Recently, there was a piece of data in the circle that left many people astonished—Solana achieved its first annual revenue higher than Ethereum in 2025.
The images circulating in the community are very clear. Up to now this year, Solana's protocol revenue is about 250 million USD, while Ethereum is around 140 million USD.
Looking back at a timeline, the contrast is even more obvious. Solana went from about 28 million in 2021 to 480 million in 2024; whereas Ethereum slid slowly from 510 million in 2021 to 142 million in 2024.
One goes up, one goes down, this kind of intersection makes it hard not to think further.
In discussions, everyone basically agrees that this indicates Solana has a temporary advantage in user adoption, on-chain activity, and DeFi usage frequency.
Community sentiment is quite enthusiastic, with many stating that it is already capable of handling the next round of normie onboarding (mass user entry), and even considering it the preferred choice among high-performance public chains.
In other words, it's not just about having good numbers on paper, but rather that more people are actually using it and engaging with it; this level of activity will in turn attract developers and funds toward it.
Aside from income, the Solana community has recently been discussing something new—a creator ETF. This means that influential researchers or bloggers select a basket of assets, such as SOL, BTC, ZEC, and create a tokenized ETF, open for fans to buy shares, with creators earning management fees based on the scale they manage.
There are posts quoting Akshay BD's statement, feeling that this is a more reliable evolutionary path for 'creator coins'—no longer relying solely on storytelling and hype, but instead establishing trust through verifiable investment portfolio performance.
For example, imagine a 'mert ETF' that includes SOL, BTC, ZEC, HYPE; when you buy shares, you are actually trying out his configuration level.
Falling into the mechanism, this ETF can use protocols like Symmetry.fi for share minting, portfolio transparency, on-chain settlement, essentially upgrading recommendations among friends into a fund that can be audited globally.
Community feedback is relatively positive, with some feeling that this is a natural extension of the creator economy within DeFi, while others see it as a new GTM (Go-To-Market) strategy.
There are still debates about cross-chain and asset coverage, but there is a strong consensus—Solana's low fees and high speed provide the perfect ground for such financial experiments.
You see, this series of messages is actually saying one thing: Solana not only outperformed Ethereum in terms of income, but is also using new methods to broaden its ecological boundaries.
For us crypto enthusiasts, it's not just about who has impressive data, but also about who can continuously create reasons for people to want to stick around.
Many people have experienced this feeling—when a bull market comes, everyone rushes in, but whether they can be retained depends on whether there are new scenarios and new ways to keep people engaged. What Solana is trying to do now is to make the reason for 'coming to play often' a reality. Understanding this makes it less likely for you to just be a spectator in the hotspots.
(Information sourced from community data and public discussions, only for logical clarification, does not constitute any investment advice.)$SOL
