On Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, the Solana Foundation launched Solana DvP, an open-source settlement program built for financial institutions. Its stated goal is to cut settlement times so that asset transfers and payments finish in seconds.
DvP stands for delivery-versus-payment, a settlement method where the asset and the payment for it change hands together. Solana DvP gives institutions an open-source application programming interface (API) for running this kind of settlement on the Solana blockchain.
The report does not name any institutions using the program and gives no figures on volume or adoption. It also does not say how settlement times compare with current methods beyond the target of seconds. Those details are not yet known.
For someone already holding a perpetual futures position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, the honest answer is that nothing changes directly. The launch is aimed at institutional settlement on Solana, not at exchange perpetual markets. Nothing in the report touches funding rates, trading fees or order book liquidity on these four venues.
Source: cointelegraph — Solana Foundation targets settlement in seconds with DvP launch
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