{"id":53638,"date":"2021-11-26T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53638"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:10:26","slug":"sam-bankman-fried-solana-has-every-chance-of-becoming-the-next-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/sam-bankman-fried-solana-has-every-chance-of-becoming-the-next-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried: Solana Has Every Chance of Becoming the Next Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to its scalability, Solana could not only become a leading blockchain protocol but also turn into the next Ethereum or Bitcoin. This was stated by Sam Bankman-Fried, head of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, in an interview with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.kitco.com\/news\/video\/show\/Market-Analysis\/3748\/2021-11-25\/Could-this-be-the-next-Bitcoin-FTX-founder-Sam-Bankman-Fried-on-massive-adoption#_48_INSTANCE_puYLh9Vd66QY_=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitco.com%2Fnews%2Fvideo%2Flatest%3Fshow%3DMarket-Analysis\\\">Kitco News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m optimistic about Solana. It has every chance to do this, which I think is very interesting,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bankman-Fried also noted the Avalanche blockchain, whose native token last week <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/avalanche-hits-all-time-high-above-110\">hit an all-time high<\/a>. He stressed that these are not the only projects capable of surpassing the perennial leaders in the digital-asset market cap.<\/p>\n<p>According to the head of FTX, over the next two years he expects to see &#8220;significant institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies.&#8221; In particular, ETH could gain broad uptake among this class of investors, even if the underlying cryptocurrency protocol does not achieve significant success.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried did not rule out a new crypto winter, but noted that successful projects would not disappear even in conditions similar to 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;The best survive are projects with a large base of truly loyal supporters and meaningful use cases. I think hype-driven projects often suffer the most,&#8221; explained the head of FTX.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also touched on the Squid Game project (SQUID), whose investors <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/analysts-quantify-investors-losses-from-the-squid-game-token\">lost more than $19 million<\/a>. In October, the SQUID price <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/squid-game-inspired-token-released-price-up-almost-300-in-24-hours\">surged rapidly<\/a> in a short period, reaching $2,856 at one point, and in early November <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/squid-game-inspired-token-plunges-from-2856-to-near-zero-in-minutes\">plunged sharply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Bankman-Fried&#8217;s view, such dubious projects will always exist in the market. He highlighted two \u201cred flags\u201d that should have warned investors against impulsive bets: the absence of a direct link to Netflix and the anonymity of the creators.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Stripe cofounder and president John Collison said that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/solana-and-the-lightning-network-draw-stripe-co-founders-attention\">his attention was drawn to Solana and the Lightning Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to its scalability, Solana could become not only a leading blockchain protocol but also the next Ethereum or Bitcoin. 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