Solana DEX volume hits $71.5B in 30 days; Alpenglow upgrade wins 98.27% approval for H1 2026 rollout

Solana DEX volume totaled $71.5B over the past 30 days, with daily volume at $2.69B and a 10% week-over-week increase, while memecoin-related trading fell below 20% as stablecoin, DeFi, and utility activity expanded. Stablecoin liquidity on Solana neared an all-time high at $15.35B, and the Alpenglow (SIMD0326) upgrade—described as the network's largest consensus overhaul—aims to reduce transaction finality from about 12 seconds to 100‑150 milliseconds. Governance backing for Alpenglow reached 98.27% in favor, with mainnet deployment targeted for H1 2026, and SOL is trading at $89.58.