It is possible to earn a yield from staking Solana. This is because the Solana network uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, which helps ensure the blockchain's security.
Most institutional investors who have a crypto allocation are concentrated in bitcoin, and increasingly in ether. Polkadot offers an alternative layer-1 decentralised software platform, with different technical features to Ethereum.
Some investors think that there is likely to be a next phase of the internet (sometimes termed Web3) and that blockchain networks like Polkadot will form part of this evolution. If Polkadot remains one of the main contenders in this internet evolution, and its promise of facilitating ecosystem interoperability is realised, its coin value should ultimately be tied to the success of this platform and the ecosystem built on it.
The future of the internet
Diversifying crypto allocation