A widely followed crypto analyst claims that holders of smart contract platform Solana (SOL) could suffer the same pain that Ethereum (ETH) traders have felt in previous cycles.
In a new interview on YouTube channel Crypto Banter, popular crypto trader Benjamin Cowen claims that Solana, along with Bitcoin (SOL/BTC), is printing the same patterns that ETH/BTC did years ago before stagnating.
“A lot of these altcoins follow this pattern, and I want to show you this really interesting pattern from Solana…
So far it follows the same pattern – look at ETH/BTC. It was a 90% drop followed by a 500% rally (and) right and after that 500% rally, ETH/BTC suffered this drop and that drop basically resulted in lower lows higher.
The lows were higher (and) everyone was calling for a turnaround. It suffered (another) decline, then there was one more rally before the merger, and then (it went down slowly until now). Think about this chart: 90% down, 500% up, higher lows, false ones, one last rally.
And then look at SOL/BTC, it’s the same thing, it’s identical.
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Cowen goes on to note that traders should not panic if Solana sees a significant decline, as there is a chance it will recover, just like ETH/BTC did. However, he notes that the SOL/BTC pair could also enter a long downtrend after its recovery.
“If it breaks down, that doesn’t mean it’s over. You might have a scenario where it repeats what ETH/BTC did where it breaks down (and) people might think that’s the end.
But it could very well reappear in 2025 – exactly what ETH/BTC did – and then start disappearing in 2026, so there’s a chance something like that could happen.
![](https://dailyhodl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SOLBTC.png)
SOL/BTC is trading at $0.0021 BTC ($216) while ETH/BTC is valued at $0.038 ($3,921).
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