Solana price joined in on the recent rally in the global cryptocurrency market, jumping nearly 17% in the past week. Solana has made substantial gains this year, climbing 102% in its year-to-date price. SOL ranks as the 11^th largest cryptocurrency after Binance USD and ahead of Polkadot. Despite the altcoin’s recent rally, the total volume of the coin traded has continued to dwindle.

Fundamentals

Solana price was trading slightly higher on Friday as Bitcoin and other altcoins extended their rally despite the bank contagion fears weighing on the markets. Bitcoin and Ethereum have been leading the recent rally in the market, jumping more than 30% and 20% in the past week, respectively.

Investors have welcomed the resilient crypto prices amid the recent crisis in the banking sector this week. The week started with the collapse of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank on Sunday until the focus shifted to Credit Suisse and First Republic Bank. Traders have been digesting the fate of Credit Suisse even after the bank said that it would borrow up to 50 billion Swiss Francs from the Swiss National Bank.

Several analysts have linked the recent rally in the crypto market to lingering bank worries. Even so, crypto prices are heavily influenced by inflation and the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. According to analysts, the recent decline in banking stocks points to the vulnerability of traditional institutions, raising liquidity concerns…

Cardano price has been under intense pressure for the past few days as Silvergate poses for a potential bankruptcy. ADA has slipped by more than 7% in the past week but remains 32% higher in the year to date. At the time of writing, ADA was 2.54% lower at $0.3221, while its total market cap inched nearly 1% lower. Cardano ranks as the 7^th largest cryptocurrency by market cap after XRP and above Polygon.

Fundamental Analysis

Cardano price has recorded a sharp decline for the past few days as Silvergate’s crisis continues to weigh on cryptocurrencies. Silvergate Capital is a Californian bank that pioneered money transactions between cryptocurrencies and hard cash. The Silvergate crisis looks to be the next big failure after the collapse of FTX and Terra’s LUNA meltdown.

Data by Coinmarketcap show that the global crypto market cap has continued to move lower to $1.01 trillion, pointing to a bearish outlook in the crypto market. Bitcoin’s dominance has also inched lower as the digital asset remains at the $22,000 level.

Fears of higher interest rates by the US Federal Reserve have been gnawing at the markets, following Powell’s hawkish tone. Fed chair Jerome Powell announced on Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is prepared to return to bigger interest rate hikes in a bid to fight inflation.

The US central bank has been struggling to cool the economy despite a year-long campaign of…

AAVE price crawled back in the past few days even as the number of daily number of users dropped. The token was trading at $87.38, which was a few points above this week’s low of $83.44. It has jumped by about 70% from the lowest level in 2022.

AAVE mixed statistics

Aave is a leading non-custodial financial platform that makes it possible for people to deposit funds and earn interest. It exists across multiple chains like Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Harmony, and Fantom. Its most active platform is about $6.1 billion. 

AAVE V2 has a total value locked (TVL) of over $6.2 billion while V3 has a TVL of over $997 million. V1 is much smaller with its TVL of more than $30.6 million. A quick look at on-chain data shows that the network is not doing extremely well. 

For example, the number of daily active users soared to more than 12 million in June 2021. The number of users has dropped to a low of 2.8k. At the same time, as shown below AAVE’s revenue has been in a downward trend. Its daily revenue peaked at $266k in October 2021 to the current $26.2k.