ARK Invest highlights Solana's $223M real economic value in Q3
Key Takeaways
- ARK Invest highlighted Solana's $223 million real economic value for Q3 2025, making it a leader in blockchain-generated economic activity.
- The Q3 DeFi Quarterly report from ARK Invest focuses on on-chain activity, stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets, and decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
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ARK Invest, an investment firm specializing in disruptive technologies, highlighted Solana’s $223 million real economic value in Q3. Solana led all blockchains in network-generated value, according to ARK’s analysis.
ARK Invest recently released its Q3 DeFi Quarterly report focusing on on-chain activity, stablecoins, real-world assets, tokenization, and decentralized exchanges. The report underscores the openness of blockchain data in providing insights into economic value generation.
The analysis details advancements in decentralized exchanges and lending protocols across blockchain platforms. The report also examined other blockchain networks, including Tron’s performance.
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