- Some analysts believe Solana’s fundamental metrics have been inflated
SOL has outperformed ETH on price charts since June, but not this week
As a seasoned analyst with over two decades of experience in the financial markets, I have learned to approach every asset with a discerning eye and a healthy dose of skepticism. The recent debate surrounding Solana (SOL) and its perceived outperformance of Ethereum (ETH) has piqued my interest, especially given the contrasting views among industry leaders.
It’s widely observed that Solana (SOL) is consistently outperforming Ethereum (ETH) across several critical areas such as revenue generation and decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume. Consequently, this performance has strengthened the belief among many that Solana could potentially replace Ethereum, a notion often referred to as “SOL as an ETH killer.”
As a seasoned market observer who has witnessed the rise and fall of numerous cryptocurrencies over the past decade, I must say that the ongoing debate between SOL and ETH has certainly caught my attention this week. While both projects have their merits, I find myself leaning towards Ethereum due to its established reputation in the industry and its role as a pioneer in smart contract technology.
“It appears that users, organic fees, and dex volumes are all therefore highly inflated.”
The user also claimed that by extension, SOL is currently overvalued from a fundamental perspective, which was highly overstated.
“From a fundamental viewpoint, Solarcoin (SOL) appears to be overpriced. In the immediate future, positive sentiment and market momentum could potentially boost its value. However, the outlook for the long run seems less predictable.”
Mixed reactions on SOL’s fundamentals
Flip Research’s findings sparked a variety of responses, ranging from approval to disagreement regarding his conclusions. User Evans agreed with the analysis and added a humorous comment about it.
“Solana is good tech, but the metrics are not what they seem.”
As an analyst, I can share that Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Helius Labs – a platform specializing in Solana development – concurred with certain perspectives put forth by Flip Research. Specifically, he acknowledged the existence of artificial volume and Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) issues, among others, within the Solana ecosystem. However, it’s worth noting that he also found some of Flip Research’s views less relevant to his analysis.
Despite dismissing the idea that Solana’s value primarily comes from meme coins, he asserted instead…
“Solana’s value doesn’t come from memecoins, but rather it’s a popular platform for creating practical applications within the cryptocurrency sphere.”
Dan Smith from Blockworks Research shared similar thoughts with Mumtaz, expressing his concern about not being able to endorse Solana due to the high level of meme coin transactions.
Contrarily to what some might think, I firmly believe that the meme-driven action within Solana has served as a proof of concept for a robust business model. This model, if further developed, could potentially propel the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Decentralized Prediction Market (DePIN) sectors into the future.
“It proved a high volume of low fee transactions is a viable business model.”
SOLETH price performance
Enough of the debate on fundamentals. How are price performances of these two rival digital assets?
In simple terms, the SOLETH ratio measures how much SOL is worth compared to ETH. At this moment, that value is approximately 0.058 ETH, meaning one SOL is equal to about 0.058 Ether. Interestingly, at the time of writing, a single SOL was being traded for less than $180, while an Ether was changing hands for under $3300 on the market charts.
In my latest analysis as a researcher, I’ve observed that by the end of our study period, the weekly performance of SOLETH dipped by 3.6%. This implies that SOL did not meet the benchmark set by ETH in terms of performance during the same timeframe this week.
In contrast, Solana (SOL) has surpassed Ethereum (ETH) in performance starting from late June, even reaching a new peak. If this level is broken, there’s a possibility that SOL could experience an even greater upward trend.
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2024-08-01 09:12