Despite SOL's TVL Surge, Ethereum ETHUSDT Recovers 42% of Inflows

High-performance blockchain Solana SOLUSD has garnered attention for significant inflows from other blockchains, with its total value locked (TVL) surging

High-performance blockchain Solana (SOL) has garnered attention for its significant inflows from other blockchains, leading to a substantial increase in its total value locked (TVL). However, a closer examination of the data reveals a more nuanced picture, with Ethereum (ETH) recovering a significant portion of Solana's inflows.

According to data from Artemis Labs shared by DeFi Report founder Michael Nadeau, Solana has seen substantial inflows year-to-date. Of the $2.36 billion that flowed into Solana from Ethereum, ETH saw $1 billion of those funds return.

This indicates that only 2.7% of Ethereum's TVL migrated to Solana year-to-date. The second-largest network by market capitalization has seen a total of $6 billion in net outflows this year, with 83% of those outflows heading to Layer-2 networks within its ecosystem, where they “continue to drive value to the L1,” Nadeau noted.

The data also shows that over the past month, Coinbase's (COIN) Layer-2 network Base led in terms of net flows, with $463 million entering the network. Solana came in second with $197 million of net flows, outpacing Sui's $120 million.

Year-to-date, however, Ethereum's layer-2 networks have led in terms of net flows, with Arbitrum seeing $2.4 billion and Optimism seeing $2.2 billion. Base comes in third, with $1.6 billion of net flows.

Solana's rise has nevertheless been notable this year, with its price significantly outperforming most other digital assets to the point that it's nearly overtaking Binance's (BNB) BNB to become the fourth-largest digital currency by market capitalization.

It's worth pointing out that both cryptocurrencies have very distinct supply mechanics, even though both are gas tokens used within their blockchains that power their decentralized finance ecosystems.

While BNB has a real-time burning mechanism that was introduced with BEP-95 and sees a portion of the collected gas fees get burned in each block in a bid to reduce its total circulating supply, Solana doesn't have a maximum supply, but rather an inflation mechanism.

Solana is an inflationary token whose supply increases at a predetermined rate. At launch, it had a 500 million SOL supply allocated during the creation of the genesis block —the first block on a blockchain. The current total supply now stands at 587 million SOL.

Solana's price has surged by over 120% so far in 2023, outperforming most other top-10 digital assets. Meanwhile, BNB is up by about 35% year-to-date.