GLAM

GLAM (glam.systems) is a Solana protocol that lets asset managers, treasury teams and product issuers run portfolios and tokenized funds onchain. It is not the "glamorous" GLAM cat meme coin on Solana. That is a separate token. GLAM the protocol has no token of its own.

The core product is the GLAM vault. A vault holds assets and DeFi positions. Rules written onchain decide who can act, which assets it may hold and which protocols it may touch. A manager can switch on a mint so the vault issues shares that outside investors buy and redeem.

Four audits by Adevar Labs between November 2025 and April 2026 cover the core programs. As of October 2026 the team is rebuilding its SDK, CLI and AI-agent plugin, and Titan routes swaps straight into GLAM vaults.

How GLAM vaults, mints and policies work

GLAM splits asset management into three parts that stack on each other.

Vaults hold the assets. A vault can be a single-asset product, such as a liquid staking token, or a multi-asset fund that moves capital across Solana DeFi. Each vault carries its own risk settings, delegate permissions and policies.

Mints turn a vault into an investable product. With a mint switched on, the vault issues share tokens. The mint handles subscriptions, redemption queues, net asset value (NAV) and fees. The GLAM Mint program does this work, separate from the main GLAM Protocol program that controls the vault.

Policies are checks the protocol runs before any instruction executes. They cover asset allowlists, approved protocols, transfer recipients and lock-up periods. A separate GLAM Policies program uses a Token 2022 transfer hook to enforce transfer and lock-up rules on share tokens, so restrictions travel with the token rather than living in an off-chain spreadsheet.

The docs list each program ID, including the main protocol at GLAMpaME8wdTEzxtiYEAa5yD8fZbxZiz2hNtV58RZiEz and the mint program at GM1NtvvnSXUptTrMCqbogAdZJydZSNv98DoU5AZVLmGh.

GLAM access control and delegated permissions

Permissions work at three levels. Vault-level rules apply to the whole vault, for example an allowlist of protocols. Instruction-level rules give a delegate one job, such as swapping or staking, and nothing else. Parameter-level rules narrow it further: a rebalancing bot might only swap between a fixed set of tokens.

The point is to limit the damage from a stolen key. A delegate whose key leaks can only do what its scope allows, and it can't withdraw or rewrite policy unless it was given those rights.

Timelocks add a delay to sensitive changes: policy updates, fee changes, integration settings and access-control edits. The manager chooses the length. The docs give two-day and seven-day examples but set no minimum. GLAM is meant to sit alongside multisig and MPC custody, not replace them.

GLAM vaults on Titan: swap into vault shares

Since 27 August 2026, Titan has treated GLAM vault shares as a native swap output. When Titan's router picks a route that ends in a GLAM vault, it deposits the input asset and mints vault shares at the current exchange rate in the same transaction. The vault's access rules, limits and mint policies still apply.

The first route is SLX to stSLX, the liquid staking token run by Solstice Labs USX$0.9990.0%. Titan announced it the same day. For a manager, it means a new way to take in capital without relying on secondary-market liquidity for the share token. GLAM's Q3 update calls this the first step toward making more of its vaults reachable from ordinary swaps.

stSLX: GLAM single-asset vaults for liquid staking

stSLX is the clearest live example of GLAM in production. Solstice uses a GLAM single-asset vault to issue stSLX, a non-rebasing liquid staking token for SLX. Per GLAM's case study, GLAM handles the share accounting, a seven-day unstaking cooldown with notice and settlement periods, and a reward vault whose only permitted transfer destination is the staking vault.

The design uses no oracle. The vault refreshes its accounting by reading its own base-asset balance, so the share price depends only on how much SLX it holds. GLAM's Q2 update says stSLX went live in May 2026 and that stSLX yield can be traded on Exponent.

GLAM integrations: Jupiter, Kamino and what's still pending

A vault can only use protocols GLAM has built links to. The integrations page sorts them by audit status (checked October 2026).

Live and audited: Jupiter JUP$0.240-7.5% swaps; SPL Token and Token 2022; Kamino Finance KMNO$0.033-6.9% Lending, Vaults and Farms; and Circle's CCTP for moving USDC across chains.

Coming soon, pending audit: native staking, SPL stake pools, Sanctum single and multi-validator pools, and Marinade staking. GLAM says its Meteora integration is being moved to the new architecture.

In staging: in July 2026 GLAM released integrations with Loopscale, Phoenix, Orca, Exponent, Project 0 / marginfi and Jupiter Lend. It says these have not finished audit review and are experimental.

Older write-ups, including earlier GLAM material, name Drift, Marinade and Sanctum as live. The current docs list Marinade and Sanctum as pending, and Drift appears only on older optional pages. Treat all three as unavailable until the docs say otherwise.

