The Solana Foundation rolled out its Frontier Traders program on June 17, a new initiative aimed at market makers, high-frequency and proprietary trading firms, principal market makers, and sophisticated independent traders. The program aggregates trading activity across Solana-based venues, offers VIP rebates, and covers priority infrastructure for qualified participants.
VIP Tiers Based on Volume and Open Interest
Frontier sets five VIP tiers, each tied to 30-day trading volume and open interest requirements. Traders need $10 million in volume for VIP 1. VIP 2 requires $100 million in volume plus $5 million in open interest. VIP 3 jumps to $500 million in volume and $10 million in open interest. VIP 4 demands $2 billion in volume and $25 million in open interest. At the top, VIP 5 requires $5 billion in volume and $100 million in open interest. Firms that clear $10 billion in volume need to contact Solana directly for custom terms.
Launch Venues Cover 90% of Activity
The founding venues in the Frontier program include Jupiter, Phoenix, Raydium, Backpack Securities, Orca, Byreal, Phantom, Fomo, Titan, Dflow, Pump.fun, Axiom, Meteora, Ondo, xStocks, and OKX DEX. Together, those venues account for more than 90% of all spot and perpetuals trading on Solana.
SpaceX Campaign and London Event
Frontier kicked off with a SpaceX trading campaign that runs through June 19. The top 100 traders by $SPCX volume will split $25,000 in prizes. The next event is scheduled for June 25 in London.
Priority RPC Infrastructure from Helius and Triton
The program includes a priority RPC component for VIP 3 and above, built in partnership with Helius and Triton. Helius provides global Solana RPC across 11 regions with sub-100ms latency, priority fee estimation, and support for production workloads. Triton's Pro Trading Centers in Amsterdam and Tokyo offer low read and write latency, co-location, validator routing, and Geyser streams. According to the foundation, Triton's setup can enable up to 400ms faster reaction times compared to standard RPC.
The broader goal of Frontier is to make Solana itself the trading surface by tracking activity across the network and rewarding traders who drive flow through the ecosystem. Firms with more than $10 billion in volume will need to reach out to Solana directly for VIP terms, and the London event on June 25 will likely bring more details on upcoming features and events.
