$SOL Price Eyes $180 After Breakout: Is Solana Becoming the Internet’s Capital Market?

By: crypto news|2025/05/08 21:00:08

Solana ($SOL) has returned to the green across all time frames, riding the wave of a broad crypto market surge. Over the past 24 hours, $SOL has gained 5.11%, pushing its 30-day return to an impressive 42%.Solana price chart/ Source: CoinMarketCapThis latest price rally is supported by a major spike in trading volume, which has jumped 74.5% within the same 24-hour period. Over $5.3 billion worth of $SOL was traded, levels last seen in April when the asset dipped below $100 before rebounding above $140.Solana Tops DEX Charts Again—Outpaces Ethereum in Volume and RevenueSolana’s recent market strength isn’t unexpected. In April, it retained its title as the top blockchain for monthly decentralized exchange (DEX) volume for the seventh straight month, handling twice the volume of Ethereum’s mainnet.According to DefiLlama, Solana continues to lead in network activity. In the last 30 days, its active address count rose by 28.84% to 3.21 million, nearly 10x Ethereum’s, and second only to Tron, which has 2.54 million.Solana leads on-chain network metrics in the last 30 days/ Source: DefilLamaSolana also tops blockchain revenue charts, generating over $7.9 million in-app revenue in just 24 hours. For comparison, Ethereum and Hyperliquid posted $1.1 million and $1.64 million, respectively.A significant contributor to this revenue is Pump.fun, which now ranks as the third-highest-earning protocol in crypto, behind only Tether and Circle.REPORT: In April, @Solana DApps generated over $162 million in revenue.Top revenue-generating DApps on Solana:– @pumpdotfun: $46 million+– @AxiomExchange: $33 million+– @Phantom Wallet: $15 million+ pic.twitter.com/R1KgvEabZl— SolanaFloor (@SolanaFloor) May 5, 2025 In April, Solana’s dApps pulled in over $162 million in revenue. Other notable earners include Axiom Exchange, which has over $33 million, and Phantom Wallet, which has more than $15 million.Global Builder Adoption: Developers from Over 138 Countries Choose SolanaSolana’s ecosystem continues to grow rapidly. On May 2, the Solana Foundation shared that developers from over 138 countries are now building on the network, representing more than 65% of the world’s nations.Consumer-facing applications on Solana are gaining real traction. Ondo Finance recently expanded its tokenized real-world asset (RWA) bridge to Solana via LayerZero. Similarly, DeFi veteran 1inch launched its DEX aggregator on the network, tapping into $7 billion in liquidity and offering users new trading avenues.Crypto doesn’t need another hype cycle. It needs working products — and the Solana community keeps shipping them Here’s your weekly Solana recap as we accelerate into May:– Ethereum DeFi OG @1inch launched their DEX aggregator on Solana, connecting Solana to $7B in... pic.twitter.com/U0zLNybJk4— Solana (@solana) May 4, 2025The Solana ecosystem is being actively supported through a wave of hackathons, startup programs, and conferences to make the network a hub for builders, users, and the future of internet-based capital markets.Stablecoins are also flourishing on Solana. Since the beginning of 2025, over $5 billion in stablecoins, primarily from Circle, have been issued on the network, marking a 154% increase year-to-date.SOL Price Analysis: Breakout Targets $165–$180 RangeThe 4-hour chart for $SOL/$USDT reveals a strong bullish breakout from a descending channel, signaling the end of a consolidation phase.Price action shows that $SOL successfully broke above the upper trendline of the falling channel, confirming a reversal pattern. Source: Trading ViewThe breakout has propelled the price to around $154.63, and it’s now trading above key Ichimoku levels, including the Kijun-sen ($149.98) and Tenkan-sen ($149.16), as well as above the cloud (Kumo).The transition from below to above the cloud often marks a shift from bearish to bullish bias on the Ichimoku system.Notably, the chart contains a projected upside target of $165–$180, which appears achievable if the current buying volume is sustained. $SOL bullish structure confirmed with higher lows and strong wick rejections near 120 support.price consolidating above 152 indicates accumulation phase.break above 179 may trigger bullish continuation toward 244.volume profile supports buyer interest in current demand zone. pic.twitter.com/QZl1qX4opz— Rei (@KyoMemes) May 8, 2025This range corresponds to a previous resistance zone or Fibonacci extension level.However, any decline below the cloud could indicate a failed breakout and warrant caution.The post $SOL Price Eyes $180 After Breakout: Is Solana Becoming the Internet’s Capital Market? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Currently, most Web3 projects are still in the stage of functional fragmentation, often focusing only on a single aspect, such as IP asset tokenization, transaction functionality, or a simple incentive model. This structural dispersion has become a key bottleneck hindering the industry's scale application.

