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Story: Solana Loses 10% in a Week as Ethereum Rotation Draws Institutional Focus

By Dan Saada

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On-chain Growth Can’t Offset Market Weakness. At first glance, Solana’s underlying metrics paint a healthy picture.

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Deleveraging Drags SOL Lower. The main driver of this disconnect appears to be broader market deleveraging.

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Institutional Interest Is There—But Not Enough. Despite the price decline, institutional interest in Solana hasn’t completely disappeared.

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Smart Money Chooses Ethereum. The shift in capital flows seems to favor Ethereum significantly.

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Rotation Leaves Solana Behind. Ethereum’s narrative continues to strengthen, driven by staking yields, ETF adoption in various…

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Technical Outlook: SOL/ETH at Key Support. Technical analysis of the SOL/ETH chart suggests that the ratio is nearing a critical long-term…

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Solana (SOL) has faced a difficult week, dropping nearly 10% in value despite showing signs of growth in key on-chain indicators.

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Recent data suggests that although Solana’s ecosystem remains structurally sound—with notable improvements in Total Value Locked (TVL) and user activity—these developments have…

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At first glance, Solana’s underlying metrics paint a healthy picture. According to the latest data, Solana’s TVL increased by 2.

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In terms of ecosystem health, there’s little to complain about. Developers continue to ship, users continue to engage, and throughput levels remain some of the highest among…

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The main driver of this disconnect appears to be broader market deleveraging. Over the last two weeks, more than $4 billion in Open Interest (OI) was flushed from the Solana…

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This suggests that Ethereum is absorbing downside pressure more efficiently, perhaps due to stronger fundamental catalysts like ETF inflows, regulatory clarity, and increased…

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However, even with that level of institutional inflow, Solana closed the month of July with only an 11.57% gain, while Ethereum surged nearly 49%.

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The shift in capital flows seems to favor Ethereum significantly. On-chain data shows a sharp increase in Ethereum wallets holding over 10,000 ETH—commonly viewed as a proxy for…

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This change in market behavior has real price implications. As large players move more capital into Ethereum, Solana struggles to keep up.

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