Jupiter unveils Metis V8 router, promising to solve quote-execution drift. Jupiter has been shipping hard this month * Published: May 20, 2026 11:12 AM Jupiter, Solana's DeFi superapp, has just announced a significant update to its primary swap router. With Metis V8, Jupiter promises to solve quote-execution drift, giving traders fills that more accurately reflect pre-swap quotes, at the best possible prices. The update comes after a banner month for the DeFi powerhouse, which announced the upcoming launch of regulated onchain equities trading in collaboration with Jump Crypto and Securitize, before partnering with Bitwise to launch the asset manager's first onchain vault product. Despite already unveiling a slew of announcements, Jupiter might still have more up its sleeve. Co-founder Siong Ong has hinted that the team is "close" to its next Jupnet update, which will be a "live launch". Jupiter's Metis V8 aims to solve quote-execution drift. Jupiter also announced a critical update to its flagship product. Responsible for processing $2T in lifetime volume for Solana DeFi users, Metis' latest update focuses specifically on ensuring that trade execution accurately reflects trader's quotes, reducing the variance between what they see on the screen and what gets output to their wallet. While only a split second passes between when the average user clicks swap and the trade is executed, a lot can change at a micromarket level. Other trades get filled, market makers update quotes, and passive AMM pools can shift pricing ratios on a per-tick basis, resulting in deviations between quoted prices and execution. Metis V8 takes a holistic approach to abolishing the quote-to-execution gap, concurrently introducing four novel solutions: * Slippage penalties - Tracking historical slippage rates among Solana DEXs, Metis V8 penalizes and filters out venues that consistently underdeliver on execution * Just-in-Time Onchain Finalization - Metis V8 carries multiple route options all the way to execution, then pulls the trigger on the best possible split onchain at the very last moment. * Sub-2 Slot Latency - Using gRPC streaming and Jupiter's own validator shreds, Metis V8 claims to generate quotes based fresh state, propagated within the two most recent slots. * Rapid Quotation Model - Metis V8 reportedly returns quote in under 100ms Beyond significant improvements to its router, Jupiter co-founder Siong Ong hinted at additional updates surrounding one of the superapp's most eagerly-anticipated products. Responding to Jupiter community members seeking answers regarding the eventual launch of Jupnet, Ong asserted that "the next update will be a live launch", assuring supporters that the the superapp's next big product is "close". Metis V8 router rounds out a big month for Jupiter. Jupiter's Metis V8 release comes after a bumper month for the DeFi giant. On May 5th, Jupiter announced its first foray into regulated onchain equities trading in collaboration with Jump Crypto and Securitize. Just a few weeks later, Jupiter Lend debuted its inaugural DeFi vault, partnering with Bitwise, issuers of Solana's leading ETF, and Ethena to deploy a $200M institutional $USDe market. Since launch, Jupiter Lend's Bitwise x Ethena vault has amassed a market size of $531M. Between the larger headlines, Jupiter has also rolled out onchain poker actions, VRFD, a token information and news layer, and unveiled the redesign of its mobile wallet application. Amidst a barrage of news and announcements, Jupiter maintains a strong grip on the DEX aggregator market, accounting for 75% of daily volume share. Read more on solanafloor. Are Solana Prop AMMs Losing Ground?

Aptos Labs and Jump Crypto have launched Shelby Early Access, a public testnet for what they describe as the world's first verifiable global object storage system designed for AI workloads. The platform provides developers with a single global namespace for storing and accessing data across regions, with cryptographic verification attached to each request. Shelby addresses two key challenges in AI infrastructure: data movement costs and verification of data provenance. The platform's architecture can reduce data movement costs by approximately 70% compared with traditional cloud systems by allowing data to be written once and accessed globally without duplication. The early access release enables developers to integrate Shelby into real workloads ahead of a full production launch expected later in 2026.