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Crypto analyst Santiago Santos recently drew parallels between the Solana and Ethereum networks. As part of his analysis, Santos suggested that Solana had an advantage over Ethereum, something which he believes could cause the former to catch up with the latter soon enough.\u00a0 Solana\u2019s Recent Run Similar To Ethereum\u2019s ICO Boom Santos mentioned in an X (formerly Twitter) post that Solana is \u201cgoing through what Ethereum did during the ICO boom.\u201d However, unlike then, when it was only whitepapers, Solana has applications seeing meaningful usage and growth, the analyst further claimed. This is one of the reasons why Santos believes that Solana will \u201cconverge on Ethereum faster than most believe.\u201d Related Reading: Skybridge Capital CEO Reveals When Bitcoin Price Will Reach $170,000 The crypto analyst was referring to Solana\u2019s recent run, with the network seeing a lot of activity. Some of this activity has been credited to the applications and protocols being built on the Solana network. Particularly, the Decentralized Exchange (DEX) Jupiter has been drawing a lot of attention to Solana and even recently surpassed Ethereum\u2019s Uniswap in daily trading volume.\u00a0 On the other hand, Ethereum is known to have generated significant buzz at the height of the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) boom, with a lot of projects swamping the network at the time. Notably, Ethereum\u2019s Decentralized Finance (DeFi) landscape then happened to give the network an edge, a contributing factor to ETH\u2019s rise to become the second largest crypto token.\u00a0 Santos\u2019 recent comment echoes a growing belief in the crypto community that Solana may indeed be primed enough to take Ethereum\u2019s place as the King of DeFi. Narratives that have continued to work in Solana\u2019s favor include its speed and cost-effectiveness.\u00a0 Following Santos\u2019 post, another X user hinted that Solana\u2019s adoption rate would probably be higher than Ethereum\u2019s, considering users don\u2019t have to worry about high fees. SOL price loses footing above $100 | Source: SOLUSD on Tradingview.com Solana To Hit $150 Soon? The significant activity on the Solana network is believed to be one of the catalysts that could drive SOL\u2019s price to $150. Several analysts have continued to highlight that price level as the next significant stop for the crypto token. Moreover, Jupiter is set to airdrop its JUP tokens on January 31. Related Reading: Dogecoin On The Verge Of Breakout: Crypto Analyst Says Get Ready For DOGE To Pop This highly anticipated event will cause new money to flow into the Solana ecosystem, with SOL\u2019s price likely to be positively impacted by this splurge of liquidity. Beyond Jupiter, other DeFi projects on Solana are making waves, and these projects could also launch their native tokens at some point in the year.\u00a0 At the time of writing, SOL is trading at just over $100, down over 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.\u00a0 Featured image from The Block,\u00a0chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":572503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84543],"tags":[1946,7931,91046,12837,89406,86420,83626,89405,85361,91047,86410,83627],"class_list":["post-572496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solana","tag-ethereum","tag-ethereum-news","tag-ethereum-vs-solana","tag-sol","tag-sol-news","tag-sol-price","tag-solana","tag-solana-news","tag-solana-price","tag-solana-vs-ethereum","tag-solusd","tag-solusdt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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