- Despite the Fear & Greed Index sitting at 30, Solana investors have shown strong confidence by bridging $120 million from competing blockchains into Solana.
- In the past week, Solana’s price has surged by an impressive 16.30%, fueling speculation of a potential rally toward $190.
After experiencing a sharp decline from its 2025 high of $294 in January to a low of $95.23 last week, Solana (SOL) is making a noticeable comeback. The token has surged by 15% in recent days, reclaiming attention as the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, now standing at $68.61 billion.
This uptick in momentum is largely driven by a renewed wave of liquidity flowing into the Solana ecosystem. According to Debridge stats, over the past 30 days, market participants have bridged over $120 million in assets from other blockchains to Solana, with the majority of funds coming from Ethereum (ETH), contributing $41.5 million to the total. Arbitrum followed closely with $37.3 million in liquidity transfers. Other notable sources included Base with $16 million, BNB Chain at $14 million, and Sonic contributing $6.6 million.
Despite the influx of capital and user activity, Solana’s fee generation has cooled off since its peak earlier this year. In January 2025, the network generated over $400 million in fees, a record for the protocol. In comparison, March saw fees totaling just under $46 million, and April is on track to close with approximately $22 million in fees. While still substantial, the decline may reflect changing user behaviors or shifts in on-chain economic activity.
Derivatives trading for SOL has also picked up. Data from Coinglass reveals a 33.87% surge in SOL derivatives volume, now at $20.23 billion. Open interest, the total number of active contracts, has climbed by 6.99%, reaching $4.97 billion.
Could we see a Solana Upswing Soon?
Solana is currently priced at $133, with a Coincodex forecasted price target of $150.38, which is a potential price gain of 12.18%. As noted in a recent post on X by Glassnode, Solana’s Unspent Transaction Output Realized Price Distribution (URPD) has shown drastic shifts in cost basis over the past few days.
The data shows the most significant supply cluster (>5%) at a price level of $129.79, which is over 32 million SOL tokens. This shows that $129.79 is a critical price level for Solana and a support level for the asset. In their post, Glassnode further noted that “In the near term, $144 can act as resistance and $117 as the lower bound of the range with $129 as the turning zone.”
As previously reported in a CNF update, Solana recently secured a milestone that could trigger a price rally: approval for spot Solana Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in Canada. This makes it the first North American country to have regulated investment products that directly expose investors to Solana. After approval from the Ontario Securities Commission, investment firms like 3iQ Corp., Evolve Funds, and CI GAM listed their Solana ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
