Solana exceeds Ethereum & Bitcoin – a look at the dominance

Solana continues to strengthen his leading position in the crypto market and achieved a network income of over $ 271 million in the second quarter of 2025.

This remarkable performance shows Solana's dominance about other Layer 1 and Layer-2-Chains. His ecosystem and growing acceptance continue to strengthen the trust of investors.

Solana's superiority compared to other chains

According to the data from Blockworks, this is the third quarter in a row in which Solana (Sol) surpasses all Layer-1 (L1) and Layer-2 (L2) Chains. Solana's network income in particular exceeded competitors such as Tron ($ 165.26 million), Ethereum ($ 129.09 million) and Bitcoin (USD 50.48 million).

This growth underlines Solana's superior strength and strengthens the trust of investors in his blockchain ecosystem.

The income diagrams from Q2 2016 to Q2 2025 show that Solana maintains constant growth, while other chains such as Ethereum and Tron Sporadic tips experienced, but lacked consistency. The entire network income achieved $ 685.97 million, with Solana almost 40 percent, which demonstrates its competitive advantage.

Decentralized applications (DApps) On the blockchain, 10 months in a row also led to the weekly income, which proves that the infrastructure protrudes as an ideal developer environment.

Another highlight is Solana's record high in the Bitcoin trade volume in the second quarter of 2025, which is an increased cross-chain trade activity and its central role in decentralized finance (DeFi) reflected.

The total value of the tokenized real assets (RWA) on Solana rose to $ 418 million, a new high. At this level is the blockchain behind aptos (apt), which reached $ 538 million.

With quick transaction processing speed and low costs, combined with the boom of Memecoin launchpads such as Letsbonk or Pump.fun, Solana continues to attract both private and institutional investors.

However, Analyst RevztV proposes to X that the SOL course could correct to $ 143 before a strong outbreak. Sol is currently being traded at $ 151.

Blockworks diagrams also show that chains such as Arbitrum and Optimism are gradually catching up. To keep his leading position, Solana must be continuously innovative to compete like Ethereumto remain ahead of its L2 scalability.