The Unique Way the Solana Trading Ecosystem Is Making Bank

The Unique Way the Solana Trading Ecosystem Is Making Bank

By the numbers: Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC stablecoins have produced $93 million and $28 million in revenue, respectively, in the last seven days, according to DefiLlama data, while the Ethereum, Tron and Solana networks saw $19 million, $11 million and $9.6 million. Solana-based protocols and trading bots, meanwhile, are right behind. Trading bot platform Photon and memecoin powerhouse pump.fun have both generated over $6 million in the last seven days, exceeding Ethereum-based decentralized finance, or DeFi, heavyweights such as Maker, Lido or Aave in terms of revenue.