Solana ($SOL) Overtakes Dogecoin ($DOGE) as 8th Largest Crypto by Market Cap
The sensible contract platform Solana ($SOL) has just lately overtaken the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin ($DOGE) when it comes to market capitalization, to now occupy the place of 8th largest digital asset by the metric.
In line with obtainable market knowledge, the worth of the meme-inspired cryptocurrency has dropped by 16.7% over the previous week to now stand at $0.062, whereas the sensible contract platform’s worth dropped by 11.7% over the identical interval, to now stand at $21.7.
In consequence, Solana’s market capitalization is at $8.85 billion on the time of writing, whereas DOGE’s market capitalization is standing at $8.82 billion.
Each cryptocurrencies have seen their costs drop amid a wider cryptocurrency market crash that noticed the area lose over 6% of its worth over the past 24-hour interval, to now have a complete market capitalization of $1.1 trillion, the bottom degree in not less than two months.
The crash got here amid experiences SpaceX offered all of its Bitcoin – though these stay unconfirmed – and as China’s struggling property big Evergrande filed for Chapter 15 chapter safety in america.
Analysts have however been bullish on the cryptocurrency area, with particular worth predictions being made for each SOL and DOGE. As reported Benjamin Cowen, a preferred cryptocurrency influencer with a following of over 780,000 individuals on the Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube, has just lately shared perception into the trajectory of Solana, saying it might make a big turnaround in a approach just like what Cardano ($ADA) did throughout the earlier bear market.
Equally, well-known analyst Ali Martinez famous that DOGE and SHIB have demonstrated a robust worth correlation over latest months, and famous that this correlation means that when one token’s worth strikes, the opposite usually follows swimsuit that means DOGE might observe SHIB’s worth rally.
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