Solana Vault Standard (sRFC-40) support

GLAM supports the Solana Vault Standard (sRFC-40), a shared interface for vault deposits and redemptions. Exo Technologies developed it with Solana Foundation support. It plays roughly the role ERC-4626 plays on Ethereum. GLAM's May 2026 post "Bringing the Solana Vault Standard to Life" describes GLAM as the engine behind standard-compliant vaults. It handles NAV updates and asset withdrawals behind the common interface, so wallets and aggregators can integrate once.

GLAM SDK, CLI and AI agent plugin

GLAM offers a TypeScript SDK and a command-line tool, with a REST API and WebSockets listed as coming soon in the docs. The Q3 2026 update says all three tools are being rebuilt on a shared core. Each action is prepared, previewed, then authorised, and checked against the vault's access rules and policies.

The agent plugin applies the same flow to AI agents. In GLAM's words, "The money stays in the vault. The agent operates it under the same onchain rules as any other operator." An agent can be given swap rights to rebalance a portfolio without any path to withdraw funds or change policy. GLAM said in October 2026 that the rebuilt SDK, CLI and plugin had not yet been released.

GLAM fees: what managers and investors pay

The fee docs describe three layers:

• Vault fees on subscriptions and redemptions. These are burned, which benefits remaining holders rather than the manager.
• Manager fees: subscription, redemption, management (paid in newly issued shares, based on assets under management) and performance fees above a high-water mark or hurdle rate.
• Protocol fees paid to GLAM: a base fee of 0.2% a year on vault assets, plus a share of manager fees.

The docs describe the 0.2% base fee as early-adopter pricing through 30 June 2026 and say custom pricing is available. They did not state the rate after that date when we checked in October 2026, so ask GLAM before budgeting. The Q2 update says hard caps now apply to protocol and vault-level fees.

Who GLAM is for

GLAM suits teams that run other people's money onchain and need rules they can prove. That means crypto fund managers, DAO and company treasuries, issuers of staking or yield tokens, and builders of agent-run strategies. It helps most when several people or bots act on one pool of money. Each gets a narrow job that the chain enforces.

It is not a product for individual savers. GLAM is infrastructure, not a fund or a custodian. Most retail users will only meet it through a token like stSLX or a vault share bought on Titan. Access is still gated. The Grid's registry lists the protocol as early access, and GLAM's iVaults page for curated vaults is a sign-up form. Teams that need native staking or Marinade must wait for those audits.

Is GLAM safe? Audits, upgrades and risks

Audits. Adevar Labs has audited GLAM four times, per the security page:

• 7 November 2025: core programs and external integrations
• 15 December 2025: integration patches, including Jupiter swap slippage checks, Kamino fixes and wrapped SOL handling
• 7 February 2026: the single-asset vault type
• 8 April 2026: swap execution, trusted price feeds, Kamino and permission changes

The reports are on Adevar's GitHub. The July 2026 staging integrations are not covered. GLAM's Q2 update also says it joined STRIDE, the Solana security maturity programme run by Asymmetric Research, and gained access to its SIRN incident-response network.

Code and upgrades. The source repository is private during development. The docs say it will be released under a Business Source License before moving to Apache 2.0. The public docs don't say whether the programs can be upgraded or who holds that power. We couldn't read the upgrade authority from a block explorer for this update, so check it yourself before committing large sums.

Manager risk. GLAM enforces the rules a manager sets, but the manager sets them. A loose allowlist or a short timelock gives investors little protection. The docs say timelocks don't have to be longer than a vault's redemption window, so a bad policy change could take effect before investors can leave.

Integration risk. A vault inherits the risk of every protocol it touches. Staging integrations are, by GLAM's own description, unaudited.

We found no reported exploit of GLAM's programs as of October 2026.

GLAM vs Kamino vaults, Voltr and Upshift

Solana has several ways to build a managed vault. They differ in who they serve.

• Kamino vaults are curated lending vaults inside Kamino. They're simpler for depositors but limited to Kamino's markets. GLAM vaults can hold Kamino positions alongside swaps, staking and other protocols under one policy set.
• Voltr lets yield managers create vaults and allocate capital across strategy adaptors on Solana. It is the closest in purpose to GLAM, so compare the permission model and audit coverage directly.
• Upshift is a multi-chain vault provider (Solana, Stellar and EVM) focused on stablecoin yield and fintech distribution. It suits issuers who need several chains. GLAM is Solana-only for execution, with CCTP for moving USDC across chains.

GLAM's edge is its deep onchain permission and policy layer, plus transfer rules built into its share tokens. Its weak spots are gated access, private code and integrations still waiting on audits.

GLAM history and team background

GLAM began at Colosseum's Renaissance hackathon in early 2024. The idea came from Anatoly Yakovenko's public question about onchain ETF-style products and from Solana's then-new Token Extensions. The team incorporated in January 2025, and a year later said the protocol was "audited and live in production". In March 2026 GLAM said it was shortlisted for Fund Administrator Technology of the Year. GLAM doesn't publish a team page on its main site.