Solana


Markets

SOL Drops 5% as FTX Estate Transfers Tokens to Binance, Kraken

The $30 million transfer takes the total SOL moved to exchanges to $102 million, the most out of any liquid asset, while the token's price is near the highest in a year.

Then-CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried and CEO of Solana Labs Anatoly Yakovenko (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana's Rally Marshalled by Buyers From Coinbase, Data Shows

SOL has gained over 50% in two weeks with buyers from Coinbase playing a major role in powering the cryptocurrency higher.

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Markets

Solana Is Down 15% Since Hitting a 14-Month High. Is the Rally Over?

The token is up more than four-fold in 2023 after starting the year at around $10.

Solana price on Nov. 2 (CoinDesk)

Finance

A Year After Sam Bankman-Fried's Downfall, Solana and Other FTX Holdings Are Flying High

The FTX founder's downfall began on Nov. 2, 2022 – a year ago Thursday – when CoinDesk published a big scoop. Jurors are poised to begin deliberating his fate on the anniversary of that story, at a time when the SOL tokens FTX owns just got $1 billion more valuable.

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Markets

Bitcoin Retakes $35K After FOMC as Solana's SOL Leads Sharp Altcoin Rally

The Federal Reserve pulled no surprises on Wednesay as it kept policy on hold but promised a continued focus on bringing inflation to heel.

BTC price today (CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Surges to 14-Month High; Sell Pressure Lingers as FTX Unstakes $67M Tokens

FTX-related wallets unstaked and transferred millions of tokens to exchanges, which could exert some selling pressure for the asset, one observer said.

SOL price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Funds See Largest Inflow in 15 Months, With Bitcoin, Solana Leading Rally: CoinShares

Ether-based funds continue to fall out of favor, with outflows for the year now totaling $125 million.

Crypto fund flows (CoinShares)

Videos

Crypto Assets Under Management Jump to Nearly $32B in October: CCData

The total assets under management (AUM) for digital products traded on exchanges and over the counter jumped 6.74% to $31.7 billion in October, the first monthly increase since July, according to CCData. Products tied to Solana's SOL token experienced the steepest AUM growth, adding 74.1% to $140 million. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Videos

Solana's Long-Term Outlook Is 'Positive,' Fundamentals Not Yet Reflected: Nansen Analyst

Bitcoin (BTC) isn’t the only cryptocurrency on a tear recently. Solana (SOL) has also risen over 70% in the last 30 days. Nansen Research analyst Aurelie Berthere breaks down the latest report on the Solana ecosystem, as its Total Value Locked (TVL) has nearly doubled since the beginning of the year.

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Markets

Sam Bankman-Fried Started Buying Solana's SOL at 20 Cents Using 'Alameda Profits,' He Says at His Trial

"I believed the funds came from Alameda’s operating profits" as well as third-party lenders, he testified Friday at his fraud and conspiracy trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried, left, in the pre-trial days with Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)