The state of Solana in 6 charts

ETF flows slow, REV stagnates, Pump strikes back and Drift punches up

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Here’s a weekly snapshot of the Solana ecosystem.

SOL’s price briefly flirted with the $200 mark before it dipped to $193 amid a broader market dip this morning.

Unlike BTC and ETH, SOL does not enjoy an institutional bid (yet) from treasury companies. SOL DATs, mainly Upexi (UPXI) and DeFi Development Corp (DFDV), have accumulated about $596 billion in SOL, compared to $11 billion in ETH and $86 billion in BTC.

Looking at daily REV (all fees paid to transact onchain), Solana’s REV has stayed relatively stagnant at the $2.5 million to $3.5 million mark for months.

Net inflows into SOL’s sole institutional ETF — the REX-Osprey SOL Staking ETF (SSK) — have slowed. The fund drew $3.7 million for the week of Aug. 4-10, compared to $58.3 million in its launch week. Daily net flows were $5.2 million on Tuesday.

Over on the memecoin side of the world, Pump lost its dominance to Letsbonk through July, but recently reclaimed its spot in the last week. Yesterday, Pump saw 30,550 tokens launched compared to 1,499 on Letsbonk.

The PUMP token has traded down to $0.0036, after it briefly touched its ICO price of $0.004 last night.

The Axiom trading platform continues to dominate the market, regardless of which launchpad is winning. Axiom has grown to 60% market share since its inception in February.

Over on the perps market, Drift has been having a good month, hitting $500 million in open interest yesterday. Its zero-fee trading for BTC and ETH introduced in mid-July has sparked a growth of volumes, as seen in the below chart.

Despite its growth, though, the perps crown in Solana is still held by Jupiter. 

Based on trading volumes, Drift has about $17.1 billion in the last 30 days, compared to Jupiter perp volumes of $23.1 billion. Both are of course still eclipsed by Hyperliquid’s trading volumes of ~$371 billion within the same time period.


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