Perplexity AI Targets $220–$400 for SOL in 6 Months as Visa, PayPal, and Stripe Run Live on Solana!

Perplexity AI has published a 6-month Solana price forecast anchored on live adoption rather than projected metrics: a base case of $220–$250 by November 2026, a bull case of $300–$400 if broader crypto sentiment holds, and a bear case floor of $150–$170 — which, from SOL's current price of $84.54, still represents meaningful upside. The model's core argument is that Visa, PayPal, and Stripe are not piloting Solana — they are running live payment infrastructure on it, making institutional legitimacy a present fact rather than a future catalyst.

Bitwise is projecting $3.5–$4.5 billion in spot SOL ETF inflows in 2026 alone, capital that must buy SOL to function. Solana already carries twice Ethereum's daily active users, a data point that rarely enters price discussions but fundamentally reshapes the demand argument. The combination of live payment rails from the three largest processors…