Solana consolidates near $88 with institutional momentum building – here's the latest: • SOL trades at $88.05 (15 February 2026), up 4.36% daily but consolidating between $78-$89 • Firedancer Phase 2 and Alpenglow upgrade aim to slash transaction finality to ~150ms in early 2026 • Network nears $1B in tokenized real-world assets, reaching a record $873.3M in January 2026 • New Wrapped Bitcoin bridge using Hyperlane expands cross-chain liquidity between Ethereum and Solana • Native staking yield of ~7% and new borrowing against staked SOL attract institutional capital


