The Crypto market is going through a new phase of turbulence. Solana (soil) accuses a fall of 41 % in a few weeks. This decline is not limited to a simple market correction: it highlights structural weaknesses and a high dependence on certain speculative trends.
A pressure network, impacted by the volatile of cryptos
In early February 2025, Solana users reported a degradation of network performance.
Transactions, usually almost instantaneous, have started to undergo unusual delays. Certain holders of the Crypto Sol even encountered repeated failures during their exchanges on decentralized platforms (DEX).
This slowdown is largely explained by an intense activity linked to the same, these highly speculative tokens inspired by viral trends.
Solana, despite its ambitious positioning, remains one of the favorite playgrounds for these cryptos. Projects like Libra, supported for a time by public figures, attracted colossal sums before collapsing by 95 %, causing a chain of mass liquidation. In the space of 24 hours, $ 227 million in positions were liquidated, amplifying the pressure on the crypto soil.
The problem is not limited to speculation: The architecture of Solana, Although high -performance in normal times, shows its limits in the face of excessive demand. Too high centralization of validators and recurring congestion question on the capacity of the network to absorb large -scale adoption.
Bitcoin in refuge
While the crypto soil vacillates, Bitcoin retains its place of refuge value. Its domination reaches 61 %, an unrivaled level since 2021, a sign that investors are turning to active assets as more resilient.
Even ETF Bitcoin, although knowing net outings of $ 516 million, suffer the storm less than altcoins in sharp decline.
This context highlights an increasingly marked fracture within the Crypto market. On the one hand, projects consolidated as Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are gradually anchored in concrete uses. On the other, blockchains like Solana, which, despite their technological advances, still largely depend on speculative dynamics.
In addition, regulatory monitoring remains a factor to monitor. The SEC recently put an end to its investigations on Uniswap and Coinbase, a strategy that could point out a desire to promote a more stable framework rather than slowing down innovation.
However, Solana, due to her association with certain major incidents (including a recent $ 1.5 billion hack on Bybit), could remain under the projectors of regulators.
If the current fall of Solana worries, it does not mean the end of the project. To regain market confidence, the network will have to strengthen its robustness, further decentralize its validators and attract developers beyond memecoins alone. The ecosystem must prove its ability to support more varied and more sustainable activities, especially in decentralized finance (Challenge))
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