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The latest shareholder letter from DeFi Development Corp., a Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company, shows that its fully converted SOL per share has grown 108% over the past year, rising from 0.0322 on May 13, 2025, to 0.0670 on May 13, 2026. The growth is notable because it came during a difficult period for Solana's price action, particularly in the first quarter of 2026, where the SOL price has been struggling with bearish momentum.
Solana (SOL) is locked in a tense battle around the $87 level, a zone many traders view as the market's near-term ‘line in the sand' after the token failed to break above resistance near $96. The standoff matters because price action around this area is likely to determine whether SOL stabilizes into a tradable range or slips into a deeper corrective phase.
Institutional losses and rising speculative flows signal a fragile setup heading into Q2.
Solana (SOL) extended its recent slide after losing a widely watched $138 support level, dropping to the mid-$80s as traders flagged weakening momentum and thinning participation outside centralized venues. The move has reinforced near-term bearish sentiment around one of the market's largest layer-1 networks, even as its 30-day performance remains slightly positive.
The Solana price has struggled to shake off its early-year woes despite a slightly improved general market climate in recent weeks. After falling from a nearly $150 valuation in the first quarter of 2026, the altcoin has been stuck within a consolidation range between $75 and $100 over the past few months.
Solana price tests key support after long liquidations cleared, with traders watching $90 resistance and $81.30 support.
Solana (SOL) is attempting to break out of a months-long trading range, with market participants closely watching whether it can clear the key $98 resistance level—a move that analysts say could reset near-term price targets and reinforce a broader narrative of growing 'institutional demand' for yield through staking. SOL was trading around $89.05, slipping 3.59% over the past 24 hours but still up about 4.6% over the past 30 days.
A long-skewed liquidation cascade flushed leverage across the major tokens overnight, with the move tracking a global bond selloff and the worst session for U.S. stocks since March.
How will this contrast affect the token?
Amundi manages an institutional portfolio of 2.4 trillion euros in traditional assets. The real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem on Solana records an all-time high of 2,420 million dollars. The Spiko platform currently manages approximately 1,700 million dollars in the financial sector.
Crypto analyst Ali Martinez identified that Solana has maintained a defined trading channel since February 2026, with technical support at $78 and resistance at $98. The liquidity protocol Sanctum led the total value locked (TVL) growth on the network over the last 30 days, recording an increase of nearly 10% in its dollar-denominated metric.