After the big Breakpoint event in Abu Dhabi, this past week on Solana was pretty calm. The price of SOL stayed in the $125–$128 range, moving slightly down along with the rest of the crypto market. Nothing flashy happened price-wise, but the bigger picture still looks strong.

Solana was named the most popular blockchain of 2025 by CoinGecko, driven by heavy developer activity and total value locked staying above $35 billion. Most of the discussion this week focused on year-end reflections — people praising Solana’s speed, growing mobile ecosystem, and how it’s being used for real-world assets. Attention is already turning toward 2026 upgrades, including faster performance and long-term security improvements.

ICM.run ($ICM) Update

It was a quiet week for ICM.run in terms of price action. The token traded steadily between $0.003 and $0.006, with low volume and a market cap hovering around $6–10 million.

The main news came on the ecosystem side. ICM.run announced a new partner, Oxyde Labs ($OXY), who contributed roughly $3.1 million worth of tokens to the DAO treasury. The team also shared that more projects are currently being reviewed for incubation. They teased upcoming updates around staking and revenue sharing, where fees could start flowing back to holders in SOL or USDC. While there wasn’t much hype this week, the core ICM idea — simple on-chain funding for ideas, memes, and startups — remains intact.

Fairdotclub (fair.club)

fairdotclub is quickly becoming one of the more talked-about new projects in the ICM space. The easiest way to think about it is as an “AngelList for Solana.” Instead of pitching to VCs, users build a reputation score based on their wallet activity and social engagement, which helps unlock early access to better deals.

This week, ICM.run officially announced fairdotclub as its newest incubated project. The founder also presented the platform at a Dubai event called MetDhabi, where new features were shown off in a community session. Since then, interest has picked up fast — people have been sharing reputation scores (out of 3,000), passing around invite links, and participating in giveaways. For now, the platform is invite-only and focused on rewarding credibility rather than hype.

There was a space held and hosted alongside Studholmes and ICM.run founder Mercy, which was surprisingly educating and did a lot to explain what they are about. You can find it on their page.

Helius Orb Update

Helius, one of the main infrastructure teams on Solana, continues to get attention for Orb, its new blockchain explorer. Think of Orb as a smarter version of Solscan. It uses AI to explain transactions in plain English, shows activity heatmaps, lets users quickly search old transactions with a “time machine,” and includes tools for traders like spam filtering and fast analytics.

Orb launched earlier in the fall, but more people discovered and shared it this week as a cleaner, more user-friendly way to understand what’s actually happening on Solana.

Final Takeaway

Solana is ending the year in a strong position. Prices are quiet, but building hasn’t slowed down. New tools are improving the user experience, infrastructure is getting smarter, and the ecosystem continues to grow behind the scenes. It’s not an exciting trading week — but it’s a healthy one.