Solana network activity explodes past $1.1T in Q1, but SOL is yet to catch up

Whale-sized on-chain flows are rising too.

Written by Samyukhtha L KM

Reviewed by Saman Waris

Updated 02:00 EDT April 17, 2026

Solana network activity explodes past $1.1T in Q1, but SOL is yet to catch up

Solana [SOL] just posted its first-ever trillion-dollar quarter! The growth came with high usage, and it seems like the big players may be returning… even before the market has fully repriced SOL.

First-ever $1+ trillion network activity quarter

Solana’s total economic activity went up to $1.1 trillion in Q1 2026, according to Artemis data.

This is the network’s first-ever trillion-dollar quarter, proving accelerated usage. For context, Solana was handling roughly $600 billion in Q3 2025 and about $850 billion in Q4 2025.

This didn’t just happen overnight. The milestone was years in the making, with a quarter-on-quarter jump of nearly 29%.

Active addresses stay above 5 million

There’s more to this usage narrative.

Solana’s number of active addresses has remained consistently high, even when the price slowed down. According to Glassnode, active addresses at the time of writing were around 5.5 million to 5.8 million.

This is well above the 3-4 million range seen through much of late 2025.

What’s interesting is that this recovery in activity began earlier in the year, before any repricing took place. In fact, address activity briefly touched the 6.5-7 million zone earlier this quarter!

AMBCrypto previously reported that Solana also led all major blockchains in Q1 2026 by transaction count. The network processed a massive 25.3 billion transactions during the quarter.

This jump in economic activity is not isolated to wallet growth alone. More recently, the ecosystem also saw record PreStocks DEX volume of $28.65 million in a single day.

Transfer volumes spike to $75 billion

While daily transfers largely stayed between $5 and $15 billion through late 2025 and early 2026, the network recently saw a huge spike towards the $70-$75 billion range!

These numbers stand out. Despite price being in freefall, capital movement on-chain is picking up again. The actual demand hasn’t faded; there’s just a clear delay in it being reflected in token price.