Solana Chair Lily Liu: Fintech needs not \"showboating,\" but speed, cost, liquidity, and utility

At Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, Solana Chair Lily Liu stated that fintech doesn’t need flashy technical gimmicks — it needs speed, low cost, programmability, and liquidity as its four core pillars.

She emphasized that Solana insists on delivering all capabilities on a single chain, without adopting L2s, sharding, or sidechains — a stance that once made Solana seem “unorthodox,” but ultimately reflects its clearest strategic advantage.

Lily Liu added that the most valuable blockchain platforms are those that enable developers to build real applications and enhance the utility of money, rather than simply stacking technical concepts.