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Daily Solana market news, on-chain data and analysis from the SOLTRACER desk.
Bitcoin Tests $80K, and Solana Has Little Cushion Below $100
BTC is sitting on $80K, and SOL moves about 1.24 times as much. Longs were flushed below $100 Saturday, ETFs keep bleeding and the Fed is next.
Bitcoin’s $80K Line Puts SOL’s $100 Floor at Risk
SOL moves about 1.2 times as much as BTC, and past breaks below $80K hit it hard. Here’s what a break could mean, with ETF outflows and the Fed ahead.
Weekly Wrap: Alpenglow Ships and Wall Street Moves In as SOL Holds $100
Solana shipped Alpenglow and J.P. Morgan, Securitize, Grayscale and German savings banks moved in, but SOL ended the week down 2.1% near $104 as macro fears hit.
Wall Street Moves In as SOL Holds the $100 Line
J.P. Morgan's tokenized money market funds went live on Solana as the wider market turned cautious. SOL holds just above $100 with sentiment back to neutral.
Alpenglow Goes Live as SOL Slips Toward $100
Alpenglow, Solana’s biggest consensus change since 2020, went live this week, but SOL has slipped toward $100 and the price hasn’t caught up with the tech yet. Here’s the SOLTRACER market wrap.
Solana Halves Its Block Time as SOL Cools
Solana finishes its push to 200ms blocks while SOL pulls back 7.5% on the week. Plus a record September. SOLTRACER wrap, October 9, 2026.
Alpenglow Hits Both Test Networks as ETFs Set a Record
Alpenglow activates on testnet and devnet, SOL ETFs post a record day and the SEC clears tokenized stocks. SOL at $122. SOLTRACER, Sept 26.
Bigger Transactions Go Live as SOL Holds $100
Solana's v1 transactions lift the size limit to 4,096 bytes, opening room for ZK proofs and multisigs. SOL holds $100+. SOLTRACER, Sept 15.
Disinflation Vote Passes by a Hair as SOL Clears $100
Solana's first binding vote doubles disinflation, ETF inflows hit records and SOL jumps 48% in 30 days. SOLTRACER wrap, August 28, 2026.
Western Union Arrives and the Tokenomics Vote Nears
Western Union launches its USDPT Stablecard on Solana as tokenomics proposals head to a binding vote. SOLTRACER wrap, August 12, 2026.
Solana Blocks Get 66% Bigger
Solana activates 100M compute-unit blocks, a 66% capacity jump, and enforces BLS keys ahead of Alpenglow. SOLTRACER wrap, July 29, 2026.
SBI Picks Solana and x402 Becomes an Open Standard
SBI shifts its blockchain JV to Solana, x402 moves to the Linux Foundation and Alpenglow hardening begins. SOLTRACER wrap, July 20, 2026.
Solana Gets On-Chain Governance as SOL Leads a Red Market
Solana Governance Proposals go live, MoneyGram joins as a validator and June sets RWA records. SOL up 13.9% on the week. SOLTRACER, July 2.
SpaceX Lists On-Chain the Day It Lists on Nasdaq
Backpack Securities and Sunrise put tokenized SpaceX shares on Solana on IPO day. SOL bounces 7% on the week. SOLTRACER wrap, June 15.
Mastercard Brings Stablecoin Settlement to Solana as SOL Slides
Mastercard adds always-on stablecoin settlement with Solana support while SOL drops to $74. SOLTRACER wrap for June 3, 2026.