diff --git a/trading-platform/deploy/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/trading-platform/deploy/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index b6993ee..72386b2 100644
--- a/trading-platform/deploy/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/trading-platform/deploy/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        service: [execute-service, data-service, news-service]
+        service: [execute-service, data-service, news-service, solana-quant-bot]
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: trading-platform/${{ matrix.service }}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        service: [execute-service, data-service, news-service, api-gateway, dashboard]
+        service: [execute-service, data-service, news-service, api-gateway, dashboard, solana-quant-bot]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           kubectl rollout status deployment/news-service -n customer1-staging --timeout=5m
           kubectl rollout status deployment/api-gateway -n customer1-staging --timeout=5m
           kubectl rollout status deployment/dashboard -n customer1-staging --timeout=5m
+          kubectl rollout status deployment/solana-quant-bot -n customer1-staging --timeout=5m
 
   deploy-production:
     needs: [deploy-staging]
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/configmap.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/configmap.yaml
index 1e1ce4e..25f31ee 100644
--- a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ data:
   # PostgreSQL connection
   POSTGRES_HOST: postgres-primary.{{ .Values.global.namespace }}.svc.cluster.local
   POSTGRES_PORT: "5432"
+  # Solana RPC (ExternalName service)
+  {{- if .Values.solanaRpc.enabled }}
+  SOLANA_RPC_URL: "http://solana-rpc.{{ .Values.global.namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:{{ .Values.solanaRpc.port }}"
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/network-policies/network-policies.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/network-policies/network-policies.yaml
index 76fb484..2f1fac6 100644
--- a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/network-policies/network-policies.yaml
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/network-policies/network-policies.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ spec:
         - podSelector:
             matchLabels:
               app: data-service
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: solana-quant-bot
       ports:
         - port: 5432
           protocol: TCP
@@ -204,6 +207,9 @@ spec:
         - podSelector:
             matchLabels:
               app: data-service
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: solana-quant-bot
       ports:
         - port: 6379
           protocol: TCP
@@ -231,6 +237,9 @@ spec:
         - podSelector:
             matchLabels:
               app: data-service
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: solana-quant-bot
       ports:
         - port: 9092
           protocol: TCP
@@ -308,4 +317,93 @@ spec:
           protocol: TCP
 ---
 {{- end }}
+# Solana Quant Bot networking
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: solana-quant-bot-networking
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: solana-quant-bot
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  ingress:
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              kubernetes.io/metadata.name: ingress-nginx
+      ports:
+        - port: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.port }}
+          protocol: TCP
+        - port: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.metricsPort }}
+          protocol: TCP
+  egress:
+    # PostgreSQL
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: postgres
+      ports:
+        - port: 5432
+          protocol: TCP
+    # Redis
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: redis
+      ports:
+        - port: 6379
+          protocol: TCP
+    # Kafka
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: kafka
+      ports:
+        - port: 9092
+          protocol: TCP
+    # Solana RPC (ExternalName — allows outbound to external RPC provider)
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app: solana-rpc
+      ports:
+        - port: {{ .Values.solanaRpc.port }}
+          protocol: TCP
+    # External RPC provider (Helius/QuickNode — outbound HTTPS)
+    - to: []
+      ports:
+        - port: 443
+          protocol: TCP
+        - port: 80
+          protocol: TCP
+---
+{{- end }}
+# Solana RPC networking (ExternalName allows outbound to external provider)
+{{- if .Values.solanaRpc.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: solana-rpc-networking
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: solana-rpc
+  policyTypes:
+    - Egress
+  egress:
+    # Allow outbound HTTPS to external RPC provider
+    - to: []
+      ports:
+        - port: 443
+          protocol: TCP
+        - port: 80
+          protocol: TCP
+---
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-grafana-dashboard.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-grafana-dashboard.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51aad77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-grafana-dashboard.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.grafana.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}-grafana-dashboard
+  namespace: {{ .Values.grafana.namespace | default .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+    grafana_dashboard: "1"
+data:
+  solana-quant-bot-dashboard.json: |
+    {
+      "annotations": {
+        "list": []
+      },
+      "editable": true,
+      "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+      "graphTooltip": 1,
+      "id": null,
+      "links": [],
+      "liveNow": false,
+      "panels": [
+        {
+          "title": "Bot Overview",
+          "type": "row",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 0},
+          "collapsed": false
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Pods Running",
+          "type": "stat",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 0, "y": 1},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "up{job=\"solana-quant-bot\"}", "legendFormat": "{{instance}}"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {
