The price of the altcoin Solana 
$140 (SOL) has reached a critical crossroads this month, with the narrowing trading range suggesting a significant price breakout is imminent. The launch of the REX-Osprey Solana ETF, featuring a staking option, has bolstered institutional demand. Despite persistent bearish pressure, the market closely monitors this narrowing, which will soon define the future direction of Solana.
Institutional Liquidity Boost with Solana ETF Launch
On July 3, the REX-Osprey Solana ETF was introduced with a staking feature, generating a $67 million trading volume in just two days. This infusion of liquidity into Solana was accompanied by a significant increase in the total value held on the blockchain, jumping from $2 billion at the year’s start to $8.6 billion. Daily active addresses number 3.3 million, with a substantial transaction volume per second pushing Solana past Ethereum 
$3,106 in certain metrics. Solana-based dApps such as Jupiter, Drift, MarginFi, and Kamino are drawing new users in decentralized finance and data infrastructure, further accelerating this growth.
Developer activity is also thriving within the altcoin landscape. According to GitHub data, Solana ranks as the second most productive network after Ethereum. With the Sealevel parallel execution architecture and native transaction fee markets, the network processes thousands of transactions per second at minimal costs. Seventy-five percent of the total supply is staked, yielding around 7%, which supports the buying pressure by reducing the circulating SOL coin amount. Low regulatory pressure and a surge in financial product options further amplify institutional interest in the altcoin. Additionally, initiatives like Solana Mobile and Solana Pay expand real-world application options.
Technical Patterns Suggest Upward Price Momentum
A prominent ascending triangle pattern in the price chart emerged as Solana’s price repeatedly rebounded between the $152.51 and $154.43 range. Volume contraction and the tightening of Bollinger Bands reinforce the potential for a robust upward movement. The money flow index rising above zero indicates buying pressure, though the directional movement index remains in an uncertain area.
With a breakout, bullish entities eyeing the $200 target draw support from Bitcoin 
$90,533‘s ongoing search for a peak after the last block reward halving. Should the largest cryptocurrency breach the $110,000 threshold, opening a new price discovery zone, high-performance Layer-1 projects like Solana tend to rise disproportionately. Thus, if the upper boundary of the triangle is surpassed with strong volume, Solana’s price could first target $170 and then make a bid for the psychological $200 mark within the month.
