Solana (SOL) Continues in an Impressive Growth, Attracting Significant Capital and Users' Interest as 2024 Ends and 2025 Approaches

This week, for example, the Solana ecosystem had nearly half-a-billion dollar in stablecoins' inflow, while the Ethereum ecosystem lost millions.

Solana (SOL) continues attracting users’ interest and capital as 2024 ends and 2025 approaches. This week, for example, the Solana ecosystem had nearly half-a-billion dollar in stablecoins’ inflow, while the Ethereum ecosystem lost millions.

According to data from Lookonchain, Solana had a $424.87 million inflow of Tether’s (USDT) and Circle’s (USDC) stablecoins in the last seven days. This was the largest stablecoins inflow in all blockchains, with Coinbase’s Base in second.

This marks a huge milestone for Solana that could boost its ecosystem and SOL’s price to new highs. Essentially, stablecoins inflow usually mean increased demand for the ecosystem and increased liquidity in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols.

All that gets even more relevant when comparing to how other chains performed in the same period. Lookonchain consolidated that data, in a one-week time frame from December 30, 2024, comparing the top 15 blockchains.

Base, Polygon (POL), Optimism (OP), Noble, and Aptos (APT) joined Solana with a positive seven-day stablecoin net flow. They absorbed $75 million, $35.2 million, $15.29 million, $8.15 million, and $3.45 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, Arbitrum (ARB), Avalanche (AVAX), and Ethereum (ETH), led the top 15 chains with significant outflows of USDT and USDC. They lost $206 million, $67.13 million, and $63 million in stablecoins, respectively, with the Ethereum ecosystem being highly affected.

Mantle Network (MNT), Sui Network (SUI), The Open Network (TON), Near Protocol (NEAR), Fantom (FTM), and the BNB Chain (BNB) joined the ranks although with more balanced flows going from minus $19.35 million to minus $0.29 million, in order.

Interestingly, however, the Ethereum ecosystem continues leading in stablecoin liquidity, with over $111.59 billion, according to data from DefiLlama. This is a significantly high liquidity when compared to the $68 billion in total value locked (TVL) across Ethereum protocols.

On the other hand, Solana currently has $5.23 billion in stablecoins, with $8.56 billion in TVL. If the trend of the last seven days continue, Solana could fight for the third position in stables, surpassing BNB and Arbitrum. Binance’s smart chain currently has $6.82 billion in stablecoins, while Arbitrum has $6.75 billion.