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Solana’s October Upgrade Review Puts 200ms Slots and $5B in Tokenized Assets in Focus

Open the sourceReported by NewsBTC, newsbtc.com, 7 November 2026, by NewsBTC Editorial Team

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Solana’s October protocol changes cut the target slot time to 200 milliseconds and expanded the network’s tokenized-asset footprint, which the Solana Foundation framed in its November 6 ecosystem review as supporting roughly $5 billion in tokenized assets. The faster slot target is intended to reduce confirmation latency across Solana’s DeFi and payments activity, though the review did not specify a new throughput or volume figure. The foundation tied the upgrade narrative to tokenization as a growth vector, positioning Solana against rival chains competing for real-world asset issuance. What to watch next is whether validators sustain the 200ms target without elevated skip rates and whether tokenized-asset value on Solana holds near the $5 billion mark.

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