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Sol futures are more popular than previously as a US inflation report that looms

The crypto market is declining today, the sign of the risk of avoiding the forefront of Core PCE inflation data, which may influence the Federal Reserve path to interest rates.
The CoinDesk 20 index, a scale of the broad market, dropped 3.6% in the past 24 hours, with all but one member lower at the time.
According to analysts in Bitunix, a warmer-than-anticipated figure could prompt the Fed to adopt an at-finished stance following the expected cutting rate at the September meeting.
“For BTC, watch if $ 114.5K supports support, or if a retest of $ 107.6K support confirms the market stability,” the exchange of CoinDesk said in an email.
Derivatives positioning
- Open interest (Hey) In futures tied to the top 20 coins, excluding Sol, it has dropped in the past 24 hours, indicating widely based on capital flows.
- Sol’s open interest, however, hit a record of 63.84 million, along with a token price rally at $ 217, a level last seen in February.
- Eight-hour funding rates for Ether, Tron and BNB flip slightly negatively, indicating a bias for bearish bets at a fall on prices. Funding rates for other major tokens are stable around zero, indicating neutral emotion.
- The OI in CME Bitcoin futures has slipped to 135.72K BTC, the lowest since April, while Ether Oi has remained elevated to record highs near 2.10 million eth. The difference is suggesting an ongoing preference to investors for ETH at BTC.
- In the derivit, the downside bias on the BTC options strengthened all the tenors, with the trade in a five volatility premium to call the front end. ETH options show identical dynamics, marking a move from bullish position early this week.
- In the paradigm, block flows featured in sale and placement of cycling techniques on BTC and ETH. Market manufacturer Wintermute has taught calling scattered calls to BTC expiry options of December.
Token talk
- Solana (Sol) Posted a 44% collapse on the second-quarter application revenue, slipping to $ 576.4 million from $ 1 billion in the first quarter despite expanding its defi sector, Messari said.
- The fall reflects the weaker profitability of major decentralized apps. Pump.Fun (Pump) It still led $ 156.9 million, but it still dropped by 44% while cooled by Memecoin Frenzy.
- Axiom is the more severe, covering 641% to $ 126.6 million, showing how fast the specific protocol can break the ecosystem’s broader weakness. Jupiter Earn $ 66.4 million (–16%)while PHANTOM and Photon is that -This in denial of 65% and 72%, respectively.
- Despite the income losses, Defi TVL in Solana has risen 30% to $ 8.6 billion in the quarter and since the crossed $ 11 billion, cement the chain as the largest Defi network behind the Ethereum.
- Fireplace finance DROVE TVL Growth, up to 34% to $ 2.1 billion after introducing Kamino Lend V2, which attracts $ 200 million to deposits and $ 80 million in loans in three weeks. Kamino now controls 25% of Solana’s market sharing.
- Raydium Presents a powerful return, rising 54% to $ 1.8 billion on TVL, reclaiming second place from Jupiter. It now mandates 21% share compared to Jupiter’s 19%.
- The trading activity, however, told a different story: DEX’s average day -to -day -day -to -45% to $ 2.5 billion, reflecting a memecoin momentum fermentum that has been fueling the records of the previous quarter.