Solana

Solana has retreated after late-summer gains, and X analysts reviewing price action from March 2024 warn a classical head‑and‑shoulders could extend losses toward $66.20 from about $132. Another trader sees a brief move to $134 before a drop. Others counter with targets at $152–$160, while SOL’s RSI sits near 69.

Invesco and Galaxy Asset Management launched the Invesco Galaxy Solana ETP (QSOL), a regulated vehicle offering spot exposure and staking within an institutional framework. The grantor trust supports cash and in‑kind creations and trades on Cboe BZX. SOL priced at $126.13, down 3.59% on the day and over 7% weekly, with volume near $4.8 billion.

CoinGecko's 2025 ranking by mindshare shows Solana leading at 26.79%, with Base at 13.94% and Ethereum at 13.43%. Sui holds 11.77% and BNB Chain 9.05%, while XRP Ledger registers 4.68%. The list emphasizes attention and engagement across ecosystems rather than price performance.

Over the past 24 hours, SOL's trading volume climbed more than 40% to over $3.1 billion, while its price rose 1.6% to $132.9. Technical analysis indicates a golden cross forming, a pattern often viewed as bullish. Solana ETFs recorded seven consecutive inflow days totaling $674 million, alongside other market drivers.

On December 15, 2025, during early U.S. trading, Bitcoin fell sharply from near $90,000 to a two-week low at $86,700, coinciding with a surge in liquidations totaling $210 million in one hour and $450 million over 24 hours. Altcoins retreated as well: ETH slid 4.4% toward $3,000 amid warnings of $2,500, XRP lost $2.00 after a 3% drop, and BNB and SOL each fell 4%.

According to DeepSeek AI, year-end 2025 projections put XRP at $3 on institutional flows, while Solana could climb up to 700% toward $400 with ETF inflows. Dogecoin faces downside risk toward about $0.8 as memecoin interest wanes. The analysis lands in late 2025 amid broader selling pressure and investor preference for XRP and Solana.

Digital asset ETPs logged $716 million in weekly inflows, lifting assets under management to $180 billion. The US led with $483 million, followed by Germany at $96.9 million and Canada at $80.7 million. Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP attracted $352 million, $338 million and $245 million respectively.

Institutional custodian Hex Trust launched Wrapped XRP on Thursday, deploying the asset across Ethereum, Solana, Optimism, and HyperEVM with 100 million dollars in initial liquidity. The rollout targets RLUSD pairs on EVM chains and uses a 1:1 custodial model and LayerZero's OFT standard; XRP was little changed and RLUSD supply was 1.3 billion.

On the daily timeframe, Solana is consolidating as downside momentum eases while price remains below short‑ and medium‑term averages. Key levels are support at $131.37 and resistance at $132.24 and $135.86, with a higher barrier near $139.02. Liquidity clusters include mid‑$120s bids and mid‑to‑high $130s asks.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood is reshaping the firm's portfolio toward disruptive innovation and cryptocurrencies, expecting these companies to compound at 40–50% annually versus 15–20% for the "Mag 6" tech giants. In a recent interview, she cited ARK's historical outperformance during 2017–2018 rate hikes, reiterated that innovation could dominate global equity value by 2030, and highlighted fresh allocations into Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Chinese stocks like Baidu and WeRide. Wood also noted the impact of October's crypto flash crash and MSCI's review of digital asset treasury firms on market sentiment while emphasizing the operational flexibility of ARK's ETF structure.