Solana, the blockchain platform, has experienced a notable surge in its cryptocurrency price, reaching $200 on August 13, 2025. Following this peak, Solana led all top 10 cryptocurrencies in 24-hour gains, reclaiming a value of $191 by August 17. In addition to its price performance, Solana achieved a new milestone in network throughput, recording a maximum transaction processing speed of 107,664 transactions per second (TPS) in a single block. This TPS rate significantly surpasses that of Ethereum by approximately 8,961 times and exceeds the combined throughput of all other blockchain networks. The achievement marks Solana as the first major blockchain to record over 100,000 TPS on its mainnet, highlighting its engineering capabilities and scalability potential.