Platform, we’re helping enable direct stablecoin settlement for customers on select blockchain networks — beginning with Solana,” said Raj Dhamodharan, executive vice president, blockchain & digital assets at Mastercard.
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