Solana's marketing capabilities are indeed well-developed. A comparison of recent data reveals the clues.

On January 14th, Starknet's on-chain activity was actually quite low—only single-digit daily active users, with just over a dozen transactions per day. Such data, when viewed across the entire ecosystem, can be considered quite quiet. But their market cap was already starting at 1 billion USD, and the fully diluted valuation reached as high as 15 billion. Honestly, this kind of gap is quite outrageous.

The turnaround came quite quickly. By January 16th, Solana officially announced a move—launching the $STRK token through a certain DEX technology. The timing was very tight, indicating they were well-prepared. Some speculate that Solana might be secretly researching similar technical solutions, aiming to overtake competitors in a sudden move. Regardless, this wave of marketing combined with product strategy is definitely worth paying attention to.