Solana’s USDC Volume Hits $850 Billion: To Give SOL a Push?

According to Jeremy Allaire, Solana’s (SOL) volume involving the USDC stablecoin has reached $850 billion on a Year-To-Date (YTD) basis. Allaire, who is the co-founder and CEO of Circle, the firm in charge of issuing the USDC coin, made this known in a post on X.

The Circle CEO noted that the transaction volume was impressive especially as $70 billion out of the total took place in November.

Really encouraging to see such a strong ecosystem growing for USDC on Solana. ~850B annual run-rate in Tx volume. https://t.co/rTQhn6fvQF

— Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) November 25, 2023

Solana and USDC’s integration goes as far back as 2020. At that time, the goal was to improve adoption using tokens built using the Solana Program Library (SPL). Since then, most swaps on the Solana blockchain have been done using USDC primarily.

More Tokens, More Volume

This year, specifically around September, both projects collaborated with payment giant Visa to engage in stablecoin global settlement. However, the recent surge in transaction volume is not necessarily related to the stablecoin settlement but to the surge in SPL transactions and the hike in SOL’s price in recent times.

For instance, Coin Edition reported about Pyth Network [PYTH] whose price rose tremendously moments after its official launch. SOL, on the other hand, has had an incredible year.

Now ranked as the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency, SOL’s value has increased by 304% in the last 365 days. In fact, no other asset in the top 20 per market value came close to the token’s performance.

SOL 365-Day Performance (Source: CoinMarketCap)

SOL to Recover to $60?

On the 4-hour timeframe, the 0.236 Fibonacci retracement level was around $57.72. Although SOL has been undergoing a mild correction, the $57.72 can prove to be a significant support level.

Should the SOL price continue to decrease from $58.01, there is a likelihood of a bounce if it reaches $57.72. So, short-term traders with the intention to open a long position may look for an entry around $57.75 to $57.80.

With respect to the Relative Strength Index (RSI), the 4-hour charts showed that the indicator had decreased to 51.20. On November 25, the RSI reading was 58.22, indicating that bulls had attempted to drive the SOL price up.

SOL/USD 4-Hour Chart (Source: TradingView)

So, the fall in the reading implies that the buying momentum waned in the last 24 hours. As it stands, SOL may continue to move sideways. If the buying pressure fails to resume, SOL may drop below $57.85. However, an increase in the buy orders may send the cryptocurrency back above $60.

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