Solana climbed to a five-month high on Monday, drawing renewed attention to Layer 1 blockchains and signaling a potential shift in crypto market sentiment for altcoins.

Solana briefly touched $200 during early Asian trading, extending a 50% rally over the past month. It has since fallen below the $200 tag to $197, CoinGecko data shows.

The native token’s growing market strength, further reflected in its $1.5 billion uptick in open interest over the past three days, hints at a substantial influx of capital, according to some.

Solana traders appear to be preparing for a “turbulent month,” Sean Dawson, Head of Research at options trading platform Derive, told Decrypt. 

He pointed to a growing gap between the 30-day realized and implied volatilities as the primary reason. The implied volatility, which tracks the future expectations of options traders, has more than tripled from 4% to 14%. 

In other words, while recent price moves have been relatively muted, options markets are now pricing in a sharp uptick in volatility.



Traders are now paying more for bullish call options relative to bearish put options than they were a few days ago, according to some metrics like the 30-day skew.

Despite the prevailing short-term focus on Ethereum, where that digital asset has sparked a 60% rally in a month, Dawson projects a positive outlook for the broader Layer-1 landscape over the next six months. 

He anticipates L1s emerging as the "winner," citing developments like "Trump's big beautiful bill and GENIUS Act," along with aggressive institutional adoption of Ethereum.

Dawson expects Solana to be a significant beneficiary within that context,  due to its “high beta” and surging on-chain activity from the resurgence in “meme coin trading." 

Still, the long-term outlook and sustained bullish trajectory depend heavily on favorable macroeconomic conditions. 

Those include Thursday’s jobless report and the July 30 CPI print, which could offer clues on the U.S.’s fight with ongoing inflation.

Should labor market softness continue and inflation tick down, Dawson concludes, "risk assets like crypto could soar sooner than expected."

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