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🔥 Day 8 Hot Topic: XRP ETF Goes Live
REX-Osprey XRP ETF (XRPR) to Launch This Week! XRPR will be the first spot ETF tracking the performance of the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP, launched by REX-Osprey (also the team behind SSK). According to Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas,
Solana(SOL) price prediction: Institutional favor and meme coin frenzy help it break through $240, with strong pump momentum.
Driven by institutional investors, Solana has recently successfully broken through the key resistance level of 240 dollars, showing strong bullish momentum. Although it has experienced a short-term pullback, its institutional momentum remains strong, and the activity in the Meme coin market has injected new vitality into the Solana ecosystem.
Institutional capital inflow injects new momentum into Solana
Solana has shown strong momentum recently, breaking through multiple major resistance levels, attracting widespread attention from institutional buyers. On Tuesday, the trading price was $234.85, after hitting an eight-month high of $249.12 two days earlier, followed by a pullback.
Despite the pullback, the institutional momentum for Solana [SOL]SOL( has not weakened. On September 15, Helius Medical Technology announced a $500 million treasury strategy through a private equity offering. It is noteworthy that this move caused its stock price to soar by 140%. Furthermore, on September 16, Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead revealed that the investment firm has allocated up to $1.1 billion in funds to SOL. He explained that Solana is the company's largest bet and is viewed as the most promising blockchain network.
Meme coin carnival, boosting Solana ecosystem prosperity
At the same time, DeFi activity on Solana has also increased significantly, mainly due to the rise of meme coins. Pump.fun on Solana has once again surpassed $1 billion in daily trading volume, coinciding with the widespread pump in the entire meme coin market.
For example, the largest Meme coin on Solana, Pudgy Penguins )PENGU(, rose by 4.0% on September 16. The price of this Meme coin reached $0.03381 each, with a total market capitalization of $2.1 billion. During the same period, Bonk )BONK( also saw a rise of 3.9%.
As the market widely anticipates the Federal Reserve's impending interest rate cuts, risk assets have become one of the biggest beneficiaries, which also applies to Solana and meme coins. Meanwhile, Bitcoin prices are nearing historical highs, and traders are increasingly shifting their funds to altcoins in pursuit of greater returns. For Solana, this brings a double blessing: first, it directly pushes up its price, and second, it indirectly boosts the entire ecosystem by enhancing its DeFi activity and total locked value.
Conclusion
The events described in this article, namely the influx of institutional capital and the frenzy in the Meme coin market, have collectively fueled Solana's strong performance. However, in the rapidly changing cryptocurrency market, no single piece of positive news can guarantee long-term success. Investors should always remain vigilant and conduct a comprehensive assessment of market dynamics to cope with potential volatility.