Solana Flips Ethereum in Terms of DEX Volume as Its Ecosystem Gains Traction

Solana price has continued to outperform Ethereum in October as its ecosystem continued gaining traction among investors and developers.

Solana price outperformed Ethereum in October, continuing a long-term trend. While ETH rose only 39% in the past 12 months, SOL surged by over 300%. A key reason for this performance is Solana's faster speeds and lower transaction costs, which have attracted more developers. For instance, Render, HiveMapper, and Helium, which are part of the Decentralized Public Infrastructure (DePIN), operate on Solana's blockchain.

Solana is also making waves in the meme coin space. Bonk, which was launched in 2021, and other tokens like Popcat, Dogwifhat, and Cat in a dogs world have gained significant popularity, with their combined market cap exceeding $12 billion.

This strong performance led to Solana flipping Ethereum in terms of DEX volume in October. According to data from DeFi Llama, Solana's DeFi networks processed tokens worth over $52 billion during the month, surpassing Ethereum's $42 billion. This marks the second time in 2023 that Solana DEX networks handled a higher volume than Ethereum, with the previous instance being in July.

Solana is expected to continue attracting more developers in the coming months as dissatisfaction with Ethereum persists. Among its main competitors are Ethereum layer-2 networks like Base and Arbitrum, which are rapidly gaining market share.

On the price front, the daily chart reveals that the SOL token bottomed out at $122.61, a level it failed to breach in April, May, June, July, and August. Despite making a bearish move below this support, it turned out to be a false breakout.

The coin now encounters resistance at $132.64, where it failed to move above in March, April, May, June, July, and August. It breached this support in September but faced rejection at the lowerの時間帯. This led to a bullish breakout, which was followed by another one from a descending trendline connecting the highest swings since March.

Solana now appears to be on the verge of a strong bullish breakout, with the next point to watch being the psychological level of $200.