Analysts noted that Solana remains the leading network with 20.71 million active addresses, far ahead of Binance Coin, which holds 10.26 million. This rise has been fueled in part by the launch of Anza’s new consensus update, Alpenglow, designed to cut transaction finalization times from 12.8 seconds to just 100–150 milliseconds. The upgrade significantly boosted the chain’s speed, security, and efficiency, the report said.
The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) within the Solana ecosystem also expanded by 23.9%, reaching $390.6 million. Individual projects continued to scale: the meme coin platform Pump.fun maintained its dominance in revenue, while Axiom Exchange surged 641% in income, taking second place.
Messari stressed that the strong metrics point to Solana’s growing appeal among both retail and institutional players. The blockchain is proving resilient and increasingly attractive to a broader audience.
Meanwhile, crypto payments processor BitPay integrated Solana into its platform, allowing merchants and consumers to store, send, receive, swap, and pay with SOL and Solana-based stablecoins.