A growing number of analysts are arguing that Solana (SOL) should no longer be viewed simply as a high-performance blockchain, but as a full-scale economic system. The latest voice to make that case is Michael, Interim CEO of SOL Strategies, who outlined why the traditional concept of “an economy” is shifting toward blockchain-based, always-on digital ecosystems.
A New Definition of What an Economy Is
For most of modern history, economies have been tied to geography: nations, cities, or political unions. They are measured using metrics like GDP, trade balances, inflation, household income, and debt. But as global on-chain finance accelerates, that definition is becoming outdated.
Michael argues that blockchain environments now function as self-contained, borderless economies that operate 24/7 across every timezone. These new digital economies are not constrained by national borders, currency zones, or legislative jurisdictions. Instead, they are bound together by the networks and infrastructure that power them.
Why Solana Stands Out
Among major blockchain ecosystems, Solana is gaining attention for growth, diversity of applications, and real user activity. According to Michael, Solana demonstrates attributes typically associated with thriving economies:
- Low cost of business formation – Developers and startups can build cheaply and deploy globally.
- Deep liquidity and tight spreads – Its trading environment and stablecoin growth rival early DeFi ecosystems.
- High throughput and scalability – Solana supports consumer applications at internet scale.
- Rapidly expanding DeFi and stablecoin supply – Indicators of real economic activity.
- Decentralization and censorship resistance – Features necessary for an open financial ecosystem.
- New capital-market primitives – Solana is introducing structures for tokenized assets, lending models, and programmable financial instruments.
Michael compares Solana’s opportunity set to what made the United States one of the world’s largest economic powerhouses, access, liquidity, capital, innovation, and freedom. In his view, Solana embodies these same characteristics in a digital environment.
Global, Non-Stop Economic Activity
Because blockchains operate simultaneously in every country, Singapore, São Paulo, New York, and beyond, Michael believes our understanding of labour, production, markets, and trade must evolve. These systems do not sleep, and their economic output is no longer tied to physical borders.
This shift means economic value is increasingly created in decentralized environments, with Solana emerging as one of the strongest hubs of on-chain activity.
The Future: The Solana Economy
The thesis is simple: Solana is no longer just infrastructure. It is an economy, one that is expanding faster than many legacy regions and onboarding new users, developers, and capital at accelerating speed.
If this view continues to gain traction, measuring Solana may eventually involve economic metrics similar to those used for nation-states, only adapted for the blockchain era.
