Solana’s long-term investment potential in 2025 is driven by its ability to support Web3 applications, with 500 million NFT mints and a growing gaming sector. Its Pipeline transaction processing and 400ms block times provide a competitive edge over slower chains like Cardano. However, risks include potential exploits in its complex codebase and competition from zk-rollup chains like zkSync. Investors might adopt a dollar-cost averaging strategy for SOL to build positions, participate in Solana’s liquid staking protocols, or diversify into emerging L1s to balance risks from Solana’s high-beta profile.