🚀 Week in Solana: Trump's Tariff Dividends Drive Solana Tokens, Q3 Raises +70% SOL stabilizes at $166! Ecosystem explodes, with 23 new Solana-based projects raising $211 million in Q3! Trump-related tokens pump as the President teases tariff dividends! Here's this week's breakdown 🧵 1/6

📊 Market Overview: Bitcoin crashed below $100,000 for the first time since late June. Risk sentiment improves, driving Solana-based tokens higher. SOL barely moved the needle as the bleeding seems to have stopped, with its price holding above $165. Ecosystem market cap grew 6% while trading volume tanked 12% 2/6

DeFi & Ecosystem Metrics: TVL increased 2% to $10.5B, with the top 5 competing chains recording losses. Weekly DEX volume climbed 5%, hitting $140B (30-day cumulative). The Win: Solana has become the dominant transfer layer for @USDC, accounting for more than a third of all USDC senders 🏗️ 3/6

🏛️ Sector Moves 🔹 Blockchain Payments Consortium launched (Solana, Fireblocks, Monad, and Polygon) to standardize cross-chain stablecoin payments 🔹 Paradigm led $6M seed round for @harmonic_gg to boost Solana network speed to Nasdaq levels 🔹 Zenrock's zenZEC hit $15M in trading volume since launching on Solana 🔹 @Solmate launched UAE-based validator and expanding infrastructure services 🔹 World Liberty Finance (WLFI) +37% and Official Trump (TRUMP) +19% on tariff dividend news 4/6

🎯 Performance Highlights: Top gainers: 🔹 Ore (ORE): +169.42% 🔹 375ai (EAT): +159.6% 🔹 Keep Network (KEEP): +109.9% 🔹 Hey Anon (ANON): +106.98% 🔹 Real (REAL): +89.41% 5/6