Solana

Solana (SOL) was trading around $87, about 69% below its January 2025 high near $295.91, while some derivatives venues showed a long-short ratio above 3:1 and 65.5% of accounts positioned long. Open interest was roughly $2.2 billion and declining even as the long bias increased, alongside a funding rate of 0.0038% per 4-hour period. The report also cited liquidation data around Feb. 28 and March 5, highlighting a skew toward short liquidations and a 52-week low near $77.91.

On 26 March 2026 at 12:26, crypto prices moved lower broadly, with Bitcoin trading around $69,500 and Ethereum near $2,077 as risk sentiment weakened. Altcoins fell more sharply, while traders also looked ahead to a $14 billion Bitcoin options expiry on Friday March 27 with a max pain level at $75,000.

Google has set a 2029 target to complete its post-quantum cryptography migration, saying advances in quantum hardware and error correction are bringing risks closer. The company warned that current encryption, digital signatures and authentication services could be threatened as quantum capabilities accelerate.

On Tuesday, bitcoin and ether ETFs swung back to net outflows, while solana and XRP ETFs recorded small net inflows. Bitcoin ETFs saw a $74.53 million exit and ether ETFs lost $40.80 million, even as solana ETFs added $4.64 million and XRP ETFs took in $1.40 million. Trading volumes stayed elevated, but net assets for the major funds ended lower.

Solana researchers have presented "Constellation," a protocol proposal that replaces single-leader block production with multiple concurrent proposers to curb MEV and reduce validator influence over transaction ordering. The design adds "attesters" to timestamp submissions and uses fixed economic ticks of around 50 milliseconds to set more predictable windows for transaction inclusion.

On March 25, 2026, Solana traded around $92.40 as the network highlighted 15 million on-chain payments initiated by autonomous AI agents. The SIMD-0266 token standard debuting this month is described as reducing token transfer compute costs by 95%, alongside $337.5 billion in tokenized assets across 3,182 products and spot ETF net assets of $881 million.

Solana (SOL) traded around $90–$93, with traders focused on whether it can reclaim $100 or risk losing the $80 support level. The article highlights weakening DEX activity alongside a tightening SOL/BTC structure that could signal relative strength if BTC remains above $72k. Key technical levels cited include resistance near $92, upside targets at $98 and January's $148 peak, and a potential breakdown path toward $59 if $80 fails.

On March 24, 2026, the Solana Foundation launched the Solana Developer Platform (SDP), an API-based stack aimed at helping enterprises and financial institutions build compliant financial products on Solana. The AI-ready platform unifies ecosystem tooling, supports tokenized assets and payment flows for early adopters such as Mastercard and Western Union, and includes live issuance and payments modules with a trading module planned for later in 2026.

On March 24, crypto ETF flows split as Bitcoin and Ethereum products posted net redemptions while Solana and XRP saw small inflows. Bitcoin ETFs totaled -$66.6 million and Ethereum ETFs -$40.7 million, while Solana ETFs added +$4.5 million. BTC traded near $71,074 and ETH around $2,170 as investors appeared to rotate selectively rather than add broad exposure.

Circle minted $500 million USDC on Solana in the past 24 hours, adding fresh stablecoin liquidity as traders increased buying across crypto assets. After the mint, USDC supply on Solana rose 0.14% and topped $8 billion, while USDC's total circulating supply stood near $78.65 billion. The move coincided with a broader market rebound, with CRCL and SOL showing signs of recovery.