PANews reported on January 2 that according to Lightspeed’s forecast, Solana’s five major development trends in 2025 are as follows:
1. Elon Musk’s X platform will launch Solana native tokens: Musk is expected to introduce Solana tokens in conjunction with the X Premium subscription service, and use Solana’s high throughput and low fees to implement e-commerce functions within the platform.
2. The market value of stablecoins will increase by 4 times: The market value of stablecoins on the Solana chain is expected to grow from the current US$5 billion to US$20 billion, mainly due to the promotion of startups such as Perena and Lulo, and the participation of stablecoin issuers such as PayPal and Sky.
3. Solana ETF will be approved but underperforms ETH: Although Solana ETF may be approved under the new SEC leadership, market demand may not be as good as BTC and ETH. The main users of ETFs still prefer to invest directly in SOL through other channels.
4. Pump.fun may lose its leading position: Although Pump.fun achieved revenue of US$330 million in 2024, it is predicted that it may be replaced by new and more innovative applications (such as AI-related platforms) in 2025.
5. There will be no major network downtime in 2025: With the launch of the Firedancer client and the continuous optimization of the development team, Solana’s downtime frequency has dropped significantly in the past two years and is expected to maintain stable operation in 2025.
