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Solana (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/solana/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SOL</a>) steadied this week after a month of steep losses as institutional flows turned positive and on-chain activity pushed to fresh highs.As of Feb. 17, SOL traded near $83, roughly flat WoW, according to CoinMarketCap. The move marks the token’s healthiest weekly close after it lost more than 40% of its market capitalization over the past 30 days.The Solana ecosystem’s total market capitalization also clocked gains, increasing nearly 5.5% from $122.4 billion to $129.1 billion, CoinMarketCap <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/view/solana-ecosystem/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">data</a> shows.The stabilization stood out against continued softness across the broader crypto market. Bitcoin (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) and Ether (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>) fell roughly 1.9% and 27% on the week, respectively.Solana’s relative resilience coincided with accelerating institutional onboarding and new milestones across decentralized finance (DeFi), staking, and tokenization.<h2 id="sol-stabilizes-despite-fragile-market-sentiment">SOL Stabilizes Despite Fragile Market Sentiment</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/58562dead8254de1be2b2e3e97f2fdaa.png">SOL funds defied a week of institutional outflows from crypto ETFs. Source: <a href="https://researchblog.coinshares.com/volume-273-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-619cd0f21653" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinShares</a>After weeks of heavy selling, SOL finished modestly higher, even as capital continued to exit core crypto investment products.During the week of Feb. 9, crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $173 million in net outflows, with Bitcoin-linked funds accounting for most withdrawals, <a href="https://researchblog.coinshares.com/volume-273-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-619cd0f21653" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">according</a> to CoinShares.By contrast, SOL-linked products attracted approximately $31 million in net inflows over the same period, extending a recent pattern of selective institutional allocation into the Solana ecosystem.According to a Feb. 15 Solana X <a href="https://x.com/solana/status/2023053212186726705?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">post</a>, Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $108 million in SOL holdings, bolstering the token’s institutional holdings.Risk appetite remains fragile but shows signs of improvement. The CoinMarketCap Crypto Fear and Greed Index <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/fear-and-greed-index/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rose</a> to 13 on Feb. 12, up from a record low of 5 one week earlier.The broader crypto pullback has tracked weakness in technology stocks, where concerns about artificial intelligence-driven disruption have pressured valuations.<h2 id="institutional-adoption-lifts-rwas-to-records">Institutional Adoption Lifts RWAs to Records</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/222412a6a12e4b528cf2e97a1a0e5470.png">Solana RWA Value reached an all-time high this week. Source: <a href="https://x.com/capitalmarkets/status/2022301834367656441?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Capital Markets</a>Tokenized real-world assets continued to expand this week despite softer crypto prices. RWAs are traditional financial instruments, such as funds or Treasury-style products, issued and tracked on blockchain networks.On Feb. 13, RWAs on Solana reached new highs. The network reported more than $1.6 billion in RWA total value locked (TVL) and roughly 285,000 unique holders, according to data from <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">RWA.xyz</a>.On-chain institutional cash and lending products also scaled.According to a Feb. 15 Solana X <a href="https://x.com/solana/status/2023053212186726705?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">post</a>, BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund, BUIDL, surpassed $550 million in assets on the network, while Kamino’s on-chain credit marketplace, PRIME Market, crossed $500 million in deposits.<h2 id="defi-and-staking-tooling-accelerate">DeFi and Staking Tooling Accelerate</h2><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/0dbd6ad4435d4c0db688689b3a1f52e9.png">Hex Trust and Jito partnered to expand institutional staking on Solana. Source: <a href="https://www.hextrust.com/resources-collection/hex-trust-launches-solana-liquid-staking-with-jitosol-integration" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hex Trust</a>Expansion moved beyond RWAs and into DeFi and staking infrastructure.On Feb. 16, Jupiter rolled out native staking as collateral on Jupiter Lend, allowing users to borrow against natively staked SOL without first converting it into a liquid staking token.Digital asset custodian Hex Trust <a href="https://www.hextrust.com/resources-collection/hex-trust-launches-solana-liquid-staking-with-jitosol-integration" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">launched</a> Solana liquid staking with JitoSOL integration on Feb. 10.On-chain credit and derivatives activity accelerated in parallel.Anchorage Digital partnered with Kamino and Solana Company on a structure that enables institutions to borrow against staked SOL while keeping assets inside regulated custody, the Feb. 15 Solana X post said.Additionally, decentralized exchange Drift <a href="https://x.com/SolanaFloor/status/2021516030355644578?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> on Feb. 11 that equity perpetual contracts are coming to Solana “soon,” signaling an expansion into synthetic equities and leveraged trading.The expansions align with Solana’s broader goal of becoming “financial infrastructure for the internet,” as <a href="https://x.com/solana/status/2021874089108156921?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">described</a> by the Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu in a Feb. 12 CNBC interview.In keeping with Solana’s institutional push, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Feb. 12 <a href="https://x.com/SolanaInstitute/status/2022059177192165434?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">named</a> Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko to its Innovation Advisory Committee, which advises the U.S. derivatives regulator on emerging market structures.<h2 id="by-the-numbers">By the Numbers</h2>Total Solana Ecosystem Market Cap: $129.22B<img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/357abc11f366461cb770fe7d6c1af17d.png">Source: <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/view/solana-ecosystem/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinMarketCap</a>Top 5 Solana Coins by Market Cap:<ul><li>Solana (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/solana/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SOL</a>): $47.27B</li><li>ChainLink (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/chainlink/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LINK</a>): $6.17B</li><li>World Liberty Financial (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/world-liberty-financial-wlfi/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">WLFI</a>): $2.68B</li><li>Uniswap (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/uniswap/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">UNI</a>): $2.21B</li><li>Aave (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/aave/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">AAVE</a>): $1.92B</li></ul><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/4802feb4c1e2430598d675b87a7a7f13.png">Source: <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/view/solana-ecosystem/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinMarketCap</a>Most Visited Solana Coins:<ul><li>Solana (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/solana/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SOL</a>)</li><li>Pippin (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pippin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PIPPIN</a>)</li><li>ChainLink (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/chainlink/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LINK</a>)</li><li>Official Trump (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/official-trump/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TRUMP</a>)</li><li>Terra Classic (<a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/terra-luna/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LUNC</a>)</li></ul><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/5de5744cf6a147f5811d8e180fd73036.png">Source: <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/view/solana-ecosystem/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinMarketCap</a>

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