Solana DEX volumes top major CEXs for 9th week, trailing only Binance

Solana's decentralized exchanges ranked second only to Binance in weekly spot volume for a ninth consecutive week, surpassing Bybit, Coinbase and Kraken, according to @SolanaFloor.

Fee data from DefiLlama confirms the surge reflects genuine on-chain demand rather than speculative churn. Orca DEX fees climbed 429 percent over seven days and 1,131 percent over 30 days, while Raydium AMM fees rose 140 percent weekly and 469 percent monthly.

BisonFi posted a 96 percent weekly gain and 479 percent monthly gain in fees, and PumpSwap was up 86 percent weekly despite a small daily dip. The activity has yet to produce a decisive price breakout: SOL closed at $102.41 on Aug. 25 with a daily RSI of 88.12, deep in overbought territory, and a close above the upper Bollinger Band at $100.77.

The sustained on-chain volume strengthens Solana's case with institutional allocators. Reports of inflows into Solana-based ETFs and the integration of leveraged markets into Solana's mobile wallet could feed demand, though prediction markets price only a 1 percent chance SOL reaches $160 in August. The daily pivot at $101.35 and resistance at $104.14 will determine whether the trend extends or mean-reversion wins.

DEX Fees Signal Real Demand

The fee growth spans the ecosystem. Orca, a concentrated-liquidity DEX on Solana, and Raydium, the network's largest automated market maker, both posted triple-digit monthly gains. BisonFi and PumpSwap, the token-launch venue tied to Pump.fun, round out a picture of broad-based activity rather than a single protocol spike.

Overbought Signals Meet Bullish Structure

The daily chart shows a textbook uptrend — the 20-period EMA at $85.25 sits above the 50-period at $80.15, and price trades well above both — but the RSI at 88.12 and a close outside the upper Bollinger Band argue a cooling-off period is overdue. The 15-minute ATR has compressed to $0.84 against a daily ATR of $4.60, a setup that often precedes a sharp move in either direction.

For Solana, the divergence between surging on-chain activity and a stretched price chart is the central tension. If buyers defend the daily pivot at $101.35 and push through $104.14, the trend likely extends. A close below $99.62 would suggest the overbought signals finally won. With the Fear & Greed Index at 74 and total crypto market cap at $2.73 trillion, risk appetite remains strong across the market, but SOL's 2.18 percent share of total market cap leaves room for either outcome.

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