Solana surged previous $100 on Saturday afternoon for the primary time in 20 months, since April 2022, persevering with an upswing that has catapulted SOL to a 770% achieve over this time final 12 months.
SOL is up 6% on the day, per knowledge from CoinGecko, leaping to a present worth of almost $103 after hovering under the $100 mark the final couple days. The cryptocurrency flipped XRP on Wednesday to turn into the fifth-largest coin by market cap, after which flipped Binance Coin (BNB) late Thursday to land within the #4 slot.
As of this writing, Solana has a $44 billion market cap. This previous week, weekly transaction quantity for decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on the Solana blockchain eclipsed that of exchanges on rival Ethereum for the primary time, propelled partly by an increase in standard meme cash like BONK and Dogwifhat (WIF) on Solana.
Different Solana-based tokens have seen substantial positive factors in current weeks, even when they’re down in current days. BONK, for instance, surged to an all-time excessive of $0.00003416 on December 15. It is down almost 45% since then, showcasing the well-known volatility of meme cash, but stays up 347% over the previous month.
WIF, in the meantime, is up 294% this week alone, though it has plunged nearly 28% from Friday’s all-time excessive worth. Crypto-powered wi-fi community Helium’s HNT token has marked a 217% achieve over the previous 30 days, whereas the community’s MOBILE token is up 1,316% this month following the Helium Cellular service’s nationwide enlargement.
Solana is the largest gainer over the previous 24 hours within the high 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, and its 37% rise over the previous days makes it a standout inside the high 100 as properly. Different sizzling cash this week embody Ethereum scaling community Optimism’s OP token (up 49%) and Close to Protocol’s NEAR token (up 47%).
By comparability, the 2 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap—Bitcoin and Ethereum—have every posted a roughly 3% achieve previously seven days.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
