Messari: Solana Q2 Revenue Down 15% YoY, Verifier Count Down 21.1% YoY

Messari released its Solana Q2 2023 report, which showed that Solana revenue (total transaction fees paid in SOLs) was down 15 percent sequentially, verifier counts were down 21.1 percent sequentially, TVLs in USD were up 3.8 percent sequentially, NFT secondary sales in USD were down 41.5 percent sequentially, and independent buyers still outnumbered independent sellers, with approximately 539,000 buyers and 524,000 sellers. Independent buyers still outnumbered independent sellers, totaling approximately 539,000 buyers and 524,000 sellers. 

In addition, as of June 1, the total number of Solana web developers fell to 1,475 from more than 2,000 in 2022.