by Reza Ali
The price of Solana (SOL) decreased to $124 today due to a 3% loss while the entire crypto market dropped 4% within 24 hours. Solana sinks further into difficulties causing its market value to decrease by 9% during the week and by 38% over one month. During the last year SOL dropped by 16% from market shifts combined with economic influences.
Solana encountered intense difficulties during the last weeks. The market rejects Solana tokens because cryptocurrency traders lost interest in its memecoin side and investor concern about the FTX estate’s token release. Market analysts predict SOL demand will decrease temporarily before leading to a new rally period that might take several weeks.
Meme Coin Fatigue Impacts Solana’s Growth Prospects
Investors worry about Solana’s busy release schedule of 18 million SOL coins for 2025 because that will put $2.23 billion of new supply into the market. FTX’s upcoming and recent token unlocks do not signal immediate sell events to recipients such as Galaxy Digital or Pantera Capital but create uncertainty about Solana’s market stability.
The overall cryptocurrency market declined since late January and affected Solana most among other digital coins. The price of SOL experienced a 57% drop from its value on January 19 while Bitcoin lost 25% during the same period. Many users have lost interest in meme coins which used Solana as their primary platform in the past year.
Since February people stopped investing in meme tokens at Pump.fun leading to platform volume decline by 60%. Solana has arrived at a point when it needs to create a practical and appealing layer-one blockchain system. Sonic entering the market has created a stronger sense of urgency for Solana developers to improve.
Solana offers its community word of optimism through the delayed release of its vital Firedancer validator client. The upcoming update promises to make Solana more reliable which could lead to recovery when overall market conditions improve. Market analysts think SOL will reach $200 value by mid-year provided wider economic growth continues.
Solaxy Aims to Solve Solana’s Network Issues
Instead of betting on Solana many traders search for lesser-known tokens with better performance prospects. Solaxy (SOLX) has secured $25.8 million in funding to create the initial layer-2 network for Solana and has raised more funds than any other cryptocurrency in its category.
Solaxy is about to enter the market as its first solution to fix key Solana problems especially transaction failures and network outages but also address network congestion SOLX acts as the official transaction currency which users will increasingly use to boost demand for the token.
Solaxy will create quick connections from its platform to Solana’s network while preparing to add compatibility between Solana and additional chains in the future. You can purchase SOLX now at $0.001572 by visiting the project website for its presale. People expect a big price increase after its trading opens because investors value SOLX strongly.
After facing difficulties Solana has promising future upgrades and new projects like Solaxy bringing hope for its recovery. Investors will observe if Solana can return to success or if rivals will capture this moment to gain more market share.
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