📈 What’s New with Solana $SOL

Strong Network Health

The Solana Foundation’s June 2025 report shows ~16 months of continuous uptime, with no major outages.

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Replay times on the network have improved significantly (now under 400 ms), and compute units (program execution capacity) have been raised, improving the network’s resilience and performance.

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Major Upgrades in Motion

Solana is rolling out big upgrades: the Firedancer validator client (in C++) is expected to boost throughput massively, and the Alpenglow consensus update is targeting block finality of 100–150 ms.

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These upgrades could make Solana more attractive for real-time applications like high-frequency trading and gaming.

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Institutional & On-Chain Activity

There’s growing institutional interest: companies are increasingly holding SOL in treasuries.

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On-chain usage has surged: during high-activity periods earlier in 2025, Solana processed over 200 million daily transactions and saw huge wallet growth.

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Regulatory & Market Moves

Despite a recent drop (SOL fell ~8% to ~$147), some financial institutions remain bullish. Standard Chartered still projects $275 by year-end 2025.

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Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) will release its Q3 2025 operating results on November 18, which could give more insight into its treasury strategy.

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There are also Solana ETF applications in play, which could expand access for traditional investors.

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Research & Innovation

New academic work is exploring zero-knowledge (ZK) extensions for Solana, potentially improving both privacy and scalability.

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There’s also a dataset published for analyzing rug pulls on Solana DeFi, highlighting both risks and growth in security research.#StrategyBTCPurchase #AmericaAIActionPlan #TrumpTariffs #AltcoinMarketRecovery

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