- Solana is rekindling its old Ethereum-killing reputation with its recent run.
- Analysts predict record price gains for both Solana and Ethereum in 2025.
- Solana’s savvy moves have primed it for growth.
For years, Solana was dubbed the Ethereum-killer, a blockchain that would leapfrog the original decentralised finance ecosystem by working faster and cheaper.
While the moniker was often dismissed as hyperbole, Solana has made a series of big gains on its older rival this year.
And now analysts are eyeing 2025 as the year when Solana will mount its most serious challenge yet to Ethereum.
“We could expect networks that produce a much higher economic value to double or triple in their valuation,” Karim Saber, an analyst at 21.co, a digital asset manager, told DL News.
Twice as good as Ether
Solana’s coin, SOL, has soared 130% this year, and hit an all-time high of $263 on November 22, according to CoinGecko.
The performance is almost twice…
