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Solana and Ethereum Compete for Wall Street Tokenization Ahead of SEC Roundtable
Regulators and major financial institutions are exploring on-chain trading infrastructure as platforms compete for market share in tokenized assets.
A regulatory roundtable hosted by the SEC on September 17, 2026, gathers major market participants including BlackRock, Nasdaq, NYSE, and Robinhood to assess the infrastructure required for 24-hour equity trading. The discussions follow a regulatory proposal aimed at updating transfer-agent rules for electronic recordkeeping and distributed ledger technology.
Solana and Ethereum represent the primary networks competing to underpin these institutional rails. While Ethereum holds deeper institutional integration, Solana emphasizes speed and throughput. Market prices show Ethereum trading around $2,403 and Solana near $97.26, with both recording monthly advances of 26% and 28% despite brief seven-day retracements.
Institutional capital is actively backing these developments, highlighted by Nasdaq Ventures' $100 million investment in Payward to build a tokenized equity framework targeted for Q2 2027. Neither the SEC nor its policy proposals endorse a specific network, meaning operational standards regarding custody, surveillance, and transaction finality will determine institutional adoption.
Solana holds $465 million in on-chain tokenized equities, including tokenized shares from Galaxy Digital. In August, the network led real-world-asset inflows by attracting $229 million, leveraging sub-cent fees and settlement speeds of approximately 350 milliseconds.
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