BeatSwap's approach is more integrated, integrating multiple core modules into the same system, including:

· IP authentication and on-chain registration

· Authorization-based revenue sharing mechanism

· User-engagement-driven incentive system

· Transaction and liquidity infrastructure

Through the above integration, the platform builds an end-to-end closed-loop path, allowing IP rights to complete a full cycle of "creation, use, and monetization" within the same ecosystem.

Expanding from Web3 to a broader market: Restructuring the music industry's supply-demand structure

BeatSwap is not limited to existing crypto users but is attempting to take the global music industry as a starting point, actively creating new market demand. Its core strategies include:

Exploring and incubating music creators (Artist discovery)

Building a fan community

Igniting IP-centric content consumption demand

The current global music industry is valued at around $260 billion, with over 2 billion digital music users. This means that the potential market corresponding to the tokenization and financialization of IP far exceeds the traditional crypto user base.

In this context, BeatSwap positions itself at the intersection of "real-world content demand" and "on-chain infrastructure," attempting to bridge the structural gap between content production and financial flow.

"Space" to Launch in Q2 2026: Building the Core of SocialFi

BeatSwap's upcoming core product "Space" is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2026. This product is defined as the SocialFi layer in the ecosystem, aiming to directly connect creators with users and achieve deep integration with other platform modules.

Key designs include:

A fan-centric interactive mechanism

Exposure and distribution logic based on $BTX staking

User paths connected to DeFi and liquidity structures

Thus, a complete user behavior loop is formed within the platform: Discovery → Participation → Consumption → Rewards → Trading

$BTX Token Mechanism: Evolving from an Incentive Tool to a Value Carrier

$BTX is designed to be a core utility asset within the ecosystem, rather than just a simple incentive token, with its value directly tied to platform activity and IP use cases.

Main features include:

· Yield distribution based on on-chain authorized actions

· Value reflection based on IP usage and user engagement dynamics

· Support for staking and DeFi participation mechanisms

· Value growth driven by ecosystem expansion

With the increased frequency of IP use, the utility and value support of $BTX will enhance simultaneously, helping alleviate the "disconnect between value and utility" issue present in traditional Web3 token models to some extent.

Accelerating Global Exchange Layout: Enhancing Liquidity and Accessibility

Currently, $BTX has been listed on several mainstream exchanges, including:

Binance Alpha

Gate

MEXC

OKX Boost

As the launch of "Space" approaches, BeatSwap is actively pursuing more exchange listings to further enhance liquidity and global accessibility, laying a foundation for future market expansion.

Beyond Web3: Aiming for a Larger-Scale Integration of Content and Finance Markets

BeatSwap's goal is no longer limited to the traditional Web3 narrative but aims to target over 2 billion digital music users and a trillion KRW-scale content market.

By integrating content creators, users, capital, and liquidity into a blockchain framework centered around IP rights, BeatSwap is striving to build a next-generation infrastructure focused on "IP tokenization."

Conclusion

BeatSwap integrates IP authentication, authorization distribution, incentive mechanism, transaction system, and market construction to establish a unified structure that bridges the full lifecycle path of IP rights.

With the launch of the Q2 2026 "Space," the project is expected to become a key infrastructure connecting content and finance in the IP-RWA (Real World Assets) track.

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