Ethereum
Solana breaks $140 as Western Union's stablecoin bet keeps paying off
Solana just cleared $140 for the first time in nearly a year, and the clearest reason is a 170-year-old money-transfer company that picked it over Ethereum. Solana climbed roughly 3.2% this week to break above that level, which it hadn't touched since December 2025. The move isn't happening in a vacuum. Real-world assets issued on Solana crossed $1 billion for the first time this week, and weekly transaction volume hit its highest mark in four months, according to on-chain data tracked by Cointelegraph and other outlets. Traders are connecting the dots to Western Union, which chose Solana as the settlement...
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