The strategic partnership with SBI Holdings positions Solana as a key player in Japan's RWA markets, potentially increasing its adoption and value.
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (3 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
Still mostly niche and specialist coverage — not yet picked up broadly by mainstream press.
"Solana-based DoubleZero looks to meet that demand by adding prediction market Kalshi's order book to its low-latency market data feed. The DoubleZero Foundation said this will provide trading firms with a machine-readable view of a prediction market for pricing, hedging and signal generation on Solana, one of the major layer-1 blockchains."
"The conglomerate has announced a strategic partnership with the Solana Foundation, under which SBI R3 Japan will shift its focus and be renamed SBI Solana Global."
"Significant crypto platforms upped the ante, highlighting the importance of a large Japanese financial firm investing in Solana’s infrastructure at this level."