90 US banks now settle over Solana in 400 milliseconds: what it means for the SOL price

Solana (SOL) costs around $121 on Sunday morning, October 4, 2026 (according to CoinGecko). The price has barely moved for days, but something happened on the network itself this week that reaches beyond crypto: since October 1, more than 90 banks and credit unions in North Dakota have been moving money between each other over Solana. For the Solana price prediction that is a building block which shows up in usage rather than in the price.

What Fiserv and the Bank of North Dakota have launched

The US payments processor Fiserv opened its digital asset platform to bank customers on October 1. The first use case is the Roughrider Coin, a stablecoin pegged to the dollar that the Bank of North Dakota announced with Fiserv a year ago. It is issued by VersaBank, Fireblocks provides the tokenisation technology, and settlement runs on Solana, Solana Compass reports.

The banks reach the coin through the corporate online banking they already use from Fiserv. Transfers between the institutions, which until now ran overnight in batches, are meant to arrive in around 400 milliseconds, around the clock and on every day of the week. For Solana it is evidence that traditional banks are using the network for their day-to-day business, not only for trials. How stablecoins work in principle and which ones there are is shown by our comparison of stablecoins.

A record in tokenised equities

The bank connection falls in a month with a second record. In September, tokenised equities worth $4.35 billion were traded on Solana, 3.4 times the August figure and 24 percent more than in the previous record month, as Cryptonews reports with data from Tokens on Solana. On top of that come the US spot ETFs on Solana with assets under management of around $1.91 billion (SoSoValue, from the same source).

For the price, though, the connection is indirect. A stablecoin travelling between banks needs hardly any SOL, as fees on Solana are low. What supports the value of SOL is rather the picture of a network that is used for real payments, and with it the demand from investors who are betting on that.

Solana price prediction: the levels on the chart

SOL sits above its 50-day moving average (around $104) and its 200-day moving average (around $97), both calculated from CoinMarketCap daily closes.

Since September 21 every daily close has been between $115 and $122. The upper level, the close of $122.10 on September 25, is the first hurdle on the upside, the lower one at $115 the first support. Below that lies the zone around $111. How October has turned out for SOL in previous years is set out in our October record for Solana.

Solana: What to take away

Three points sum up the situation. First: with the Roughrider Coin, dozens of US banks are using Solana for their day-to-day business, which strengthens the picture of the network as payment infrastructure. Second: for the SOL price that is not a direct boost to demand, because stablecoin transfers consume hardly any SOL. Third: the price is stuck between $115 and $122, and only a close outside that range will show the direction.

Anyone holding SOL can stake the coins and earn a running return that way; providers and terms are shown by our comparison of staking providers. Gains on SOL held for less than a year are taxable on sale in Germany once the annual allowance of 1,000 euros is exceeded. Crypto assets fluctuate heavily and a total loss is possible. This article is not a recommendation to buy or sell Solana.

(As of October 4, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)