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Crypto traders are talking about SOL price falling due to the risk of FTX selling its $1.16 billion Solana stake. Are they over-exaggerating? For a long time, Solana (SOL) has been associated with the founder of now insolvent crypto exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research, Sam Bankman Fried. He was an early investor in the project and invested in numerous Solana ecosystem projects during the 2020-2021 bull mania. So when FTX collapsed toward the end of 2022, Solana and other “Sam coins” plummeted significantly, falling to lows of $9.89 — down 96.3% from the peak of $259.96. Since the start of 2023, Solana’s price staged a recovery to gain 175% to reach a peak of $27.37 as the ecosystem also witnessed growth. However, more recently, SOL came under tremendous selling pressure after the Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved the sale of FTX’s digital assets, which includes 55.75 million SOL worth $1.062 million. However, the unlock schedule of FTX’s holdings and derivative market posit...

SOL price rallied to a year-to-date high above $30, but Solana’s struggle with increasing its user stats call the current bullish momentum into question. Solana (SOL) price briefly surged to a new year-to-date peak on June 14 after Ripple’s partial win against the U.S. Securities Exchange and Commission in the case contesting XRP’s position as a security.  The token recorded gains of 48.09%, reaching a peak of $32.40 as news of the court ruling spread, before retracing below the $30.00 level. The positive gains following the verdict not only eliminated the losses from June 2023 when the SEC considered SOL a security in its lawsuit against Binance and Coinbase, but also reclaimed levels not seen since the FTX collapse in November 2022. However, the network's usage and market charts suggest that a long-term bullish price trend is unlikely, with the $30 level forming a crucial resistance level. Solana ecosystem growth stalls The total fees paid on Solana are still ranging below Q3 ...

Cryptocurrencies continue to thrive, despite the wobbly macro-environment. However, institutions have not yet joined the celebrations. Last week, Watcher Guru reported that digital asset investment products noted outflows for the fifth consecutive week, totaling $255 million. The same equated to the largest single weekly outflows on record, representing 1% of total assets under management. Well, the same outflow tale has been renewed at the moment. According to the latest data from CoinShares, institutions continue to ditch Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, they are collectively betting on Altcoins like XRP, Solana , Litecoin, and MATIC instead. As illustrated below, roughly $113 million worth of Bitcoin and $13 million worth of Ethereum have been sent out by institutions over the past week. On the other hand, they added Litecoin, Solana, Polygon, and XRP worth $1 million in aggregate. Source: CoinShares Also Read: Bitcoin Could Reach $100,000 Within 12 Months: Messari Fo...

Despite the latest FTX-related crisis, Solana still has what it takes to win the layer-1 race, according to the head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, Austin Federa. About two months after the FTX collapse, the Solana network is stronger than ever, according to Austin Federa, head of strategy and communications at the Solana Foundation.  Federa defines the recent SOL token price crash as a short-term market reaction to the perceived connection between Solana and the defunct crypto exchange FTX. While FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was invested in many Solana-based projects, Federa pointed out he didn’t have any influence on the network’s operations and fundamentals.  “The external perception was that there was a very close relationship between the Solana network and FTX, which wasn’t the case,” Federa explained in a recent interview with Cointelegraph.  According to a recent report by Electric Capital, the Solana network has been experiencing a record inflow of Developers contrib...