The ETF hype is real in today’s crypto market. An ETF can lead to increased demand from retail investors.
They can now invest in crypto without signing up for a CEX or creating a wallet. Recently, we’ve heard of $BTC and $ETH ETFs. Could we have a Solana ETF as the 3rd one?
Why is SOL Relevant?
If you aren’t already familiar with Solana, here’s a quick rundown. Solana is a non-EVM Layer 1 (L1) Proof-of-Stake blockchain. Founded in 2018 and launched in 2020, Solana stands out for its low transaction costs and rapid adoption, achieving over 300 billion transactions and $4 billion in TVL. This makes Solana the #1 Non-EVM chain and #4 blockchain by TVL today.
Source: DeFillama
- Ethereum leads significantly in TVL, active addresses, and stablecoin value.
- Tron has many active addresses but fewer protocols and less TVL than Ethereum.
- BSC and Solana have comparable TVL, with Solana having more active addresses.
- Arbitrum shows lower TVL but a competitive number of protocols and active addresses.
This shows that Solana can overtake Tron and absorb its users in the long run, especially after the ETF. This could move Solana to #2 in TVL and users.
Technological Advantages
Solana has a technical advantage compared to its competitors:
- First, Solana uses proof of history. This allows a validator to produce blocks before others agree on them. This improves Solana’s speed and scalability.
- Second, Solana uses Parallel transaction processing, increasing the network’s Transactions-per-Second (TPS).
- Third, Solana will benefit as the costs of hardware and bandwidth fall. Currently, both are needed to validate and run Solana’s network. But as time passes, such costs will fall, making them cheaper.
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What is the ETF Situation?
The US is well known for its poor regulatory clarity in crypto. However, that has been improving. There are already clear guidelines for listing a spot crypto ETF.
One requirement would be for a crypto to have a regulated futures market. A Donald Trump administration and a new SEC commissioner would also contribute to further clarity for digital assets in the US.
However, being technologically superior and having a friendly regulatory environment isn’t enough to get Solana its spot in ETF. So, what other factors do we need to look at? Should we get into SOL before the ETF? We’ll find out in Part 2 of this post.
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