Season’s beatings! SOL (SOL) briefly lost its $120 support but countered with a weak bounce, and still ended the week in the red.
And it was the same all around, with Bitcoin hitting $90,000 before slipping below $88,000 in no time as post-Christmas pain continues.
Source: Ted Pillows
Solana Ecosystem News
What about the top Solana ecosystem tokens?
The trenches are showing signs of life again, as the ecosystem’s trading volume edged up 11% to $12 billion. Yet the market cap is down by 3% to $173 billion.
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* The Solana-based stablecoin USX (USX) briefly depegged on DEXs when thin liquidity met heavy selling before Solstice Finance stepped in and restored dollar parity.
Solana’s Performance This Week
The slide in the Solana ecosystem comes even as SOL products recorded institutional inflows for the second consecutive week, while the big boys — Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — were on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Source: SolanaFloor
L1 Ranking Update
Solana ends 2025 as the chain with the second-highest total value locked (TVL). BNB Smart Chain was hit hard among the top five, while Ethereum safely sits atop.
Source: DeFiLlama
Biggest Winners & Losers
Top Performers
* The White Whale (WHITEWHALE): +1,202.37%
* UNS TOKEN (UNS): +47.02%
* NeuralAI (NEURAL): +39.14%
Biggest Losers
* The Official 67 Coin (67): -48.65%
* elizaOS (ELIZAOS): -27.49%
* Humidifi (WET): -27.28%
* Huma Finance (HUMA): -22.64%
* LOOK (LOOK): -21.05%
Solana Predictions for 2026
2025 was big for Solana, as developers shipped and maxis sniped like there was no tomorrow. But with 2026 just around the corner, Solana is promising to go even faster.
Here are the top Solana 2026 predictions by experts. It appears that playtime is over for Solana as it goes after TradFi money big time.
1. Stablecoins to Skyrocket
The stablecoin market is projected to explode in 2026 after a groundbreaking year. For example, TradiFi giant Western Union is debuting its stablecoin on Solana next year.
Solana’s co-founder predicts the stablecoin ecosystem will grow to a $1 trillion industry by 2026.
Source: Anatoly Yakovenko
2. Internet Capital Markets
Solana’s internet capital markets will be on a high in 2026, fueled by the Firedancer upgrade, which will boost network speed beyond 1 million transactions per second while finality drops below 150 milliseconds.
These enhancements will be a game-changer in DeFi and payments, among other spheres, making Solana a powerful base layer for exchanging value, raising capital, high-speed trading, and investing on the internet.
