Key Takeaways
Participation on Solana-based decentralized exchanges has fallen significantly.
Despite declining on-chain activity, Solana continues to attract investment and infrastructure development.
SOL’s price remains at a crossroads amid a significant drop.
Solana’s network activity has declined sharply in recent months, with trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) falling by approximately 95%.
The downturn comes as the blockchain’s native token remains under pressure, despite continued inflows from institutional investment and expansion.
On-chain data indicates a significant contraction in trading activity on Solana-based decentralized exchanges.
According to blockchain analytics, the total value of Solana spot DEX trading volume has declined by 95% to $1.7 billion from its peak of $38.4 billion in January.
The number of active addresses interacting with Solana-based decentralized exchanges fell to approximately 2.85 million during the week of Dec. 8–14, marking the lowest level in a year.
This represents a sharp drop from January, when active addresses peaked at around 24 million.
Meanwhile, Solana application revenue has plummeted a whopping 96% from $40.6 million to under $1.4 million.
The decline in network activity contrasts with continued investment and infrastructure development across the Solana ecosystem.
At the Solana Breakpoint 2025 conference last week, Coinbase announced it would expand access to Solana-based tokens by integrating them directly into its platform.
Speaking at the event, Andrew, a protocol specialist at Coinbase, said, “We think those markets should be accessible to all of our users.”
The integration enables users to trade Solana-based tokens through Coinbase’s standard interface, eliminating the need for additional steps.
“On the surface it looks the same as existing centralized trading, but on the backend all functions operate on-chain,” engineer Sabs Sachdeva added.
Solana’s price remains under pressure as technical indicators continue to signal downside risk, despite recent attempts at stabilization.
At the time of reporting, SOL was trading at around $132, down nearly 4% over the past seven days.
According to analyst Valdrin Tahiri, SOL has been trading within an ascending parallel channel since Nov. 21, a structure that often reflects corrective price action rather than a sustainable uptrend.
“The SOL price has traded inside an ascending parallel channel since Nov. 21,” Tahiri said, adding that “these channels usually contain corrective movements, so an eventual breakdown is likely.”
