# SHIB vs SOL: Which one to hold long-term?

Shiba Inu Coin ( SHIB ) has had a tough year. Over the past 12 months, it has dropped more than 60%, while the entire crypto market has rebounded in 2025, which is quite a difference. Recently, there have also been issues like developers leaving and security vulnerabilities in the Shibarium bridge; now, only the community's enthusiasm is holding it up.

**Where is the problem?** SHIB is essentially a meme coin with no real use. It's hard to predict when it will turn around, or even if it can turn around at all.

**The benchmarking plan is here: Solana(SOL)**

Both are cryptocurrencies born in 2020, but their fates are completely different. SOL is not only fast (over 100 times faster than Ethereum), but also has low transaction costs (a few cents), and has become the main ecosystem for meme coins.

Data support:
- 3800+ active developers, increasing year by year
- DeFi, NFT, games, and tokenized assets are all thriving.
- The locked amount is the second largest (only after Ethereum)
- The size of on-chain stablecoins is 13.6 billion USD

**Key Differences** — SOL can be staked for yield, while SHIB is purely speculative. SOL is supported by a real application ecosystem, whereas meme coins are just one application scenario. In other words, SOL is infrastructure, and SHIB is an entertainment product built on top of it.

Long-term holding? The data speaks, the ecosystem is more important than the community.