Ethereum's deeper capital liquidity favors a 65% ETH weight, while Solana's stronger trading and consumer activity warrants 35% SOL in a long-term allocation. At ~4.8 times Solana's market cap, Ethereum holds ~8.4 times its DeFi TVL and ~9.1 times its stablecoin liquidity. Solana leads in chain fees, app revenue and DEX volume, but app revenue need not accrue to SOL. Sustained growth in Solana's stablecoins, TVL and revenue could change the weights. x.com 

Solana is the better token to hold than Ethereum because the Solana Foundation gets things done and works to make its token as attractive as possible, while the Ethereum Foundation mainly cares about cypherpunk ideals. Per Mert, quoted by @MarketBubble, the chain now works insanely well, and a proposal to double the disinflation rate, a burn tied to onchain activity and priority fees going to stakers change the case for holding SOL. Solana is great and moving fast. x.com 

Solana looks like last cycle's Ether, a laggard among the majors, because its inflation keeps diluting holders. Emissions run about $5 million a day at current prices and rise as price climbs, and even with the new proposals SOL would remain inflationary. Growth in onchain activity does not accrue value to the token, and SOL was the worst-performing major even as ETH moved up. Any upside from the proposals passing is a short-term trade to sell into. x.com  x.com 

Solana remains bullish through a mini onchain bear season because it keeps producing real innovation and novel products from really smart developers. Onchain activity is just as weak on Robinhood's chain and BNB, but once it picks back up, Solana's products and coins should rerate. x.com 

Solana's tokenized-equity spot momentum bolsters its case as an onchain equities venue. SolanaFloor reports Solana reclaimed first place in daily spot volume, exceeding all other chains combined. Solana may not compete with Hyperliquid in perps, but that does little to change this bullish view. x.com 

Solana has lost its moats: speed and retail mindshare carried it this cycle, and every narrative it was meant to own now has a stronger competitor. Memecoin attention is spreading to Robinhood, BNB and Base, Robinhood is coming for tokenized stocks, and Hyperliquid owns perps. Solana's perps did $8.9B last week, which Hyperliquid often does in a day. As more volume settles in its $15.5B of stablecoins, SOL matters less beyond gas. Pump.fun has sold about 4.8M SOL and expanded beyond Solana. … Show more

Liquid crypto tokens now offer a rare mix of growth and value after a long, deep bear market, because crypto's cyclical capital flows leave fast-growing projects reasonably priced for extended stretches. The most interesting areas are the intersection of crypto and AI, and 24/7 trading and tokenization, with Venice, Pump, Hyperliquid and Ether.fi among the examples. Liquid tokens offer more opportunity than venture deals right now. rss.flightcast.com 

Solana is losing its biggest advantage, the memecoin market, to Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer 2, which is why ether should outperform SOL this cycle. Barely two months after launch, PONS on Robinhood Chain generated about $22 million in fees over 30 days, almost half of Pump.fun's $46 million. Robinhood removes the cost and hassle that pushed small traders off Ethereum, settles back to Ethereum with ETH for gas, and adds tokenized stocks as a reason to stay. Direct fees are small for now. … Show more

Pump.fun monetizes by selling SOL to buy PUMP, favoring PUMP over Solana's native token. Over the long term, the two should flip, primarily because SOL is expected to fall to $12. x.com 

Live Alpenglow speed and capacity help Solana lead Ethereum in usage and compete for financial activity. Measured slots are 211ms versus 12-second blocks (57x); theoretical basic-transfer capacity tops 65,000 TPS versus 238 (275x), and an initial finality reading is 202ms versus 12.8 minutes (3,800x). Solana has about 1,700 successful TPS versus Ethereum's 23 total TPS (75x). Spot and perp exchanges need that speed and capacity, which Solana combines with high decentralization. x.com  x.com