Solana Price Falls 3% as Grayscale Buys $20.2M of SOL: What Do They Know?

Solana Price Falls 3% as Grayscale Buys $20.2M of SOL: What Do They Know?

Key Insights

  • Solana price fell 3.6% in 24 hours as Grayscale’s SOL ETF accumulated $20.2 million over 20 days.
  • The US Spot SOL ETF recorded $24.81 million in combined outflows between October 5 and 9.
  • The token also led tokenized-equity spot DEX volume with $786.3 million during October 5–11.

Solana price stood at $106.30 after falling 3.6% in 24 hours at a time when Grayscale’s Solana ETF, GSOL, accumulated $20.2 million worth of SOL over 20 days. CoinGecko recorded a 24-hour low of $102.19 and a high of $110.55 during trading. The $106.30 reference price sat $4.11 above the low and $4.25 below the high.

Solana price charts showed an early drop toward $103, a rebound above $108, and a later pullback. CoinGecko also showed $4.21 billion in 24-hour trading volume and $9.60 billion in perpetual open interest.

Solana Price Falls as Grayscale’s SOL ETF Flows Diverge

CoinGecko’s other time frames showed mixed returns. Solana price fell 11.7% over seven days and 11.1% over 14 days. However, the token remained 6.7% higher over 30 days.

Notably, the 20-day GSOL accumulation included one outflow day. VanEck’s VSOL, meanwhile, sold $700,000 worth of SOL on October 12, when GSOL did not sell.

Across SOL ETFs, combined net outflows reached $24.81 million during the week of October 5–9 per SosoValue.

Grayscale’s displayed portfolio included assets beyond SOL. Its Bitcoin holdings totaled 192,278 BTC, valued at $16.07 billion, or about 92% of the shown portfolio. The display listed 304,693 ETH worth $770.36 million and 382,025 ZEC worth $462.25 million.

Other visible positions included Chainlink, Avalanche, and Pyth Network. The stated ETH as its native asset.">Ethereum and Zcash values combine to $1.23261 billion. The remaining displayed holdings represented about 8% of the portfolio, given Bitcoin’s roughly 92% share.

Solana Tops Weekly Tokenized-Equity Spot DEX Data

On the tokenization end, Solana ranked first in tokenized-equity spot DEX volume for October 5–11, according to the chart. The network recorded $786.3 million, ahead of Robinhood’s $663.0 million and BNB Chain’s $623.3 million. Base followed with $445.5 million.

Solana Tokenized Equities Spot DEX Volume | Source: SolanaFloor
Solana Tokenized Equities Spot DEX Volume | Source: SolanaFloor

Solana’s lead over Robinhood measured $123.3 million. Its volume exceeded BNB Chain by $163.0 million and Base by $340.8 million. Combined weekly volume across the listed networks reached $2.54 billion, with Solana accounting for about 31%.

The four largest entries sum to $2.5181 billion, or roughly 99% of the chart’s $2.54 billion total. The October 5–11 result ended Solana’s 13-week stretch without the top spot. The same chart showed $12.0 million in ETH as its native asset.">Ethereum volume and $7.9 million for HyperCore.

Analyst Compares Current Solana Price With Previous Setup

Elsewhere, on the commentary end, analyst 0xSweep described a bullish divergence on SOL’s four-hour chart and compared it with an earlier pattern near $96. That setup preceded a move toward $124, a rise of roughly 29%, rounded to 30% in the comparison.

Solana (SOL) Price Analysis | Source: X
Solana (SOL) Price Analysis | Source: X

The current chart shows SOL making a lower low while its relative strength index forms a higher low. That pattern can signal weakening selling pressure. The displayed RSI stood at 38.28, or 11.72 points below 50 and 3.44 points below its 41.72 average.

The chart identifies $112 as the first area SOL would need to reclaim. Resistance appears around $120 to $124. From $106.30, the $112 level is $5.70 higher, while that resistance band sits $13.70 to $17.70 above.

Reaching $112 from $106.30 requires a 5.36% increase; $120 requires 12.89%, and $124 requires 16.65%. A 30% rise from the cited $106.30 price would place SOL at $138.19, a $31.89 increase.

This is not investment advice Analysis published here is for information only. Digital assets are volatile and you can lose the full value of your position. Do your own research before acting.

Glory Kaburu

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