Solana, an Ethereum competitor, has risen to seventh place in the cryptocurrency top ten.

Due to rising expectations that the Solana blockchain would be a long-term rival to Ethereum, the cryptocurrency connected to the Solana crypto has risen to the seventh position among the world’s top ten biggest virtual currencies.

According to CoinGecko, the value of Solana’s SOL token has more than quadrupled in the last three weeks, reaching a market capitalization of more than $41 billion (approximately Rs. 2,99,640 crores) and therefore it Solana 7th spot news. In decentralised banking and digital collectibles, where Ethereum is dominant, Solana’s proponents point to the stated speed and reduced cost of transactions on Solana. The price of ether in India was Rs. 2.97 lakhs at 5:30 p.m. IST on September 6, according to the Indian time zone.

Antoni Trenchev, co-founder of crypto lender Nexo, said in an email that Solana Coinbase has a developing ecosystem, businesses are being developed on top of it, and it has benefitted greatly from the frenzy that is now engulfing non-fiat currencies. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are digital collectables and Solana ecosystems that are traded in the form of non-fungible tokens. He claims that the support of crypto-legend Sam Bankman-Fried – the chief executive of cryptocurrency exchange FTX – is beneficial.

Solana coin news advertises itself as the world’s quickest blockchain, and the average cost per transaction, according to its website, is $0.00025 per transaction (roughly Rs. 0.018). A financing round of $314 million (approximately Rs. 2,290 crores) was announced in June, with investors including Bankman-Alameda Fried’s Research, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, and CoinShares joining the company.

Pyth Network, a crypto market data service associated with Jump Trading, became online on Solana’s mainnet late last month, a move that is anticipated to assist strengthen the realm of decentralised finance. There are plans to make it possible for it to broadcast market data via the so-called Wormhole Network in the near future.

According to Jonathan Cheesman, head of over-the-counter and institutional sales at FTX, the cryptocurrency is growing “too large to ignore” and provides a “different smart contract solution” than Ethereum, among other advantages.

The price of so-called alternative currencies such as Solana’s SOL, Cardano’s ADA, and Binance Coin has risen sharply in recent weeks, stealing some of the spotlight away from top tokens like as Bitcoin and Ether, which have recovered from a May slump. Bitcoin has also seen a surge in value, with the cryptocurrency coming within striking distance of $52,000 (approximately Rs. 38 lakhs) on Monday. As of 5:30 p.m. IST on September 6, the Cardano price in India was Rs. 216 and the Bitcoin price in India was Rs. 39.06 lakhs, respectively.

Skeptics say that the technical advancements that have propelled certain tokens may not be sufficient to explain the magnitude of the rallies.