• Solana's DEX volume soared to $109.78B in Nov., outperforming Ethereum's $55.5B.

  • Raydium dominated with $27B of the $41.6B weekly Solana DEX volume.

  • SOL price surged 61% post-election, hitting a new high of $263.

DEX ecosystem of Solana reached record-high monthly trading volumes in November, standing at over $109 billion. This was a 330 percent rise compared to September’s $25.43 billion and a 108 percent upsurge from October’s $52.49 billion, according to data from DefiLlama.

Solana also experienced an increase in volume, by which its monthly DEX volume was $14 billion higher than Ethereum with $55 billion monthly trade. This can be attributed to the networks’ scalability, the very low transaction fees, and the constantly increasing popularity of meme tokens.

https://twitter.com/solanasniffer/status/1861051311682130174 Raydium and Orca Dominate Solana’s DEX Market

Raydium dominates Solana DEX with a 63% weekly volume. It had $270 billion worth of transactions in a week and $780 billion for the month, and a total value locked of $2.37 billion.

Even though Raydium holds the highest trading volumes on Solana, 30 days trading volume of 78 billion USD are slightly less than Ethereum’s Uniswap, which has 81.7 billion USD. Orca, another Solana DEX, ranked second with a weekly trading volume of $6.81 billion and TVL of $388.88 million. In the last month, the trading volume on Orca has been $20.5 billion.

SOL Price Surges Amid Growing Onchain Metrics

Solana’s native token, SOL, saw a 61% price increase between Nov. 5 and Nov. 22, reaching an all-time high of $263. The rally mirrored broader market trends, fueled by Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory and strong Solana network metrics.

Solana’s ability to process over 54 million daily transactions, significantly higher than other networks, reinforced its appeal. The blockchain also saw over 77,000 new token projects, primarily meme coins, deployed in November, driving retail investor activity.

Record-breaking volumes on the Raydium and pump.fun platforms, as well as the low cost of Solana transactions, also contributed to its advancement. Monthly fees on Raydium rose to $182 million and Pump.fun made $71.5 million in revenue.

The active address count on Solana also surged to nearly 25 million, according to Glassnode, signaling increased user participation. Analysts predict SOL’s price will continue its upward momentum, with technical indicators pointing to a likely target of $300.

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