Solana’s Alpenglow Targets 150-Millisecond Finality Late This MonthEnglish 日本語한국어繁體中文ไทยPortuguêsItalianoDeutschFrançaisEspañolTwo catalysts for Solana are converging in August, and the Alpenglow consensus upgrade, formalized under SIMD-0326, is targeting transaction finality near 150 milliseconds, down from the current 12.8 seconds. Separately, Grayscale has amended its Solana Staking ETF (NYSE Arca: GSOL) to require cash distributions of staking rewards to shareholders on a monthly, but no less than quarterly, basis. SOL traded near $76 on August 10, with a market capitalization of approximately $44 billion and 24-hour volume around $1.18 billion. Those reductions position GSOL closer to competitors like Bitwise’s BSOL, which stakes 100% of its SOL holdings and targets average annual staking rewards above 7%. If Alpenglow slips past its August to October window, the credibility of Solana’s performance marketing against traditional payment rails weakens.