Outperforms BTC, Poised to Follow Ether’s 200% Rally on ETF and Treasury Demand

With bitcoin BTC$111,749.95 caught simply above $110,000 and ether (ETH) consolidating after hitting contemporary data, Solana SOL$210.41 has emerged as a standout performer within the crypto market just lately.

The token traded round $211 on Monday, up 33% from early August lows, making it among the finest performers within the CoinDesk 20 Index up to now month. Against bitcoin, SOL has gained 34% over the previous month, and it has strengthened 14% versus ETH since mid-August.

The rally displays a broader rotation into altcoins, analysts stated.

“The season of profit redistribution among holders of cryptocurrencies continues,” Sergei Gorev, head of risk at YouHodler, said in a market note shared with CoinDesk. He said liquidity has been moving out of BTC into second-tier tokens, with “a noticeable improve within the optimistic dynamics in capital flows to SOL.”

Such flows could be long-term as corporate investors look for large, liquid projects to hold, Gorev added, naming SOL alongside with XRP XRP$2.8445 because the “subsequent attention-grabbing market concepts.”

Jeff Dorman, chief investment officer at Arca, tipped SOL to replicate ether’s turnaround earlier this year. He pointed to Ethereum’s resurgence after stablecoin adoption, strong ETF inflows and the relentless bid from digital asset treasuries, or DATs, helped ETH rally nearly 200% since April.

“SOL seems poised to repeat the very same playbook that ETH simply executed within the coming months,” Dorman wrote in a contemporary report.

The first U.S.-listed Solana ETF launched in July, however it was futures-based. Several asset managers, together with VanEck and Fidelity, have filed for spot merchandise with selections due later this yr, Dorman stated.

Meanwhile, a minimum of three Solana-focused DATs are elevating funds that would channel up to $2.65 billion into SOL over the subsequent month, he added.

At only one-fifth of ETH’s market capitalization, SOL’s price could be even more reactive to the flows if they materialize.

“SOL is perhaps the obvious lengthy proper now,” Dorman said. “If the worth of ETH rose nearly 200% on roughly $20 billion of recent demand, what do you suppose occurs to SOL on $2.5 billion or extra of recent demand?”

Recent information might additionally add to the momentum. Nasdaq-listed digital asset conglomerate Galaxy Digital tokenized its shares on Solana, whereas the approval of the Alpenglow improve guarantees to enhance transaction velocity and finality.

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