At Accelerate APAC, Solana emphasized tokenization, payments, ETFs, stablecoins and AI infrastructure, urging the ecosystem to move beyond memecoin mania toward building the internet’s capital markets.
South Korea has passed mid-January amendments legalizing tokenized securities under the Electronic Securities Act and the Capital Markets Act, prompting banks, exchanges and asset managers to adapt. The new framework replaces lingering uncertainty after a failed 2023 tokenization bill and opens regulated on‑chain issuance.
Solana has appointed a former Visa executive to lead its capital markets expansion, signaling a renewed push to tokenize traditional equities and attract institutional flows. The move complements partnerships with platforms like xStocks as the network accelerates efforts to migrate capital markets on‑chain.