Could Solana Be the Next Bitcoin? Analyst Says SOL Will Outperform Due to This Key Factor
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After a brief uptick, the Solana price has seen a cooldown, now holding steady with a slight 0.7% lapse over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, looking wider, VanEck executive Matthew Sigel says that Solana has the capacity to outperform Bitcoin.
Today’s lackluster price action maintains the 4.44% gain Solana has seen since last Friday, a display of strength following the recent market crash – remaining among the best-performing altcoins over this period.
Notably, the altcoin’s trading volume has picked up 21.39% to $1.7 billion over the past 24 hours.
In a recent Bitcoin Macro interview, VanEck executive Matthew Sigel stated that layer-1 networks are poised to occupy “99% of the economic value” of the market share in the long term.
Sigel highlighted Solana as a key player in this wave and mentioned VanEck’s investment in the asset, describing the firm as “very vocal and early bulls on Solana.”
VanEck is currently “overweight” on investments built on top of Solana, with the outlook that a “large share of the economic value accrues to Bitcoin plus one or two layer-1s, and then with the riskier capital, we go hunting for DApps.”
All in all, Sigel cited the cryptocurrencies with the “best chance at mass adoption” as a key factor in the formation of the market long term.
The Solana ecosystem, in particular, positions itself to be one of the biggest beneficiaries, given its robust development and growing adoption.
Upon closer inspection, technical indicators seem to reinforce a positive outlook for Solana long-term.
Most significantly, the formation of a
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