A former Solana exec is taking a page out of Wall Street playbook to make global crypto trades faster

The goal is to reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and introduce multicast functionality. What to know : DoubleZero, a crypto infrastructure startup co-founded by former Solana Foundation executive Austin Federa, is rolling out a major update aimed at spreading Solana’s network more evenly around the world, and making it faster in the process. On Mar. 9, the company will launch “Phase II” of its DoubleZero Delegation Program, redirecting 2.4 million SOL from its 13 million SOL pool to validators operating in underrepresented regions such as São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. The goal is simple: reduce Solana’s growing geographic concentration in Europe and spread globally.