Solana is becoming a major payments rail because transactions settle in about a second for a fraction of a penny. Visa settles USDC on it, PayPal's PYUSD and Western Union's USDPT run on it, Stripe and Shopify use it for payments, and Mastercard and Worldpay are testing settlement. US spot Solana ETFs have had 12 straight weeks of inflows, and the Alpenglow upgrade aims for sub-second confirmation. On the chart, clearing the $122-$148 volume shelf would open $149.85, then $177.57. x.com
