Solana network activity surpassed
(Explanation)
đ over the weekend amid a scramble for Solana-based #Memecoins â causing the network to struggle to keep up.
đ On March 16, Solanaâs total trading volume soared past Ethereum, reaching $3.52 billion and beating out the daily volume on the Ethereum network by more than $1.1 billion, per DefiLlama.
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đ Solana reached a new record of $3.79 billion in trading volume on March 15. Source: DefiLlama
However, the Solana network struggled to keep up with the influx of activity, with many users across â (Twitter) complaining about frequent instances of failed or missing transactions.
đ According to Solana Validator data, cited by pseudonymous user âDagnumâ on X, Solanaâs ping time ran between 20 and 40 seconds at 8 pm UTC on March 16, resulting in approximately 50% of transactions failing for around 20 minutes.
đ The huge uptick in Solana network activity was driven by an outsized appetite for new memecoins. On March 14, degens began piling into a new memecoin called Book of Meme (BOME), which rallied from near-zero to a market capitalization of $1.45 billion in just 56 hours.
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The price of Solana
$SOL
tickers down
$199
also rallied alongside the huge uptick in network activity, with SOL currently trading at $200, up 7.6% over the last week and 38.4% in the last month, per CoinGecko data.