AI Predicts SOL: A 1919 Bank Just Chose a Public Chain

A US state bank has put a dollar-backed stablecoin on Solana, and our AI model predicts that SOL holds its breakout while institutional stories like this one keep arriving. Roughrider Coin went live in October 2026. VersaBank USA issues it. The Bank of North Dakota provides governance oversight. That second name is the unusual part. The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in the United States, founded in 1919. This is not a startup running a pilot. It is a public institution with a century of deposit-taking behind it. The choice of chain matters too. A bank with that profile does not pick infrastructure casually, and it picked a public blockchain over a private ledger. SOL trades at $122.96, up 4.46% over 24 hours. Market cap stands at $72.31 billion. Volume has risen 21.3% to $4.43 billion, and the token is up roughly 100% from its June low. BREAKING: @Fiserv's digital asset platform is live, with transactions processing on Solana. Roughrider Coin, issued for the state-owned Bank of North Dakota, lets more than 90 banks and credit unions move money between them in seconds. pic.twitter.com/GlHSnNpQlU — Solana (@solana) October 2, 2026 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth i...