Morning Edition · Wednesday, October 7, 2026Published at 1:31 AM EDT · New York

Solana Foundation releases an atomic settlement program for institutions that requires both sides of a trade to be fully funded

The design excludes netting (settling only the difference between offsetting trades). Britain named six banks to lead its first digital gilt, a UK government bond, and OKX raised money from Standard Chartered, Circle and Ripple at a reported $25 billion valuation.

The Solana Foundation has released Solana DvP, an open-source escrow program under the MIT license. It settles the asset leg and the cash leg of a trade in one transaction (delivery versus payment, or DvP), so either both legs complete or n…