MEXC Analyst: Solana Could Rise to $250 by Year-End Due to Staking and Institutional Demand

Chief Analyst at MEXC Research, Sean Young, stated that the Solana (SOL) rate could reach $215 as early as September and exceed $250 by the end of 2025, provided there are no significant market obstacles.

According to him, the forecast is based on two fundamental factors:

• structural supply constraints caused by a high proportion of tokens in staking;
• sustained institutional demand, including from companies integrating Solana into corporate strategies.

An important growth catalyst will be the upcoming implementation of the Alpenglow protocol, which is expected to reduce transaction finalization from over 12 seconds to 150 milliseconds. According to Staking Facilities, the SIMD-0326 proposal has already been supported by over 99% of validators, and its implementation will ensure a hundredfold network acceleration.

Young noted that more than $1.7 billion in SOL is already secured in corporate treasury balances, indicating a shift from speculative operations to strategic accumulation.

He also emphasized that even delays in the SEC’s consideration of spot Solana-ETF applications from 21Shares and Bitwise (postponed to October 16) do not change the overall forecast, only shifting it in time.

“Alpenglow makes Solana not only faster than competing L1 blockchains but potentially faster than standard web search response times. This opens up opportunities for high-frequency applications, mass payments, and large-scale DeFi infrastructure,” the analyst emphasized.

On the Myriad prediction market, the probability of reaching the $250 mark by year-end is estimated at 63%.

Among the latest initiatives in the Solana ecosystem are:

• Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital plan to invest $1 billion in reserve formation;
• Pantera Capital is preparing a Solana Co structure with $1.25 billion in capital;
• Sharps Technology aims to raise about $400 million.

According to Young, such steps form a long-term foundation: Solana is establishing itself as a strategic asset for corporate treasuries and institutions.