One day faster. Three years of work.
Published on HivePostify by @sdatoken · Fri Aug 21 2026
One day faster. Three years of work.
On 11 October 2027 the EU, UK and Switzerland move stock settlement from T+2 to T+1 — one business day instead of two. ESMA's message this July: 2026 is the make-or-break year, the whole chain of brokers, custodians and clearers has to rehearse together, and the first regulatory checkpoint is already 7 December.
The same autumn, Solana ships Alpenglow: finality cut from 12.8 seconds to about 150 milliseconds — a 100x jump, approved by validators 98 to 1, rolling out this quarter.
One side of finance is spending three years to remove a day. The other is removing 12.65 seconds before Christmas.
SDA settles on Solana.
Source: ESMA, 20 Jul 2026 — https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-calls-firms-finalise-preparations-ahead-t1-settlement-deadlines
Tags: #finance#solana#europe#fintech#crypto