R3 has launched a regulated Solana toolkit, aimed at letting financial institutions issue and manage assets directly on a public blockchain while meeting compliance standards. At Sibos 2025, chief technology and product officer Richard G. Brown and senior product manager Marciana Dumitrescu outlined how the solution works and why the timing is right.
The move reflects what Brown described as a decisive shift in market conditions. “The three reasons for not doing it have now gone,” he told the audience. “Regulatory support is there, the demand is there … and the technology also allows it.”
Stablecoins & real-world assets
For R3, the technology piece has crystallised around Solana. Brown said the company had evaluated multiple platforms before concluding that “it’s the Solana network that met our needs,” citing its performance and readiness for institutional use. The shift comes as on-chain capital surges: “There’s about US$250 billion available across the public networks,” much of it in stablecoins now pushing for real-world assets to be represented on-chain.
Dumitrescu positioned the toolkit as the mechanism that enables that bridge. “What we have launched is the R3 regulated Solana toolkit. And this combines these two worlds, institutional grade compliance and layered on top of Solana’s public infrastructure and depth of liquidity.”
Time is now
In a live demonstration, she showed how issuers could create tokens, whitelist wallets, and apply controls such as freezing or seizing holdings in sanctioned accounts. “This is really how institutions can access the liquidity of open markets without compromising on trust and regulatory standards,” she said. Brown concluded by saying: “The message is clear, now is the time.”
Sibos 2025 plays out in Frankfurt from 29 September to 2 October, with about 12,000 registered delegates. We are there, overview our coverage here.
