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Side by side

Best Synthetic Asset Protocol on Solana in 2026

Which one you want depends on whether you are trading it or holding it.

The honest answer is that there isn't much overlap. If you want leveraged crypto, Jupiter. If you want a stock or a commodity as a token you can move around, the field is short.

Continuum

Solana

Paired L/S Token Protocol

TradFi Assets
Stocks, commodities, forexexcellent
Fees
Near zeroexcellent
Composability
Full SPL standardexcellent
Funding Costs
None (shorts pay a volatility decay)good
Leverage
Via lending protocolsgood
User Experience
Simple mint/redeemexcellent

Pros

  • Equities, metals and currency pairs, not just crypto
  • No funding rate, and a long carries no holding cost
  • The tokens are usable across Solana DeFi
  • Mint a pair, sell a leg. There isn't more to it

Cons

  • Leverage has to come from a lending market
  • New protocol

Jupiter Perps

Solana

Perpetual Futures

TradFi Assets
Crypto onlyfair
Fees
Lowgood
Composability
Limitedfair
Funding Costs
Hourly ratesfair
Leverage
Up to 100xexcellent
User Experience
Professional trading UIexcellent

Pros

  • Leverage you cannot reach by looping
  • Deep liquidity on the majors
  • Proven under load
  • The best trading interface on Solana

Cons

  • Crypto pairs only
  • Funding accrues for as long as you hold
  • The position cannot leave Jupiter

The verdict

These barely compete. Jupiter is a leveraged crypto venue with a professional interface and depth to match. Continuum is where you go when the thing you want exposure to is a share or a barrel of oil, and you want to hold it as a token rather than a position. Most people who use one have a reason to use the other too.

Which one fits your case

Trade synthetic stocks

Continuum

The TradFi synthetic list on Solana is short, and this is on it

High leverage crypto

Jupiter Perps

100x natively, with the depth to fill it

DeFi composability

Continuum

SPL tokens that any Solana protocol will take

Long-term exposure

Continuum

No funding running against an indefinite long

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Continuum vs Jupiter Perps: Synthetics vs Perpetuals

A token you can walk out of the app with, against a position you cannot.

Continuum vs GMX: Cross-Chain Synthetic Comparison

Same idea, different chain, and a very different answer on who takes the other side.

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