Cardano's NFT floor price index is currently 22% higher than Ethereum's, indicating growing interest in Cardano as a platform for NFT trading, despite Ethereum's dominance in terms of overall trading volume.
Major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana have already reached their lowest points of the cycle, according to former ARK Invest executive Chris Burniske, who predicts that the long-term uptrend for these digital assets will persist into 2024 and 2025 despite potential market fluctuations.
Cardano (ADA) has overtaken Polkadot (DOT) as the top cryptocurrency in terms of development activity, indicating a high level of commitment from developers and potential long-term growth for the coin.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are facing intense pressure as prices drop and short-term holders offload their assets, signaling a possible capitulation phase and suggesting further downside potential. Additionally, major altcoins like Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano have witnessed a decline in their Total Value Locked (TVL) over the past week, indicating a decrease in popularity and utilization in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
Renowned analyst Benjamin Cowen warns that Solana (SOL) may follow a similar price trajectory as Cardano (ADA), potentially experiencing a dip below $10 before rebounding and seeing substantial gains, although historical parallels do not guarantee identical outcomes.
Phoenix, a new decentralized exchange (DEX) called Phoenix, has launched on the Solana mainnet with the goal of bringing on-chain price discovery to crypto assets, beginning with Solana's native token SOL. The team behind Phoenix aims to create a world where financial transactions happen on-chain and sees Solana as the ideal platform due to its scalability and protocol design capabilities. They believe that existing DEXs, such as Uniswap, are limited in terms of market mechanisms and are not competitive with traditional finance. Despite some challenges, the team is optimistic about the future of Solana-native assets in the tokenized asset space.
Bitcoin and Ether rose over 3% to reach their highest prices in a week, while Solana, NEAR, Cardano, Polkadot, and Binance's altcoins also experienced gains, following a surge in traditional markets; however, experts predict that the downtrend in digital assets may continue for the next few weeks.
Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) led the gains in the crypto market as Bitcoin (BTC) gradually recovered, with large holders returning to the market aiding the recovery.
Cardano (ADA) is predicted to surpass Bitcoin and Ethereum to become the world's largest cryptocurrency, according to Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOG.
Cardano faces regulatory risk and stagnant user and transaction activity, hindering its progress towards reaching $1 and becoming a major player in the cryptocurrency market.
MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has stated that the platform's forthcoming native blockchain, called NewChain, should be built using the codebase of Solana (SOL), citing its technical quality and resilience. However, some members of the community have pushed back against this idea, suggesting alternatives such as EVM-based rollups or deploying a chain on a layer 2 solution.
Solana (SOL) has the potential for significant gains in the next bull market, as it competes against other projects in the crypto space, while Binance Coin (BNB) faces uncertainty due to regulatory developments in the United States.
Collapsed crypto exchange FTX's new management is potentially planning to sell its large holdings of Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency, prompting Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko to suggest distributing the SOL to ex-FTX customers as a "win-win" solution.
Solana (SOL) is predicted to outperform Ethereum (ETH) in the next risk expansion in crypto markets, according to venture capitalist Chris Burniske.
Cardano is experiencing significant growth in network activity, with on-chain transactions increasing by over 1,700% since January, indicating potential upward movement for the cryptocurrency. Similarly, Ethereum's network activity is also rising, suggesting a potential price bounce in the near future, according to blockchain analytics firm Santiment.
Visa is expanding its crypto ambitions by using stablecoin USD Coin and the Solana blockchain to allow merchants to settle transactions with USDC instead of fiat currencies, aiming to improve cross-border settlement speed and provide a modern option for clients to send or receive funds from Visa's treasury.
Amidst a downturn in the crypto market, both Dogecoin and Cardano have experienced significant losses, but while Dogecoin's future remains uncertain, Cardano offers potential for long-term investment due to its utility and improving metrics despite regulatory challenges.
XRP and Solana, despite experiencing significant losses over the past 30 days, are showing potential for a comeback due to important catalysts such as court rulings and partnership agreements with major institutions. Both cryptocurrencies have strong underlying value and growth prospects, making them bullish investments.
Closely followed crypto analyst predicts a strong bull market for Solana (SOL), advising long-term bulls to accumulate the asset for maximum opportunity.
Solana has emerged as the most loved altcoin among institutions, with 27 weeks of inflows and partnerships with financial institutions like Visa, while Ethereum continues to be the least-loved altcoin, experiencing seven straight weeks of selling.
Despite the recent rally in Solana's SOL, it's unclear whether the price surge is a result of Bitcoin's movement or other factors, such as the successful network upgrade to version 1.16 and increased usage of decentralized applications and NFT volumes on Solana. Solana is trying to establish itself as the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, but faces stiff competition from Ethereum layer-2 solutions.
