Coinbase Wallet adds support for Solana
Coinbase has added wallet support for SOL and Solana-based tokens, and has outlined that it will look to support NFTs and dApps on the blockchain in the future too. Top U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has added wallet support for Solana (SOL) and its ecosystem of Solana tokens (SPL).
Coinbase cited the surging interest in Solana over the past 12 months as investors look for low-cost alternatives to Ethereum as a key reason behind adding support to the network.
The expanded wallet support comes just a few days after the firm launched Coinbase Pay, which enables users to fund their wallets directly via a web browser extension. In a March 18 blog post announcing the move, the firm also loosely outlined plans to “further integrate” with Solana by connecting the Coinbase Wallet with decentralized applications (dApps) and NFTs hosted on the network, which is famously championed by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Users of Solana-based wallets such as Phantom and Solflare can now import their existing wallets into the Coinbase Wallet via a desktop browser extension as well.
Following the addition of the Solana network, the Coinbase Wallet now supports Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, BNB Chain, Bitcoin, Dogecoin Litecoin, Stellar Lumens and the Ripple network. Coinbase said: “Many users have been looking for networks that are optimized for scale, offering low-cost transactions and fast transaction times. One of the fastest-growing blockchains over the past year has been Solana."
According to data from Defi Llama, the Solana blockchain is currently ranked fifth in terms of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols at $6.94 billion. NFT data aggregator CryptoSlam ranked it as the second-highest blockchain for secondary sales volume last month at $156.28 million.
Much like the majority of the crypto market which has had a torrid performance this year, the price of SOL is down 18% over the past 30 days to sit at $85.90 at the time of writing. In the short term, Cointelegraph's Rakesh Upadhyay has identified a bullish target of $122 for SOL if the price breaks above the 20 day moving average of $86, or the bearish figure of $66 if the market fails to support and hold above that zone.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 69.6% | 54 | $28 068.88 | 1.33% | 7.74% | $542 479 232 239 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 79.6% | 39 | $1 796.91 | 2.35% | 4.75% | $219 895 368 505 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 93.6% | 1 | $1.001141 | -0.09% | -0.12% | $78 575 681 204 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 74.4% | 51 | $323.51 | -0.44% | -2.98% | $51 078 681 358 |  |
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| 5 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 91.6% | 2 | $0.999580 | 0.05% | -0.01% | $34 405 741 418 |  |
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| 6 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 84.4% | 21 | $0.427684 | -3.54% | 15.97% | $21 790 915 468 |  |
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| 7 |  HEX |
HEX predictions | 62% | 82 | $0.105273 | -13.59% | 20.81% | $18 255 461 602 |  |
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| 8 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 78.4% | 44 | $0.362363 | -2.84% | 8.30% | $12 581 690 970 |  |
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| 9 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 94.8% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 10 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 75.2% | 51 | $0.075582 | 0.44% | 1.34% | $10 027 482 654 |  |
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| 11 |  MATIC |
Polygon predictions | 76% | 47 | $1.12 | -0.15% | -5.20% | $9 805 540 362 |  |
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| 12 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 70.4% | 52 | $21.64 | -0.45% | 7.94% | $8 303 091 244 |  |
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| 13 |  BUSD |
Binance USD predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.999779 | 0.02% | -0.10% | $8 062 237 832 |  |
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| 14 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 75.6% | 49 | $6.21 | 0.24% | -1.17% | $7 268 180 249 |  |
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| 15 |  LTC |
Litecoin predictions | 73.2% | 59 | $92.99 | 5.58% | 13.69% | $6 746 412 901 |  |
