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Bitcoin's price has held steady at around $34k over the past week but has faced resistance at the $35k level. At the same time, altcoins have experienced a surge in value, likely influenced by Bitcoin's impressive performance. Additionally, U.S. stocks have bounced back from last week's decline, thanks to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's announcement of a halt in the Fed’s rate hikes.
Source: U.S. Labor Department via Bloomberg
The focus this week is on the decelerating employment market, as jobless claims have continued to rise for six consecutive weeks. Other indicators, like the increasing Job Index, suggest that the job market in the U.S. has cooled down, potentially easing inflationary pressures concerning central bank decision-makers.
Introducing the standout token of the week: Solana. With a 34.9% return in just seven days, it outperformed all other top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap. But that's not all: Solana has been on a roll, with a remarkable 77% increase in value over the past month, matching its 77% rise in total value locked (TVL).
The once-dubbed “Ethereum killer” has surprised the market while FTX-founder SBF’s trial was in full swing. In terms of fundamentals, Solana hasn’t stopped “BUIDLing” in the past few months, including its integration with Google’s BigQuery and the launch of its scaling solution Firedancer testnet. Firedancer aims to address the critical network point of weak stability. What’s more, Breakpoint 2023 is in full swing at the Solana Campus in Amsterdam, stealing some thunder from other top Layer 1 blockchains.
Source: Solscan
Despite examining the network data above, we find that transactions haven’t not experienced a significant increase, and active wallets have remained in a downward trend.
As such, Solana’s recent price spike is likely a temporary surge driven by speculation. The rise in TVL can be attributed to the increase in SOL’s price, rather than any new capital flowing into the network. Additionally, the lack of significant increase in user activity suggests that there is no standout application attracting new users to the Layer 1 blockchain. We believe that only an activity surge driven by a game-changing application can be sustained in the long run.