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diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/package.json b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/package.json
index 0aac32cdf0..0271715fa5 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/package.json
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@bitgo/public-types": "5.63.0",
     "@bitgo/sdk-core": "^36.28.0",
+    "@bitgo/wasm-solana": "file:../../bitgo-wasm-solana-0.0.1.tgz",
     "@bitgo/sdk-lib-mpc": "^10.8.1",
     "@bitgo/statics": "^58.22.0",
     "@solana/spl-stake-pool": "1.1.8",
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/lib/instructionParamsFactory.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/lib/instructionParamsFactory.ts
index 34587efc54..ddadd0b1b1 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/lib/instructionParamsFactory.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/lib/instructionParamsFactory.ts
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ function parseCustomInstructions(
   return instructionData;
 }
 
-function findTokenName(
+export function findTokenName(
   mintAddress: string,
   instructionMetadata?: InstructionParams[],
   _useTokenAddressTokenName?: boolean
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/sol.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/sol.ts
index 2cd8d4379e..8000cbaad1 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/sol.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-sol/src/sol.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ import {
 } from '@bitgo/sdk-core';
 import { auditEddsaPrivateKey, getDerivationPath } from '@bitgo/sdk-lib-mpc';
 import { BaseNetwork, CoinFamily, coins, SolCoin, BaseCoin as StaticsBaseCoin } from '@bitgo/statics';
+import { parseTransaction as wasmParseTransaction } from '@bitgo/wasm-solana';
 import { KeyPair as SolKeyPair, Transaction, TransactionBuilder, TransactionBuilderFactory } from './lib';
+import { TransactionExplanation as SolLibTransactionExplanation } from './lib/iface';
 import {
   getAssociatedTokenAccountAddress,
   getSolTokenFromAddress,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ import {
   isValidPublicKey,
   validateRawTransaction,
 } from './lib/utils';
+import { findTokenName } from './lib/instructionParamsFactory';
 
 export const DEFAULT_SCAN_FACTOR = 20; // default number of receive addresses to scan for funds
 
@@ -695,6 +698,7 @@ export class Sol extends BaseCoin {
   }
 
   async parseTransaction(params: SolParseTransactionOptions): Promise<SolParsedTransaction> {
+    // explainTransaction now uses WASM for testnet automatically
     const transactionExplanation = await this.explainTransaction({
       txBase64: params.txBase64,
       feeInfo: params.feeInfo,
@@ -740,9 +744,16 @@ export class Sol extends BaseCoin {
 
   /**
    * Explain a Solana transaction from txBase64
+   * Uses WASM-based parsing for testnet, with fallback to legacy builder approach.
    * @param params
    */
   async explainTransaction(params: ExplainTransactionOptions): Promise<SolTransactionExplanation> {
+    // Use WASM-based parsing for testnet (simpler, faster, no @solana/web3.js rebuild)
+    if (this.getChain() === 'tsol') {
+      return this.explainTransactionWithWasm(params) as SolTransactionExplanation;
+    }
+
+    // Legacy approach for mainnet (until WASM is fully validated)
     const factory = this.getBuilder();
     let rebuiltTransaction;
 
