Solana

Solana’s SOL token dropped to $100.30, its lowest level since April 2025, after a 30-day drawdown that aligned with broader altcoin weakness and macro risk-off moves in tech, AI and commodities. At the same time, Solana’s onchain activity and fee revenue have sharply outperformed rival networks, suggesting a widening gap between fundamentals and price. Derivatives data, ETF outflows and pressure on public firms holding SOL show traders have reduced leverage, leaving the token’s recovery dependent on an improvement in global economic and geopolitical sentiment.

On 1 February 2026, six notable crypto projects were highlighted for their positioning ahead of the next potential altcoin uptrend, including ZKP, Solana, Avalanche, Sui, The Sandbox, and Axie Infinity. These projects are being tracked for factors such as ecosystem development, long-term usage, and infrastructure design rather than short-lived hype. They span privacy-focused AI computation, high-speed base layers, scalable smart contracts, and gaming or metaverse platforms.

On January 31, 2026, Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance reported that attackers had compromised several treasury and fee wallets, moving roughly 261,854 SOL valued at about $30 million. Following the incident, the team began an investigation, contacted cybersecurity firms, and Defillama data showed the project's TVL had fallen to zero while the STEP token price dropped sharply.

Solana’s daily active addresses climbed 115% by Jan. 28, with counts regularly above 5 million amid a burst of token launches. Ethereum’s daily activity rose 25% in January as fees dropped below $0.01 following network upgrades. A winter storm pressured seven U.S. Bitcoin miners, while a PayPal report found four in 10 merchants now take crypto.

Jupiter Exchange, a Solana-based DEX aggregator, is facing criticism after Q4 ASR stakers were asked to export their seed phrases into the Jupiter wallet to claim rewards on mobile and desktop. Community members argue that exposing seed phrases for relatively small payouts creates serious security risks, while Jupiter says the step is meant to ensure fair allocation and prevent abuse. For the Jupuary 2026 airdrop, the project reduced its planned JUP token distribution from 700 million to 200 million following a community vote over dilution concerns.

On 31 January 2026 at 12:20, the article profiled LivLive alongside Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Cardano. It states LivLive's presale has raised over $2.2M at $0.02 with a planned $0.25 launch and outlines modeled ROI scenarios, including a 200% token bonus code. It also notes SOL near $125–$127 and ADA around $0.35 within broader adoption themes.

A partial US government shutdown began Saturday morning after the Senate approved five funding bills and a two-week stopgap in a 71-29 vote late in the week, with a House vote expected Monday and the President signaling support. Bitcoin hovered near $84,000 after Thursday's drop to $81,000, while XMR (+11%), CC (+8.5%), HYPE (+6%) and SOL (+4%) advanced.

In January 2026, crypto venture funding activity fell to a five-year low, with only 67 completed fundraising rounds and a largest single raise of $250M. YziLabs led four deals and Coinbase Ventures backed three, while AI, payments, DeFi, and blockchain infrastructure drew most of the capital. Token sales also cooled, as 37 IDO or ICO events raised $116.9M amid weaker demand for new project tokens.

On January 30, 2026, the National Bank of Kazakhstan confirmed that its investment arm will deploy $350 million from the country's gold and foreign currency reserves into crypto-related assets. The funds will initially be allocated via hedge and venture capital funds as part of a broader plan to create a national digital-asset reserve of up to $1 billion. Authorities will also consolidate government-seized digital assets and pursue regulated crypto-market development while tightening enforcement against unlicensed platforms.

Solana fell around 8% from a daily open near $125.34 to lows of $115.39 after the Federal Reserve kept benchmark interest rates at 4.25–4.50%. At the same time, Solana's network led all chains with almost $4 billion in 24-hour DEX volume and about 2.7 million active wallets, while SOL now tests support around $116 and traders watch the $134–$135 region as key resistance.