The Solana Foundation's new program tracks trading activity across 16 venues and offers VIP perks that look a lot like what centralized exchanges provide.
The Solana Foundation has rolled out Frontier Traders, a network-level rewards program that aggregates trading activity across 16 founding venues and dishes out VIP perks to high-volume participants.
The program targets institutional and professional traders, including market makers and hedge funds, offering cross-venue rebates, priority RPC infrastructure access, dedicated account management, and community events.
How the tiers work
Frontier Traders operates on a volume-based VIP system. Entry-level tiers require a minimum of $10 million in 30-day trading volume. The tiers scale up from there, with the highest thresholds reaching $5B or more in monthly volume. Rebates range from 0.001% to 0.005% depending on tier placement. On $5B of trades, even a 0.005% rebate translates to $250K back in a trader’s pocket.
The 16 founding venues collectively account for over 90% of Solana’s spot and perpetual trading volume. Instead of locking traders into a single platform to earn rewards, Frontier lets them spread activity across the ecosystem and still qualify for benefits.
Over 2,000 traders enrolled in the program shortly after its rollout. Flint Trade joined as an official venue on September 1, 2026, making its trading volume eligible for VIP incentives.
Why Solana is building this now
By bundling priority RPC access into the rewards structure, the program gives high-volume traders faster and more reliable connections to the network. One notable promotional campaign was a $25K prize pool contest linked to a SpaceX trading event in June.
What this means for the Solana ecosystem
For the 16 founding venues, the program functions as a shared customer acquisition tool subsidized by the Solana Foundation. Smaller DEXs that might struggle to offer competitive maker rebates on their own can now point to Frontier as an added incentive for traders to route orders their way.