@@ -766,6 +777,166 @@ export class Sol extends BaseCoin {
     return explainedTransaction as SolTransactionExplanation;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Explain a Solana transaction using WASM parsing (bypasses @solana/web3.js rebuild).
+   * This provides a simpler, more direct parsing path.
+   * @param params
+   */
+  explainTransactionWithWasm(params: ExplainTransactionOptions): SolLibTransactionExplanation {
+    const txBytes = Buffer.from(params.txBase64, 'base64');
+    const parsed = wasmParseTransaction(txBytes);
+
+    const outputs: TransactionRecipient[] = [];
+    const tokenEnablements: ITokenEnablement[] = [];
+    let outputAmount = new BigNumber(0);
+    let memo: string | undefined;
+    let transactionType = 'Send'; // Default type
+
+    // Process instructions to derive type, outputs, memo, and tokenEnablements
+    for (const instr of parsed.instructionsData) {
+      switch (instr.type) {
+        case 'Transfer':
+          outputs.push({
+            address: instr.toAddress,
+            amount: instr.amount,
+          });
+          outputAmount = outputAmount.plus(instr.amount);
+          transactionType = 'Send';
+          break;
+
+        case 'TokenTransfer':
+          outputs.push({
+            address: instr.toAddress,
+            amount: instr.amount,
+            tokenName: findTokenName(instr.tokenAddress ?? '', undefined, true),
+          });
+          // Token transfers don't add to outputAmount (matches original behavior)
+          transactionType = 'Send';
+          break;
+
+        case 'CreateNonceAccount':
+          outputs.push({
+            address: instr.nonceAddress,
+            amount: instr.amount,
+          });
+          outputAmount = outputAmount.plus(instr.amount);
+          transactionType = 'WalletInitialization';
+          break;
+
+        case 'StakingActivate':
+          outputs.push({
+            address: instr.stakingAddress,
+            amount: instr.amount,
+          });
+          outputAmount = outputAmount.plus(instr.amount);
+          transactionType = 'StakingActivate';
+          break;
+
+        case 'StakingDeactivate':
+          transactionType = 'StakingDeactivate';
+          break;
+
+        case 'StakingWithdraw':
+          outputs.push({
+            address: instr.fromAddress,
+            amount: instr.amount,
+          });
+          outputAmount = outputAmount.plus(instr.amount);
+          transactionType = 'StakingWithdraw';
+          break;
+
+        case 'StakingDelegate':
+          transactionType = 'StakingDelegate';
+          break;
+
+        case 'StakingAuthorize':
+          transactionType = 'StakingAuthorize';
+          break;
+
+        case 'CreateAssociatedTokenAccount':
+          tokenEnablements.push({
+            address: instr.ataAddress,
+            tokenName: findTokenName(instr.mintAddress, undefined, true),
+            tokenAddress: instr.mintAddress,
+          });
+          // If no other type-determining instruction, this is ATA init
+          if (outputs.length === 0) {
+            transactionType = 'AssociatedTokenAccountInitialization';
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case 'CloseAssociatedTokenAccount':
+          transactionType = 'CloseAssociatedTokenAccount';
+          break;
+
+        case 'Memo':
+          memo = instr.memo;
+          break;
+
+        case 'NonceAdvance':
+          // NonceAdvance is handled via durableNonce field, not instructionsData (BitGoJS convention)
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Calculate fee: lamportsPerSignature * numSignatures + (rent * numATAs)
+    const lamportsPerSignature = parseInt(params.feeInfo?.fee || '0', 10);
+    const rentPerAta = parseInt(params.tokenAccountRentExemptAmount || '0', 10);
+    const signatureFee = lamportsPerSignature * parsed.numSignatures;
+    const rentFee = rentPerAta * tokenEnablements.length;
+    const totalFee = (signatureFee + rentFee).toString();
+
+    // Get transaction id from first signature (base58 encoded) or UNAVAILABLE
+    let txId = 'UNAVAILABLE';
+    if (parsed.signatures.length > 0) {
+      const firstSig = parsed.signatures[0];
+      // Signatures from WASM are base64 encoded, check if it's not all zeros
+      const sigBytes = Buffer.from(firstSig, 'base64');
+      const isEmptySignature = sigBytes.every((b) => b === 0);
+      if (!isEmptySignature) {
+        txId = base58.encode(sigBytes);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Build durableNonce from WASM parsed data
+    const durableNonce = parsed.durableNonce
+      ? {
+          walletNonceAddress: parsed.durableNonce.walletNonceAddress,
+          authWalletAddress: parsed.durableNonce.authWalletAddress,
+        }
+      : undefined;
+
+    return {
+      displayOrder: [
+        'id',
+        'type',
+        'blockhash',
+        'durableNonce',
+        'outputAmount',
+        'changeAmount',
+        'outputs',
+        'changeOutputs',
+        'tokenEnablements',
+        'fee',
+        'memo',
+      ],
+      id: txId,
+      type: transactionType,
+      changeOutputs: [],
+      changeAmount: '0',
+      outputAmount: outputAmount.toFixed(0),
+      outputs,
+      fee: {
+        fee: totalFee,
+        feeRate: lamportsPerSignature,
+      },
+      memo,
+      blockhash: parsed.nonce,
+      durableNonce,
+      tokenEnablements,
+    };
+  }
+
   /** @inheritDoc */
   async getSignablePayload(serializedTx: string): Promise<Buffer> {
     const factory = this.getBuilder();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 714e987b19..4d44f41dd1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -996,6 +996,10 @@
     monocle-ts "^2.3.13"
     newtype-ts "^0.3.5"
 
+"@bitgo/wasm-solana@file:bitgo-wasm-solana-0.0.1.tgz":
+  version "0.0.1"
+  resolved "file:bitgo-wasm-solana-0.0.1.tgz#754a5e15c68f17e40c6eabf832baaace3f2d9d48"
+
 "@bitgo/wasm-utxo@^1.27.0":
   version "1.27.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bitgo/wasm-utxo/-/wasm-utxo-1.27.0.tgz#c8ebe108ce8b55d3df70cd3968211a6ef3001bef"