Solana Could Reach $250 with Alpenglow Upgrade
Date: 2025-09-03 Author: Oliver Abernathy Categories: CRYPTO PAYMENTS
MEXC Research Principal Analyst Sean Yang said that Solana could rise to $215 in September and reach $250 by the end of the year in the coming months, barring major headwinds. He said this forecast is based on two key factors: limited supply through staking and growing interest from institutional participants.
The Alpenglow upgrade is designed to reduce transaction finality times from over 12 seconds to just 150 milliseconds. According to Staking Facilities, the proposed SIMD-0326 protocol has already received support from over 99% of validators. This change should speed up the network by a hundred times and set a new standard for decentralized infrastructure.
Young noted that more than $1.7 billion in Solana has already been placed in corporate treasuries, demonstrating a shift from speculative investing to strategic accumulation. He added that even possible delays from the SEC in considering ETF applications will not affect the long-term forecast, but will only shift the timing of plans. The SEC, by the way, postponed consideration of Solana-based crypto ETF applications from 21Shares and Bitwise until October 16.
According to the analyst, the Alpenglow update will allow Solana to compete not only with other L1 blockchains, but also to exceed the standard response time of web search, which makes the network attractive for high-frequency applications, payments, and large-scale DeFi infrastructure.
On the Myriad platform, users estimate the probability of Solana reaching $250 at 63%. Young emphasized that the integration of coins into corporate treasuries turns the asset into a sustainable instrument, and not just an object of cyclical trading.
Some major companies are already planning to invest in Solana to form reserves: Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto, and Multicoin Capital are ready to allocate $1 billion, Pantera Capital expects to raise $1.25 billion to create a Solana Co structure, and Sharps Technology intends to invest $400 million.
Thus, the Alpenglow update makes Solana not only a faster and more technologically advanced blockchain, but also a strategic asset for large institutional players, which can stimulate significant price growth in the coming months.
