Solana Week in Review, Early June 2026: Payments, RWAs, and Tokenization

The first week of June 2026 on Solana was defined by payments, real-world assets, and tokenization. We summarize the most important verified developments and link to our detailed coverage of each.

Payments and Institutions

Mastercard expanded its settlement to regulated stablecoins (USDC, PYUSD, and others) across multiple blockchains — Solana is one of the named networks. Settlement now becomes possible on weekends and holidays too. → Read the full story
Backpack launched Backpack Securities — regulated US stock brokerage plus tokenization on Solana (via Sunrise, backed 1:1). The public beta of the integrated account is now live. → Read the full story

RWAs and Tokenization

Raydium reports $2 billion in cumulative tokenized-equities volume (self-reported; the $1 billion mark is independently confirmed). → Read the full story
For how tokenized stocks on Solana work in general, see our background article: Tokenized stocks (xStocks) on Solana

Infrastructure and Protocol

The Solana Foundation released an open-source mainnet program for native Subscriptions & Allowances — recurring payments and delegated budgets without a centralized payment processor. → Read the full story
Jito reports that more than 50 percent of validators run the Block Assembly Marketplace (BAM) (self-reported). → Read the full story

Wallets and Staking

Marinade now tracks any liquid staking token (hubSOL, jupSOL, dSOL) with live APY in its dashboard, not just mSOL. → Read the full story
Solana Mobile introduced the themed dApp Spotlight carousel in the dApp Store — curated apps with Seeker reviews. → Read the full story

Sources

The primary sources are listed in each linked individual report at the end of the article.
Solana — solana.com/news