+            "defaults": {
+              "thresholds": {"steps": [{"color": "red", "value": null}, {"color": "green", "value": 1}]},
+              "unit": "short"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Total Trades (24h)",
+          "type": "stat",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 6, "y": 1},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "increase(solana_quant_bot_trades_total[24h])"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {"defaults": {"unit": "short"}}
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Trade Error Rate (5m)",
+          "type": "stat",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 12, "y": 1},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trade_errors_total[5m])) / sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trades_total[5m])) * 100"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {
+            "defaults": {
+              "unit": "percent",
+              "thresholds": {"steps": [{"color": "green", "value": null}, {"color": "yellow", "value": 3}, {"color": "red", "value": 10}]}
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "SOL Balance",
+          "type": "stat",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 4, "w": 6, "x": 18, "y": 1},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "solana_quant_bot_sol_balance"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {
+            "defaults": {
+              "unit": "short",
+              "thresholds": {"steps": [{"color": "red", "value": null}, {"color": "orange", "value": 10}, {"color": "green", "value": 25}]}
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Trade Volume (USDC)",
+          "type": "timeseries",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 8, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 5},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trade_volume_usdc[5m])) * 60", "legendFormat": "USDC/min"}
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Signal Processing Latency",
+          "type": "timeseries",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 13},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.50, sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_signal_latency_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le))", "legendFormat": "p50"},
+            {"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_signal_latency_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le))", "legendFormat": "p95"},
+            {"expr": "histogram_quantile(0.99, sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_signal_latency_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le))", "legendFormat": "p99"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {"defaults": {"unit": "s"}}
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Trades per Minute",
+          "type": "timeseries",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 13},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trades_total[5m])) * 60", "legendFormat": "trades/min"}
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "Token Score Distribution",
+          "type": "timeseries",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 21},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "avg(solana_quant_bot_token_score)", "legendFormat": "avg score"},
+            {"expr": "max(solana_quant_bot_token_score)", "legendFormat": "max score"}
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "title": "CPU / Memory Usage",
+          "type": "timeseries",
+          "gridPos": {"h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 21},
+          "targets": [
+            {"expr": "sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{pod=~\"solana-quant-bot-.*\"}[5m])) * 1000", "legendFormat": "CPU (m)"},
+            {"expr": "sum(container_memory_usage_bytes{pod=~\"solana-quant-bot-.*\"}) / 1024 / 1024", "legendFormat": "Memory (MB)"}
+          ],
+          "fieldConfig": {"defaults": {"unit": "short"}}
+        }
+      ],
+      "refresh": "30s",
+      "schemaVersion": 39,
+      "tags": ["solana", "quant-bot", "trading"],
+      "templating": {"list": []},
+      "time": {"from": "now-3h", "to": "now"},
+      "title": "Solana Quant Bot",
+      "uid": "solana-quant-bot",
+      "version": 1
+    }
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-prometheus-rules.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-prometheus-rules.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4393258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-prometheus-rules.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.alertmanager.enabled }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PrometheusRule
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}-alerts
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+    release: prometheus
+spec:
+  groups:
+    - name: solana-quant-bot.rules
+      rules:
+        # Alert if bot pod is down
+        - alert: SolanaQuantBotDown
+          expr: up{job="{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}"} == 0
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Solana Quant Bot instance {{ '{{ $instance }}' }} is down"
+            description: "Bot has been unreachable for more than 5 minutes."
+
+        # High error rate on trades
+        - alert: SolanaQuantBotHighErrorRate
+          expr: |
+            sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trade_errors_total[5m]))
+            / sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_trades_total[5m])) > 0.05
+          for: 10m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Solana Quant Bot trade error rate is >5%"
+            description: "Error rate: {{ '{{ $value }}' }} over 5m window."
+
+        # No trades executed in a long time (stale bot)
+        - alert: SolanaQuantBotNoTrades
+          expr: |
+            time() - increase(solana_quant_bot_last_trade_timestamp[1h]) > 3600
+          for: 15m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Solana Quant Bot has not executed trades in 1 hour"
+            description: "Bot may be stuck or signals pipeline is blocked."
