What happened Top cryptocurrencies have been enjoying incredible bullish momentum recently, and Solana's (CRYPTO: SOL) SOL token is benefiting from the surge. The SOL token had climbed 5.8% over the past 24 hours as of 7:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, and was up 21% over the last seven days of trading. There doesn't appear to be any token-specific news driving the price of SOL higher, but the overall crypto market has been posting big gains this month. New blockchain applications and strong rallies for Bitcoin and Ethereum appear to be bolstering confidence in the overall space, and Solana's SOL token has hit a new lifetime high amid rising bullish sentiment for cryptocurrencies. Image source: Getty Images. So what Solana's SOL token has posted staggering gains across 2021's trading, and it stands as one of the best-performing names in the crypto space. Solana Price data by YCharts Solana's blockchain has been attracting attention as a platform for building decentralized finance applications, non-fungible tokens, and other services. With investors looking to cryptocurrencies as a potential safe haven amid threats from inflation and other potentially destabilizing market factors, SOL is benefiting from rising bullish sentiment for the broader crypto market. Now what Solana's SOL token now has a market capitalization of roughly $59.3 billion and ranks as the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The Solana blockchain offers potential utility for developers seeking a network that can support highly scalable applications and relatively fast transaction processing times, and it's possible that demand for these capabilities and increasing optimism surrounding cryptocurrencies will help to drive the SOL token price higher. However, investors should also keep the token's relatively high-risk profile in mind and understand that it will likely continue to see volatile pricing swings -- for better or worse. 10 stocks we like better than SolanaWhen our award-winning analyst team has a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Solana wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of October 20, 2021 Keith Noonan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source