The Keycat on the Base chain currently has a market capitalization of 12 million, while the creator is actively promoting the Solana ecosystem version, which has a current market cap of only 200,000. Interestingly, the creator version has already started charging fees. The comparison of these cross-chain strategies may reveal many points of interest. The differences in project ecosystems on the two chains are indeed worth noting — one side features a mature Base infrastructure, while the other boasts a high-speed Solana ecosystem. The creator's bets on both paths can reveal a lot.

Major international brokerages recently added a 24/7 USDC stablecoin deposit feature on the Solana network, allowing retail investors to directly transfer USDC from the Solana chain into their stock accounts. What does this operation mean? I compared it with other brokerage apps I have, which indeed support buying and selling 16 cryptocurrencies, but for deposits, they still only accept fiat currency and cannot directly transfer crypto assets for now. In comparison, this brokerage's new move clearly advances faster. The convenience of stablecoins is indeed improving—no more complicated currency exchange processes, just on-chain settlement directly. From retail investors to institutions, the wave of financial infrastructure iteration at the start of 2026 looks quite powerful. As a high-speed blockchain, Solana's advantages in supporting such applications are becoming increasingly evident, and similar convenient measures may continue to be implemented in the future.

The on-chain activity of SOL has clearly rebounded. Gas fees have surged from 1M to 32M, which is an intuitive signal of a significant increase in ecosystem activity. The TPS advantage of the Solana network is particularly prominent at this time—low transaction fees combined with high concurrency capabilities have attracted a large number of users to return. From the Gas consumption curve, the interaction frequency of ecological applications is accelerating; whether it is DEX trading or NFT minting, there are obvious signs of recovery. Whether this wave of heat can be sustained remains to be seen in subsequent ecosystem developments.