Scaling on-chain: Can Solana and Revolut beat Ethereum in 2026?
The post Scaling on-chain: Can Solana and Revolut beat Ethereum in 2026? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Beyond institutionalizing crypto assets, 2025 has shaped up to be a bullish year for bringing blockchain use-cases into the mainstream. Think integration into the payments market or partnerships with financial firms. No surprise that L1s are racing to grab adoption. Developer activity has jumped this year, too. On-chain metrics show total monthly active developers at 30,000, with a double-digit increase in full-time devs. Among the top chains, Ethereum [ETH] leads with 3,778 full-time devs, while Solana [SOL] ranks second with 1,276. That said, with ETH’s Fusaka upgrade making headlines, SOL isn’t exactly standing still either. Revolut partnership highlights Solana’s real-world use case The payments market has been the hotspot for use-cases this year. Take Ripple [XRP], for example. It’s been signing big partnerships with firms, promising near-instant transactions. With McKinsey projecting this sector to hit $3 trillion by 2029, these moves make perfect sense. Consequently, more L1s are now jumping into the space, with DeFi becoming a meaningful revenue engine. Solana is no exception. Its recent partnership with Revolut has pushed it into the payments ecosystem. Source: X For context, Revolut is Europe’s leading neobank, with over 65 million users and 15 million crypto accounts. By integrating with Solana, Revolut users can now move crypto more cost-effectively across SOL rails. From a strategic standpoint, this move highlights Solana’s “real” use case in banking, showing off its on-chain strengths: High throughput, low fees, high TPS, and larger block limits. However, the timing is interesting too. It’s been less than 48 hours since Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade went live. In this context, is the Solana–Revolut partnership really just a coincidence? Solana widens its usage lead as Ethereum levels up Ethereum upgrades have historically boosted its on-chain usability. The post-Pectra rally showed up both in price action and on-chain activity. Notably, we’re seeing a…
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