Due adds Solana to its stablecoin payment network

Key takeaways

Solana's stablecoin market cap reached $14 billion in late January 2026, up more than 75% in a single year and making it the fastest-growing stablecoin ecosystem of any blockchain network. Visa's global stablecoin settlement program has reached a $3.5 billion annualized run rate, with Solana as a primary settlement network. JPMorgan arranged a landmark $50 million commercial paper issuance on Solana for Galaxy Digital.

The institutional signal is clear: Solana has become a serious payment infrastructure.

Solana's speed and cost advantage, in numbers

Solana is an independent Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for high-throughput, low-latency applications. Unlike Ethereum Layer 2s, which ultimately settle back to Ethereum mainnet, Solana operates its own consensus mechanism, making different architectural tradeoffs in favor of raw performance. The results speak for themselves:

Optimistic confirmation: ~0.4 seconds on Solana vs. ~12.8 minutes for full deterministic finality on Ethereum mainnet (both measured at their respective finality thresholds)
Transaction throughput: Theoretical capacity of 65,000+ transactions per second, with real-world sustained throughput of approximately 1,000 TPS.
Transaction fees: Under $0.01 on Solana, typically as low as $0.0005 per transaction
Stablecoin supply: $14 billion on Solana as of late January 2026, up 75%+ year-on-year, making it the fastest-growing stablecoin ecosystem across major blockchain networks

For businesses processing large transaction volumes, the fee difference alone is significant. A fintech routing payments over Solana at $0.0005 per transaction versus Ethereum mainnet at current average fees operates at a fraction of the on-chain cost, before accounting for the working capital freed up by faster settlement.

Institutional adoption has validated the network at scale. As of December 2025, Visa processes USDC settlements for US banks over Solana, with Cross River Bank and Lead Bank among the first participants. The network has demonstrated it can handle institutional-scale volume reliably.

How Solana fits into Due's routing network

Solana is an independent Layer 1 blockchain, fast, high-throughput, and increasingly where institutional stablecoin flows are concentrated. But on its own, it's a closed ecosystem. Due sits between Solana and the traditional financial system, handling:

On-ramps: Fiat arriving via SWIFT, ACH, SEPA, PIX, or any of Due's 80+ country rails gets routed and converted into USDC, USDT, or EURC on Solana
Off-ramps: Stablecoins on Solana get converted and paid out to bank accounts in local currencies across 80+ countries
Flexible routing: Due's infrastructure connects to Solana, Ethereum, Tron, and traditional rails. Clients choose which network to route each payment through based on speed, cost, and liquidity for that specific corridor.

This means fintechs don't integrate Solana separately. They integrate Due once, and Solana becomes one of the available settlement options their payments can route through, alongside every other blockchain and traditional rail Due supports.

What this means for Due customers

Due clients can now reach Solana-native counterparties and settle USDC, USDT, and EURC over Solana without any changes to their existing integration. Use cases that benefit most from Solana routing include:

High-frequency B2B payment flows where network fee efficiency matters at volume
Crypto-native counterparties holding assets in Solana wallets or on Solana-based exchanges
Settlement corridors where Solana liquidity is deepest for the relevant stablecoin
Treasury operations requiring faster finality than Ethereum mainnet can provide

Operators currently using Due for stablecoin settlements can reach out to their account manager to confirm Solana routing is active for their account.

Expand your stablecoin network with Due

Solana joins Due's existing blockchain network support alongside Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, Starknet, Stable, and Tron. Additional networks including Plasma, Tempo, and TON are in the pipeline.

For fintechs building cross-border payment products, that breadth of network coverage is only useful if it comes through a single, reliable integration. Due's infrastructure combines:

10 blockchain networks for stablecoin settlement, with more in the pipeline
Traditional banking rails including SWIFT, ACH, SEPA, PIX, and SPEI across 80+ countries
Multi-stablecoin support across USDC, USDT, and EURC with more assets coming
Non-custodial architecture so your users retain control of their assets
Built-in KYC/AML compliance removing the need to build compliance infrastructure in-house

Want to learn more about Due's payment infrastructure? Let's talk.