Solayer (LAYER) has surged 16% in the past day – hitting a new all-time high.
But while LAYER is making headlines, some experts are eyeing another token that could have even bigger upside: Solaxy (SOLX).
With over $32 million raised in its presale, could SOLX be the next altcoin to take off?
Solayer Price Surges as Restaking Tech Boosts Solana Scalability
Solayer is going viral, and for good reason.
It’s a restaking protocol built on Solana, allowing users to stake their SOL or liquid staking tokens (like mSOL or JitoSOL) to help secure dApps and earn rewards.
What sets Solayer apart is its “InfiniSVM” architecture, which uses hardware acceleration to achieve over a million transactions per second – boosting scalability and efficiency on Solana.
LAYER’s price has exploded this week, reaching a high of $3.15 earlier today.
That gave LAYER a market cap of over $660 million, with spot volumes reaching $263 million in the past 24 hours.
The token has even made it onto CoinMarketCap’s trending cryptos list.
This price rise shows just how much confidence investors have in Solayer’s approach to enhancing Solana’s performance.
Plus, given that LAYER is now tradable on OKX (along with other top CEXs), it’s easier than ever to gain exposure.
How Solayer and New Upgrades Could Transform Solana in 2025
While Solayer’s price rise might be getting all the attention, the bigger story might be what it means for Solana as a whole this year.
One of Solana’s long-standing issues has been scaling effectively.
Solayer’s architecture could be the boost Solana needs, aiming for insane transaction speeds and smoothing out network congestion for good.
But Solayer won’t be boosting Solana all on its own.
Projects like Firedancer – a next-gen validator client – and Helix RPS 2.0 are also stepping up to make the network faster, safer, and less spammy.
Meanwhile, DeFi giants like Jupiter keep giving Solana serious firepower on the trading front.
Put all this together, and you’ve got a blockchain gearing up not just for another meme coin frenzy, but for real institutional adoption.
Even real-world tokenization could be a possibility.
It suggests that Solana might just be getting started, despite SOL now boasting a market cap of over $76 billion.
If the network continues to stack upgrades like this, 2025 could be the year that Solana finally closes the gap with Ethereum – or even overtakes it entirely.
Why Experts Say Solaxy Could Outshine Solayer After Raising $32M in Presale
Still, not everyone agrees that Solayer is the most exciting project on Solana.
Some, like analyst Umar Khan from 99Bitcoins, are even more bullish on a newer project: Solaxy.
Solaxy is setting out to be Solana’s first “true” Layer-2 solution, designed to tackle the network’s congestion problems head-on.
Instead of trying to upgrade the base layer like Solayer does, Solaxy processes transactions off-chain and bundles them up before sending them back to Solana.
The developers are also building a bridge to Ethereum, which could pave the way for DeFi users seeking to access cheaper and faster dApps.
Khan believes Solaxy’s unique setup – combining Solana’s speed with Ethereum’s liquidity – could help it 100x after the presale wraps up.
And given that Solaxy has already raised over $32 million, he’s not the only one.
Early investors can currently buy SOLX, Solaxy’s native token, in presale for just $0.001708.
Those who buy SOLX now can also stake their tokens to generate an APY of 125% – even before the presale ends.
This combination of staking rewards and Layer-2 tech has helped Solaxy rank on sites like CoinSniper.
The big question is: Can Solaxy outperform Solayer this year?
With a DEX listing looming and the testnet now live, it’s one of the more exciting plays heading into the second half of 2025.
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