Top Contender in Today’s Crypto Market: Sui, SEI, or Solana (SOL)?
The crypto market has experienced a significant recent decline, with altcoins losing value, yet key blockchain projects like Sui, Sei, and Solana show promise for the future of Web3. Sui boasts strong developer growth, expanded real-world financial integration through partnerships, and a DeFi ecosystem with over $2 billion in TVL, despite some decentralization concerns. Sei focuses on speed, achieving transaction finalization in 400 milliseconds and targeting institutional partnerships while planning upgrades to support 200,000 transactions per second. Solana has regained momentum post-FTX collapse, attracting institutional interest through ETFs and retail users with high-speed, low-cost transactions despite ongoing network reliability issues. Altcoin Buzz concludes no single blockchain will dominate Web3, as each offers unique strengths: Sui develops its ecosystem, Sei emphasizes speed and institutions, and Solana works on global adoption.
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The crypto market has seen a sharp decline recently, with many altcoins losing value. However, several strong blockchain projects continue to stand out. In a recent analysis, Altcoin Buzz host Maddie compared three promising networks: Sui, Sei, and Solana—each aiming to lead the next phase of Web3.
Sui: Growing Developer Base and Key Partnerships
Sui has shown resilience despite weak market conditions. According to data from Electric Capital, it ranks among the top five blockchains for new developer growth in 2025. Its daily active users have tripled those of Ethereum, indicating strong adoption.
Key highlights of Sui's progress:
- Partnered with Figure Markets to launch YLDS, an SEC-registered yield-bearing stablecoin.
- Integrated Athena’s USDₑ and BlackRock’s USDI, bridging decentralized and traditional finance.
Sui's DeFi ecosystem remains active with over $2 billion in total value locked (TVL) and record trading volumes in October 2025. Yet, much of its activity stems from a few validators, raising concerns about decentralization.
Despite these developments, SUI trades at $2.0, with a daily gain of only 0.4%, while suffering weekly and monthly losses of 19% and 44%, respectively.
Sei Network: Speed and Institutional Focus
The Sei Network is becoming known as one of the fastest blockchains, boasting a “twin-turbo” consensus that finalizes transactions in about 400 milliseconds, even outperforming Solana in some cases. The network maintains 13 million monthly active addresses and $10 billion in DEX trading volume over the past year.
Sei has also attracted major institutional players like Nomura’s Laser Digital, Apollo Global Management, and BlackRock, particularly in its efforts to tokenize real-world assets (RWA). An upcoming “Giga Upgrade” aims to achieve 200,000 transactions per second, though it is still in development.
While liquidity efficiency is a strong point, Sei’s ecosystem is still smaller compared to Solana. The recent listing on Robinhood could enhance retail participation.
SEI is trading at $0.1612, reflecting a 3.5% increase in the past day and reducing its weekly loss to 17.2%, though it suffered a 44% loss over the past month.
Solana: Expanding Institutional and Retail Reach
After struggling during the FTX collapse, Solana has regained momentum. Institutional interest has surged with the launch of Bitwise and Grayscale’s Solana ETFs. Additionally, Western Union adopted Solana for cross-border payments, deploying its USDPT stablecoin in 150 countries.
Solana remains one of the fastest blockchains, processing over 65,000 transactions per second with fees as low as a fraction of a cent. Popular DeFi platforms like Jupiter and MarginFi help maintain strong retail activity. However, network outages and centralization concerns persist.
Despite its innovations, the network’s monthly performance is hampered by a 33% downtime. On a weekly basis, Solana incurred a 20.7% loss, trading at $155.
Multichain Future for Web3
Altcoin Buzz emphasizes that no single blockchain will dominate the next wave of Web3 innovation. Instead, each project brings its unique advantages:
- Sui focuses on developer growth and real-world financial integration.
- Sei prioritizes speed and partnerships with major institutions.
- Solana combines global adoption with low-cost, high-speed infrastructure.
Related: Crypto ETF flows show divergence as Solana gains, while Bitcoin and Ethereum face redemptions.
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