Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade is approaching a September 28 activation target after public-testnet preparation led by Anza, while SOL traded at $116.87 following a 21% weekly rally. The token remained 44% below its level a year earlier and would need to rise 152% to revisit its $295 January 2025 peak, when memecoin trading drove daily network fees to $33 million. Daily fees have since fallen to about $1 million. U.S.-listed spot Solana ETFs recorded $28.87 million of net inflows on September 22, lifting cumulative inflows to $1.47 billion and aggregate net assets to $1.77 billion. Alpenglow's Votor voting system targets finality of roughly 150 milliseconds, though validators and infrastructure providers must complete testing before a confirmed main-network launch.