Solana (SOL)

Solana jumps 3.45% today to $91.59, recovering from a rough patch with the week's only positive among major Layer-1s, fueled by a 22% surge in memecoin issuance on its network. This performance outperforms #7's average daily return of -0.8%, as Solana's 400-millisecond block time and $0.0002 transaction fees contrast sharply with XRP's 4-second confirmations and $0.0015 fees. Developer activity has doubled to 2,500 monthly commits, 60% higher than the typical Layer-1, while total value locked jumps 8% to $4.2 billion, driven by liquid staking protocols. Memecoin trading volume hit $500 million in 24 hours, a 30% increase over last week, marking Solana as the fastest recovery in the top 10.