+
+        # High signal processing latency
+        - alert: SolanaQuantBotHighLatency
+          expr: |
+            histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(solana_quant_bot_signal_latency_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le)) > 2
+          for: 10m
+          labels:
+            severity: warning
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Solana Quant Bot p95 signal latency > 2s"
+            description: "p95 latency: {{ '{{ $value }}' }}s."
+
+        # Wallet balance below threshold
+        - alert: SolanaQuantBotLowBalance
+          expr: solana_quant_bot_sol_balance < 10
+          for: 5m
+          labels:
+            severity: critical
+          annotations:
+            summary: "Solana Quant Bot SOL balance is below 10 SOL"
+            description: "Current balance: {{ '{{ $value }}' }} SOL."
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-service-monitor.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-service-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccb0201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/observability/solana-quant-bot-service-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+{{- if .Values.prometheus.enabled }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+    release: prometheus
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  endpoints:
+    - port: metrics
+      path: /metrics
+      interval: {{ .Values.prometheus.scrapeInterval | default "15s" }}
+      scrapeTimeout: 10s
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+      - {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/alembic-migration-job.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/alembic-migration-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..437c45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/alembic-migration-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}-db-migrate
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+  annotations:
+    # Prevent re-running on helm upgrade if already succeeded
+    "helm.sh/hook": post-install,post-upgrade
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+      securityContext:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      containers:
+        - name: alembic-migrate
+          image: "{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: ["alembic"]
+          args: ["upgrade", "head"]
+          env:
+            - name: DB_HOST
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: POSTGRES_HOST
+            - name: DB_PORT
+              value: "5432"
+            - name: DB_NAME
+              value: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.DB_NAME | quote }}
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: trading-secrets
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.solanaQuantBot.migrationResources | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | nindent 12 }}
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      {{- with .Values.global.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+  backoffLimit: 3
+  activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/deployment.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb31d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.replicaCount }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "trading-platform.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+      app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        {{- include "trading-platform.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.metricsPort }}"
+        prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+      securityContext:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      initContainers:
+        # Wait for database migrations to complete
+        - name: wait-for-migrations
+          image: "{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'until python -c "import asyncio; from app.db import check_migrations; asyncio.run(check_migrations())"; do echo waiting for migrations; sleep 5; done']
+          env:
+            - name: DB_HOST
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: POSTGRES_HOST
+            - name: DB_PORT
+              value: "5432"
+            - name: DB_NAME
+              value: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.DB_NAME | quote }}
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: trading-secrets
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.solanaQuantBot.resources | nindent 12 }}
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.image.pullPolicy }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.port }}
+              protocol: TCP
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.metricsPort }}
+              protocol: TCP
+          env:
+            {{- range $key, $value := .Values.solanaQuantBot.env }}
+            - name: {{ $key }}
+              value: {{ $value | quote }}
+            {{- end }}
+            # Shared config from ConfigMap
+            - name: DB_HOST
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: POSTGRES_HOST
+            - name: REDIS_HOST
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: REDIS_HOST
+            - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP
+            - name: SOLANA_RPC_URL
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "trading-platform.fullname" . }}-config
+                  key: SOLANA_RPC_URL
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: trading-secrets
+            - secretRef:
+                name: solana-quant-bot-secrets
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.solanaQuantBot.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.containerSecurityContext | nindent 12 }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 3
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 3
