Solana’s institutional products crossed $1 billion in 2025 inflows while it’s clocking crazy performance and adoption numbers.
Bitcoin’s brief rally to a record $124,000 on Aug. 14 was short-lived, with prices slipping below $115,000 as hotter-than-expected inflation data cooled risk appetite across markets.
The pullback rippled across the market, with Solana’s ecosystem seeing a 15% drop in trading volume week-on-week, while its total market cap improved from $258 billion to $265 billion.
Source: DeFiLlama
Beyond price and policy, it was a week that pushed Solana performance at full throttle. The result? The network officially smashed through 100,000 transactions per second during stress testing, providing tangible proof of its scalability edge. Speed is no longer just marketing fluff, but proven infrastructure.
Institutional capital is taking note:
Let’s unpack this week’s key developments in the Solanaverse.
Despite this macro backdrop pressuring Bitcoin down, Solana powered through like a beast, climbing from $175 to $180 for a modest but welcome 3% weekly gain.
Source: CoinMarketCap
Investors are now focused on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming Jackson Hole speech on Aug. 22, where rate cut signals remain uncertain and every word carries weight for crypto. Will the Fed signal a pivot and unlock new momentum for Solana’s ecosystem?
Solana’s total value locked (TVL) slightly rose to $10.35 billion, ahead of Bitcoin in third place.
Source: DeFiLlama
Solana’s weekly DEX trading volume is in the green, edging up 31% to hit $112 billion on the 30-day chart.
Source: DeFiLlama
$1.25 billion in USDC was minted on Solana in a single week, bringing the 2025 total to $24 billion and securing its spot as the second-largest stablecoin chain.