Solana ecosystem updates, DeFi and NFT growth, and the latest on performance and network development.
Solana's aspirations to power institutional finance hinted by potential trillion-dollar tokenization market in 2030.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 4 min read 
A week of outflows from Bitcoin/Ethereum funds contrasts with steady Solana inflows. What changes if the pattern persists?
Battle lines redrawn with Ethereum as a modular settlement layer and Solana as a unified execution layer.
With ~70M daily tx and $143B Oct. DEX volume, Solana’s single-layer design keeps fees stable under load as Ethereum routes DeFi to rollups.
Hong Kong’s 1.99% fee product and US staked wrappers set up a split: unstaked AUM nudges native rewards higher while stake-through funds risk validator concentration.
Institutional appetite for Solana-linked ETFs provides stability to SOL as old wallets distribute holdings.
One recovery phrase now governs three incompatible blockchains, and MetaMask's multichain bet trades convenience for correlated risk.
With the strongest ETF launch of 2025, Solana positions itself as a revenue powerhouse attracting institutional demand.
Western Union combines Anchorage-issued USDPT with an on/off-ramp network, challenging Visa/Stripe’s neutral-rails model with a branded, end-to-end settlement stack aimed at cross-border cash access.