+      volumes:
+        - name: tmp
+          emptyDir: {}
+      {{- with .Values.global.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              podAffinityTerm:
+                labelSelector:
+                  matchExpressions:
+                    - key: app
+                      operator: In
+                      values:
+                        - {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/service.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..487514e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-quant-bot/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaQuantBot.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  ports:
+    - port: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.port }}
+      targetPort: http
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+    - port: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.metricsPort }}
+      targetPort: metrics
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: metrics
+  selector:
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+  annotations:
+    iam.gke.io/gcp-service-account: solana-quant-bot@{{ .Values.global.clusterName }}.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+---
+# Dedicated secrets for Solana quant bot (wallet keys, RPC auth)
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: solana-quant-bot-secrets
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "trading-platform.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+  annotations:
+    secrets.yaml.sops.io/v2: encrypted
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  # Solana wallet private key (base58 encoded)
+  SOLANA_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE58: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.SOLANA_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE58 | default "<CHANGE_ME_WALLET_KEY>" | quote }}
+  # Helius/QuickNode API key for RPC
+  SOLANA_RPC_API_KEY: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.SOLANA_RPC_API_KEY | default "<CHANGE_ME_RPC_KEY>" | quote }}
+  # Jupiter API key (optional, for better rate limits)
+  JUPITER_API_KEY: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.JUPITER_API_KEY | default "" | quote }}
+  # Birdeye API key for price data
+  BIRDEYE_API_KEY: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.BIRDEYE_API_KEY | default "<CHANGE_ME_BIRDEYE_KEY>" | quote }}
+  # Dexscreener API key (if using authenticated endpoints)
+  DEXSCREENER_API_KEY: {{ .Values.solanaQuantBot.env.DEXSCREENER_API_KEY | default "" | quote }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-rpc/service.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-rpc/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2a4544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/templates/solana-rpc/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{- if .Values.solanaRpc.enabled }}
+# Solana RPC proxy service (Helius/QuickNode endpoint)
+# Exposes a stable internal DNS name for Solana RPC access
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.solanaRpc.name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Values.solanaRpc.name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: solana-quant-bot
+spec:
+  type: ExternalName
+  externalName: {{ .Values.solanaRpc.externalHost }}
+---
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/values.yaml b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/values.yaml
index faeee27..8dcbf95 100644
--- a/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/values.yaml
+++ b/trading-platform/helm/trading-platform/values.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ dashboard:
   name: dashboard
   image:
     repository: ""
-    tag: "0.1.0"
+    tag: "0.2.0-autonomous-bot"
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   port: 3000
   resources:
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ dashboard:
   env:
     NODE_ENV: "production"
     NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL: "/api"
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_EXEC_SERVICE_URL: "http://execute-service:8000"
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_NEWS_SERVICE_URL: "http://news-service:8001"
 
 # =================================================================
 # Ingress
@@ -287,6 +289,89 @@ kafka:
     - name: news.analysis
       partitions: 6
       replicationFactor: 3
+    # Solana quant bot topics
+    - name: solana.bot.signals
+      partitions: 6
+      replicationFactor: 3
+    - name: solana.bot.trades
+      partitions: 6
+      replicationFactor: 3
+    - name: solana.bot.alerts
+      partitions: 3
+      replicationFactor: 3
+    - name: solana.token.data
+      partitions: 6
+      replicationFactor: 3
+    - name: solana.pool.data
+      partitions: 6
+      replicationFactor: 3
+
+# =================================================================
+# Solana RPC (ExternalName service for external RPC providers)
+# =================================================================
+solanaRpc:
+  enabled: true
+  name: solana-rpc
+  # ExternalName points to external RPC provider (Helius, QuickNode, etc.)
+  externalName: "mainnet.helius-rpc.com"
+  port: 443
+  # env var for internal DNS: http://solana-rpc.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local:443
+
+# =================================================================
+# Solana Quant Bot (autonomous trading agent)
+# =================================================================
+solanaQuantBot:
+  enabled: true
+  name: solana-quant-bot
+  replicaCount: 2
+  image:
+    repository: ""
+    tag: "0.1.0"
+    pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  port: 8000
+  metricsPort: 9090
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 1
+      memory: 1Gi
+    limits:
+      cpu: "2"
+      memory: 2Gi
