Solana news is back in focus after the network recorded 962.4 million non-vote transactions in one week, the highest weekly total so far. The milestone comes as network activity keeps growing, while fresh attention is also turning to new projects building on the blockchain.
SOL has reached another milestone after recording 962,436,594 non-vote transactions in a single week. Data shared by Solana Daily showed it is the highest weekly total the network has recorded.
Unlike vote transactions used by validators, non-vote transactions come from normal activity on the blockchain. They include transfers, decentralized finance, games, and other applications used by people every day. Because of that, many people see them as a better picture of how busy a network really is.
Per the Solana news, the latest figures suggest that activity on the mainnet is still growing. Solana Daily said the network is seeing more applications, more users, and more transactions taking place on-chain.
Solana News: Transaction Count Blowout | Source: Solana Daily
The platform also shared more numbers that support that view. It said Solana now processes more than 100 million transactions every day. There are also more than 1,000 live applications running on the network, with millions of users taking part across different services.
Grayscale Research recently pointed to those numbers while describing Solana as “crypto’s financial bazaar.” The firm said the network has grown into one of the busiest places for blockchain activity because of the number of applications and users it supports.
The new transaction record adds another sign that people are still using the network in large numbers. While prices continue to change from day to day, activity on the blockchain has remained strong.
The growing activity is not only coming from existing applications. Based on many Solana news trends, other new projects are also beginning to attract attention.
One of them is Arcium (ARX), which recently completed its Token Generation Event. The project is focused on privacy. It allows applications to work with encrypted data without exposing the information behind it.
Dr. Martin Hiesboeck said some investors are looking beyond tokens that are popular for a short time. Instead, they are paying closer attention to projects building technology that could support more blockchain services in the future.
Solana (SOL) Ecosystem Outlook | Source: Dr Martin Hiesboeck
Arcium recently introduced Blackthorn, a project built around encrypted artificial intelligence. It is designed to give users secure access to open-weight AI models such as DeepSeek, Llama, and Mistral while running on Solana.
The project is still new, but it shows that developers are building tools that go beyond trading and token transfers. That is another part of the wider growth taking place across the network.
Alongside the latest network numbers, some traders are also looking at how the SOL price has performed in July over the past few years.
The data show that July has ended in positive territory every year since 2021. The network posted gains of 2.75% in 2021, 26.3% in 2022, 25.4% in 2023, 17.3% in 2024, 11.3% in 2025, and 2.03% so far in 2026.
Looking at those figures, one thing stands out. July has stayed positive each year, but the size of the gains has become smaller. The biggest increases came between 2022 and 2024. Since then, the monthly returns have been more modest.
It is worth noting that this does not mean the same pattern will continue this year. Market conditions can change quickly, and past results are never a guarantee of future performance.
Even so, the latest transaction record and steady growth in network activity are giving market participants fresh numbers to follow as Solana moves into another month.
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