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Solana led major cryptocurrencies in real economic value (REV) and decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes throughout the first half of 2025, as detailed in Helius’ “Solana Ecosystem Report H1 2025.”
The report indicated that Solana has been at the forefront of all blockchains in REV since October 2024, achieving $551 million in January 2025.
REV serves as a metric that gauges the financial demand for utilizing a blockchain’s network for transactions, encompassing base transaction fees and out-of-protocol tips.
On January 19, daily REV reached $56.8 million, exceeding the combined values of Ethereum and Bitcoin.
Importantly, Jito tips accounted for between 42% and 66% of monthly REV, illustrating that users are willing to pay significant premiums for priority execution and confirming a developed market for maximum extractable value (MEV) that directs revenue to validators without raising median fees.
Daily transactions exceed 160M
The report emphasized that the fee structure enabled Solana to manage traffic surges, such as the TRUMP memecoin craze in January, while sustaining a median fee of nearly $0.003.
The network processed around 162 million transactions daily, with an average slot time of approximately 390 milliseconds (ms), and has remained operational since February 2024.
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As per the report, the forthcoming Alpenglow consensus code, which is currently undergoing testing, aims for a finality of 100 to 150 ms and lowers validator breakeven capital to about $75,000.
The total value locked fluctuated between $8 billion and $9 billion during the first half of 2025, reflecting an 18% increase quarter-on-quarter, positioning Solana just behind Ethereum.
Jupiter’s platform for perpetual swaps managed around $1 billion in daily volume and represented 79% of the on-chain perps market, while trading bots executed nearly half of all swaps.
The liquid staking token JitoSOL maintained approximately 39% of the staking share. The network facilitated 81% of all DEX trades in 2024 and processed $890 billion in DEX trading volume during the initial five months of 2025.
Real-world traction broadens off-chain reach
The stablecoin supply on Solana rose from $1.5 billion to $11.7 billion over 18 months, with Circle minting $1.75 billion in USDC in May alone.
The telecom application Helium Mobile gained around 300,000 subscribers in the first quarter.
The report also noted that the crowdsourced mapping initiative Hivemapper covered 30% of global roads, while the tokenized asset marketplace Baxus experienced an 11,500% surge in crypto payments, along with a 50-fold increase in international buyers.
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