+  migrationResources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 250m
+      memory: 256Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: "500m"
+      memory: 512Mi
+  autoscaling:
+    enabled: true
+    minReplicas: 2
+    maxReplicas: 5
+    targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 70
+  env:
+    LOG_LEVEL: "INFO"
+    DB_NAME: "solana_quant_db"
+    KAFKA_GROUP_ID: "solana-quant-bot"
+    KAFKA_TOPIC_SIGNALS: "solana.bot.signals"
+    KAFKA_TOPIC_TRADES: "solana.bot.trades"
+    KAFKA_TOPIC_ALERTS: "solana.bot.alerts"
+    KAFKA_TOPIC_TOKEN_DATA: "solana.token.data"
+    KAFKA_TOPIC_POOL_DATA: "solana.pool.data"
+    # Solana RPC via internal DNS (ExternalName service)
+    SOLANA_RPC_ENDPOINT: "http://solana-rpc:443"
+    # Trading config
+    MIN_LIQUIDITY_USD: "50000"
+    MAX_POSITION_SIZE_USD: "10000"
+    SLIPPAGE_BPS: "100"
+    SCORING_THRESHOLD: "60"
+    HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL: "300"
+    # Secrets (override via secret, not here)
+    SOLANA_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY_BASE58: "<CHANGE_ME>"
+    SOLANA_RPC_API_KEY: "<CHANGE_ME>"
+    BIRDEYE_API_KEY: "<CHANGE_ME>"
+    JUPITER_API_KEY: ""
+    DEXSCREENER_API_KEY: ""
 
 # =================================================================
 # Network Policies (from security audit)
@@ -297,6 +382,27 @@ networkPolicies:
   defaultDenyEgress: true
   allowDNS: true
 
+# =================================================================
+# Observability (Prometheus + Grafana + Alertmanager)
+# =================================================================
+prometheus:
+  enabled: true
+  scrapeInterval: "15s"
+  retention: "15d"
+  retentionSize: "10GB"
+
+alertmanager:
+  enabled: true
+  # Alert routes configured separately
+
+grafana:
+  enabled: true
+  namespace: ""  # defaults to global.namespace
+  adminUser: admin
+  # adminPassword comes from secret
+  dashboards:
+    - solana-quant-bot-dashboard
+
 # =================================================================
 # SOPS Encryption
 # =================================================================
diff --git a/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/README.md b/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e6f676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Solana Quant Bot Funding
+
+Scripts for funding the Solana Quant Bot wallet and verifying balances.
+
+## Initial Funding
+
+```bash
+# Dry run first
+./fund-bot-wallet.sh --amount 50 --from-wallet <YOUR_WALLET> --namespace customer1 --dry-run
+
+# Execute funding
+./fund-bot-wallet.sh --amount 50 --from-wallet <YOUR_WALLET> --namespace customer1
+
+# Verify balance after
+./fund-bot-wallet.sh --bot-wallet <BOT_ADDRESS> --verify
+```
+
+## Options
+
+| Option | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `--amount SOL` | Amount in SOL to fund (default: 50) |
+| `--from-wallet ADDR` | Source wallet (required for transfers) |
+| `--bot-wallet ADDR` | Bot wallet (auto-read from K8s secret if omitted) |
+| `--namespace NS` | K8s namespace (default: customer1) |
+| `--dry-run` | Simulate without sending |
+| `--verify` | Check bot wallet balance |
+
+## Security Notes
+
+- The bot wallet private key is stored as a SOPS-encrypted K8s secret.
+- Initial funding should use a dedicated hot wallet, not a multi-sig for simplicity.
+- sec-ops may require multi-sig for larger seed amounts.
+- Monitor the bot wallet for anomalous transactions via the Prometheus alerts.
diff --git a/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/fund-bot-wallet.sh b/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/fund-bot-wallet.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0d45b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trading-platform/scripts/solana-funding/fund-bot-wallet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# fund-bot-wallet.sh — Initial funding script for Solana Quant Bot
+#
+# Usage: ./fund-bot-wallet.sh [OPTIONS]
+#
+# Options:
+#   --amount SOL        Amount in SOL to fund (default: 50)
+#   --from-wallet ADDR  Source wallet address (required)
+#   --bot-wallet ADDR   Bot wallet address (default: reads from K8s secret)
+#   --namespace NS      K8s namespace (default: customer1)
+#   --dry-run           Simulate transfer without sending
+#   --verify            Verify current bot wallet balance (no transfer)
+#   --help              Show this help
+#
+# This script:
+#  1. Reads the bot's wallet address from the K8s secret
+#  2. Sends SOL from --from-wallet to the bot wallet
+#  3. Verifies the balance on-chain and in K8s
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#  - solana-cli installed and configured
+#  - kubectl configured for the cluster
+#  - --from-wallet must have enough SOL for the transfer + fees
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Defaults
+AMOUNT="50"
+FROM_WALLET=""
+BOT_WALLET=""
+NAMESPACE="customer1"
+DRY_RUN=false
+VERIFY_ONLY=false
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    --amount) AMOUNT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --from-wallet) FROM_WALLET="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --bot-wallet) BOT_WALLET="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --namespace) NAMESPACE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+    --dry-run) DRY_RUN=true; shift ;;
+    --verify) VERIFY_ONLY=true; shift ;;
+    --help)
+      head -30 "$0" | tail -25
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    *) echo "Unknown option: $1"; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Helper: get bot wallet from K8s secret if not explicitly provided
+get_bot_wallet_from_secret() {
+  if [[ -n "$BOT_WALLET" ]]; then
+    echo "$BOT_WALLET"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "Reading bot wallet from K8s secret..."
