Sui Leaves Solana Crying in the Crypto Bathroom: $11.7M Inflows and Zero Chill

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  • Sui just inhaled $11.7M from institutions; Solana sputtered and lost $3.3M instead. 🙃
  • A plucky altcoin is stealing the spotlight—and maybe your dad’s retirement fund returns. 🫠

If you blinked last week, you probably missed Sui [SUI] pulling off its best Houdini impression—escaping crypto obscurity and materializing $11.7 million in inflows. Not bad for a coin whose name still sounds like a typo. Solana [SOL], meanwhile, was passing the collection plate backwards and managed $3.3 million in outflows, presumably to fund its therapy bills.

According to CoinShares’ weekly report (which, let’s face it, is basically the horoscopes for crypto bros), SUI scored more institutional love than SOL. It’s as if someone brought a puppy to a cat show and won Best in Show plus all the catnip.

Sui Flips SOL (Can Someone Please Check on Solana?)

Sui and Solana are rivals in the same way that two toddlers fight over who gets the last cookie—one usually cries, the other develops a God complex. But make no mistake: recent months have shone a not-so-subtle light on SUI’s newfound dominance on the price front. It’s basically the overachiever your parents compare you to at Thanksgiving.

Since last November, Sui has gained 177% against Solana—and because the universe loves cruelty, it added another 60% kick while SOL was still hunting for its pants. The cherry on this sundae: Sui’s price chart formed a “bullish flag,” financial jargon translating loosely to “strap in, something bonkers might happen.” If that flag is real (and not just a birthday streamer), SUI could jump another 35%, but only time, memes, and Twitter rants will tell.

Let’s pretend for a moment you want numbers. Solana still wins in daily active addresses, TVL, and DEX volumes—the crypto equivalent of “I was class president in high school!” But on a year-to-date basis, Sui is the kid with a sudden growth spurt: daily active addresses up 137% to 1.5 million, DEX volume up 140%, and the crowd going full Oprah: “You get a price pump! You get a price pump!” Solana saw its user count fall 24% and posted a DEX volume uptick so timid, even introverts rolled their eyes.

In case your portfolio likes suffering, consider this: the more people actually touch the network, the better the price dances. Based on this wild theory, Sui could keep outpacing SOL until Solana stages a comeback, grows a mustache, or releases a Netflix special titled “I Used to Be Somebody.”

Ali Martinez, a crypto analyst and professional crystal ball polisher, says Sui might stretch to its all-time high of $5.4. That’s a 34% jump from the current $4—assuming the universe doesn’t roll a 1 on the risk-on dice.

Meanwhile, analyst Kaleo—who probably has an NFT for every emotion—thinks Sui’s price action looks suspiciously like SOL’s own pre-puberty boom in 2020-2021. Could Sui reach a new ATH? Possibly. Will you FOMO in at the top? History says yes.

And because nothing says “this ride isn’t over” like a new integration, Sui was recently snuggled by the Phantom wallet—adding fuel, or at least lukewarm soup, to its speculative bonfire. That wallet partnership promises more DEX action, higher prices, and maybe, for a brief second, the illusion that we all know what we’re doing.

Sure, as always, macro headwinds could wipe the smile off Sui’s face, but for now, it seems the altcoin’s got enough weird catalysts to keep dancing above $5.4—unless a bear sneezes, the moon falls, or institutional money decides AI is sexier than blockchains. 🕺💸

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2025-05-13 14:56