Can Solana [SOL] compete in the big leagues aided by its DEXes? New data suggests…

- DEX volumes on the Solana community rises. Raydium and Saber lead progress.
- TVL on the community elevated. SOL costs and quantity continued to say no.
In accordance with data printed on 13 Might, it was noticed that the general DEX volumes on the Solana [SOL] community elevated considerably during the last week.
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Solana makes a mark
The expansion of Solana’s DEX volumes surpassed that of its opponents reminiscent of Ethereum [ETH], Arbitrum [ARB] and Polygon [MATIC].
Although the protocol lagged behind its opponents when it comes to each day exercise, the rise in DEX volumes might recommend that Solana could possibly compete with different protocols on this sector quickly.
$SOL DEX quantity noticed a spike in quantity during the last week of 86%
This was led by @RaydiumProtocol which noticed quantity of $162M ( +202%) during the last week. pic.twitter.com/ZwrrxaIVrH
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A big a part of the spike in DEX volumes may very well be attributed to Raydium’s progress. Raydium is an onchain order ebook AMM.
An on-chain order ebook AMM facilitates buying and selling by matching purchase and promote orders on the community with out the necessity for an off-chain order ebook.
In accordance with Dapp Radar’s data, the variety of distinctive lively wallets on Raydium elevated by 84.9% during the last week. Moreover, the variety of transactions being made on the community surged by 147.9%.
Different dApps on the Solana community, reminiscent of Saber additionally confirmed enhancements. Dapp Radar’s information indicated that quantity and exercise on the protocol soared materially on the community over the previous month.

Supply: Dapp Radar
Because of the efficiency of those DEXes, the general variety of distinctive DEX wallets throughout all Solana platforms elevated.

Supply: Dune Analytics
DEXes make an influence
The excessive DEX volumes impacted Solana’s state within the DeFi sector as nicely. DeFi Llama’s information indicated that the TVL on good contracts elevated steadily over the previous few months.
Coupled with that, the general charges generated additionally elevated on account of excessive exercise on the community.
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A excessive TVL for Solana signifies a robust demand for its DeFi protocols and companies, which might result in elevated adoption and progress of the Solana ecosystem.

Supply: Defi Llama
Nonetheless, regardless of the efficiency showcased by Solana within the DeFi sector, SOL’s value continued to say no over the previous month. Its quantity suffered the identical destiny because it fell from 1.36 billion to 366 million throughout the identical interval.