+  BOT_WALLET=$(kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" get secret solana-quant-bot-secrets \
+    -o jsonpath='{.data.SOLANA_BOT_WALLET_ADDRESS}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+  if [[ -z "$BOT_WALLET" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not read bot wallet from secret solana-quant-bot-secrets in namespace $NAMESPACE"
+    echo "Either deploy the secret first or pass --bot-wallet explicitly."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Bot wallet: $BOT_WALLET"
+}
+
+# Verify balance
+verify_balance() {
+  local wallet="$1"
+  echo "=== Verifying balance for $wallet ==="
+
+  # On-chain balance
+  local on_chain_balance
+  on_chain_balance=$(solana balance "$wallet" --output json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+  echo "On-chain SOL balance: $on_chain_balance"
+
+  # Expected minimum
+  local expected
+  expected=$(echo "$AMOUNT * 0.99" | bc)  # account for fees
+  local is_ok
+  is_ok=$(echo "$on_chain_balance >= $expected" | bc -l)
+
+  if [[ "$is_ok" -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "OK: Balance >= $expected SOL (transferred amount minus fees)"
+  else
+    echo "WARNING: Balance ($on_chain_balance) < expected ($expected SOL)"
+    echo "         The transfer may still be pending confirmation."
+  fi
+}
+
+# --- Main ---
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "  Solana Quant Bot — Initial Funding"
+echo "============================================"
+echo "  Amount:     $AMOUNT SOL"
+echo "  Namespace:  $NAMESPACE"
+echo "  Dry run:    $DRY_RUN"
+echo "============================================"
+
+# Validate from-wallet
+if [[ -z "$FROM_WALLET" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: --from-wallet is required (source wallet address)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get bot wallet
+get_bot_wallet_from_secret
+
+# Verify mode
+if [[ "$VERIFY_ONLY" == true ]]; then
+  verify_balance "$BOT_WALLET"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Dry run
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "DRY RUN — Would transfer $AMOUNT SOL from:"
+  echo "  $FROM_WALLET  ->  $BOT_WALLET"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Source wallet balance:"
+  solana balance "$FROM_WALLET"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Bot wallet balance:"
+  solana balance "$BOT_WALLET"
+  echo ""
+  echo "To execute, remove --dry-run."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check source wallet has enough
+echo "Checking source wallet balance..."
+SOURCE_BALANCE=$(solana balance "$FROM_WALLET" --output json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin))" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+echo "Source wallet: $SOURCE_BALANCE SOL"
+
+HAS_ENOUGH=$(echo "$SOURCE_BALANCE >= $AMOUNT" | bc -l)
+if [[ "$HAS_ENOUGH" -ne 1 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Source wallet ($SOURCE_BALANCE SOL) has less than $AMOUNT SOL"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Confirm before sending (unless CI)
+if [[ "${CI:-false}" != "true" ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  read -p "Send $AMOUNT SOL from $FROM_WALLET to $BOT_WALLET? (yes/no): " CONFIRM
+  if [[ "$CONFIRM" != "yes" ]]; then
+    echo "Aborted."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Send transaction
+echo "Sending transaction..."
+TX_SIGNATURE=$(solana transfer "$FROM_WALLET" \
+  "$BOT_WALLET" \
+  "$AMOUNT" \
+  --with-block-time \
+  --output json 2>&1 | tee /tmp/solana-fund-tx.json)
+
+echo "Transaction: $TX_SIGNATURE"
+
+# Wait for confirmation
+echo "Waiting for confirmation..."
+solana confirm "$(echo "$TX_SIGNATURE" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['signature'])")" --with-max-confirm-retries 20
+
+# Verify balance
+echo ""
+verify_balance "$BOT_WALLET"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Funding complete. Bot wallet: $BOT_WALLET"
+echo "Transferred: $AMOUNT SOL"