🚨 CRYPTO: SOLANA DEX VOLUMES STABILIZE POST-MEMECOIN FADE AS ALPENGLOW UPGRADE APPROACHESDEX volume hit $71.5B over the past 30 days, up 10% week-over-week. Daily volume at $2.69B. The memecoin mania is gone but the infrastructure usage isn't.Memecoin share of DEX activity has dropped below 20%. Stablecoins, DeFi, and utility trades are filling the gap. Stablecoin liquidity near ATH at $15.35B.Next catalyst: Alpenglow (SIMD-0326), the biggest consensus overhaul in Solana's history. Cuts transaction finality ...

Solana Network Performance - Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is expected in early 2026, targeting 100ms finality [1] - This finality is projected to be 120x faster than Ethereum's 12-second blocks [1] DeFi Implications - Phoenix and Drift can potentially operate order books with latency comparable to centralized exchanges (CEX) [1] - Solana aims to eliminate the need for separate CEX and DEX strategies for market makers [1] - DeFi protocols designed for 400ms latency could experience a 4x speed improvement [1]