Solana

In episode 516, Head of BD Xenia Soborova shares how Solana's builder-heavy culture and capital-preserving reward models aim to reengage idle wallets. She outlines Tramplin's randomized redistribution of staking yields and its non-custodial setup on Solana nodes, positioning on-chain businesses as more sustainable than high-risk speculation.

SocialFi platform Zora has launched an attention markets product on Solana, allowing users to trade on trending topics and memes, while charging 1 SOL to deploy new "Trends". Following the announcement, the ZORA token rose 6.2% to $0.022 over the last 24 hours, even as the broader crypto market slipped 1.2%.

The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) launched an institutional‑grade Decentralized Verifier Network on LayerZero, adding a new option for cross‑chain message validation. FCAT said the DVN is live on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche and Solana, with Ondo Finance named as the first production integrator.

According to flow reports, digital asset products saw about $173 million in outflows for a fourth straight week, while Solana-focused ETFs drew roughly $31 million in new money. The SOL price remains range bound around the mid 80s, with resistance near 92 and support clustered in the low 80s. Traders are watching for a decisive break from the 77 to 90 zone to set direction.

Orca (ORCA) surged 54.48% in the past 24 hours, trading at $1.21 and dramatically outperforming a flat-to-down broader market. The rally, fueled by a historic 2,455% explosion in trading volume, has propelled the Solana-native token above key technical resistance levels, signaling a potential trend reversal for the decentralized exchange (DEX) leader.

Solana dipped from the $92 area and moved below $90 and $88, but the SOL price is still trading above $85 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. The pair is tracking a rising channel with resistance around $88, and a clear break above $90–$92 could open the way toward $95 and possibly $102. If buyers fail to overcome $92, support sits near $85 and $82, with deeper downside risk toward $76.50 and even $72.

Solana\u0027s price has been moving within a tight $77–$90 range for the last 11 days, with liquidity cleared on both sides and price currently trading below the range\u0027s point of control. Analysts outline a possible breakdown toward $57 if the range resolves lower, while a separate Wyckoff Reaccumulation view maps key levels from a $110 Selling Climax to potential upside targets between $150 and $500. Until a decisive move above $90 or below range support occurs, the market is seen as a choppy, range-trading environment.

According to Gemini's analysis, XRP could reach $10 by late 2026 while Bitcoin targets $250,000, with Solana projected toward $600 by 2027. The outlook draws on fundamentals, roadmaps, and macro trends, and cites XRP at $1.49 and SOL trading near $84 after a late‑2025 correction.

According to recent technical analysis, a head and shoulders setup on Solana's weekly chart, combined with Fibonacci extension levels, projected downside targets near $47-$49 after a rejection around $252.9. On the daily chart, price imbalances at $95 and $110 and a bearish order block between $120-$127 now form major resistance, while SOL trades in a short-term range between $76.6 and $89.8 with $83.2 as a key pivot.

Market sentiment slid into Extreme Fear with the fear-gauge reading at 12. Over the past week, Bitcoin hovered near $67,950, down 4.28% yet still above $65,000, while majors such as Ethereum (-7.45% to about $1,975), Solana (-3.64% to roughly $84.70), and BNB (-3.86% to near $617) lagged. Select gains in XRP, TRX, and BCH did not offset the broader risk-off tone.