Trading activity:
Reported 24-hour volume equals 10.53% of market capitalization. The local markets snapshot lists Deepcoin, BitDelta and CoinUp.io among venues with observed trading activity.
YearBull indicators:
YearBull Rank #789. Bull Score 54/100.
YB Market Risk Low. This relative market-volatility label is not an investment-safety assessment.
Cycle Early. Observed price change: 24h -6.72% · 7d -9.23% · 30d -21.10%.
Values are descriptive and should be read together rather than as a price forecast.
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Snapshot date: 2026-10-30.Data history: 90 days available in the latest 90-day window.
Methodology responsibility:
YearBull’s analytical methodology and presentation rules are developed and maintained by
Alan Zelvin, Founder & Lead Crypto Researcher.
This note identifies responsibility for the methodology; it does not attribute authorship of this data snapshot.
What is Solana (SOL)?
YearBull Project Summary: Solana is a general-purpose blockchain designed around parallel transaction processing and a shared global state. Applications are deployed as programs, while mutable data is held in separate accounts supplied to each instruction. This account model gives developers explicit control over the state a transaction reads or changes, but it also makes account selection and write conflicts important parts of application design.
Source description
“Solana is a highly functional open source project that banks on blockchain technology’s permissionless nature to provide decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions. It is a layer 1 network that offers fast speeds and affordable costs. While the idea and initial work on the project began in 2017, Solana was officially launched in March 2020 by the Solana Foundation with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.”
This source-supplied description may contain old, promotional, or unverified claims and is not YearBull editorial analysis.
Recorded network: native asset or no separate token platform identified
Official links and contract records appear in Key Facts. Project details can change, so verify current information with the project.
Solana (SOL) FAQ
How does Solana position permissionless blockchain technology within decentralized finance?
The project presents permissionless blockchain technology as the basis for providing decentralized finance solutions. This positioning emphasizes open participation rather than access controlled by a central operator. The claim describes Solana’s intended role in DeFi, but it does not specify particular financial applications, protocols, governance arrangements, or user requirements.
What role does Solana’s layer-1 design play in its stated network goals?
Solana describes itself as a layer-1 network, meaning it is presented as a foundational blockchain rather than an application built on another chain. The project links this role with goals of fast transaction processing and affordable costs. No specific throughput figures, fee schedule, consensus details, or performance conditions are stated.
Why does Solana emphasize fast speeds and affordable costs?
The project highlights fast speeds and affordable costs as central characteristics of its network. These attributes are presented as supporting its broader focus on decentralized finance and blockchain-based participation. The project does not specify how speed is measured, how costs vary over time, or which DeFi activities benefit most from these stated advantages.
When did Solana’s development begin, and when was the network officially launched?
The project states that its idea and initial work began in 2017. It also says the network was officially launched in March 2020 by the Solana Foundation. This establishes a distinction between the start of the project’s development and its formal launch, while details about milestones between those dates are not specified.
Solana metric comparison
This comparison is a stored snapshot generated 2026-10-29 06:30 UTC from 303 daily observations available from 2025-12-19 through 2026-10-29. It is separate from the latest analytical cards above. Percentiles compare the snapshot value with that day's analytical universe; a higher percentile means a larger observed value, not necessarily a better investment characteristic.
Metric
Snapshot
30d before
90d before
Change vs 30d
Universe percentile
Price
$100.05
$117.98
$74.48
-15.2%
n/a
Market cap
$59.03B
$69.35B
$43.17B
-14.9%
P100.0
YearBull Rank
#760
#381
#419
Lower by 379
P91.2
Bull Score
53/100
64/100
53/100
-11.0 pts
P63.4
Turnover
4.87%
5.51%
3.23%
-0.6 pts
P76.2
YB Market Risk
Low
Low
Low
Unchanged
n/a
Cycle
Early
Early
Early
Unchanged
n/a
Median absolute daily movement 1.78%; distance from the highest local daily price -31.8%; circulating supply change +4.7%. These measurements are descriptive and do not predict future direction.
Editorial research. Identity, project facts, sources, and risks below belong to the dated editorial review. The live analytical snapshot above may be newer and is generated separately from stored market data.
Solana is a general-purpose blockchain designed around parallel transaction processing and a shared global state. Applications are deployed as programs, while mutable data is held in separate accounts supplied to each instruction. This account model gives developers explicit control over the state a transaction reads or changes, but it also makes account selection and write conflicts important parts of application design.
Solana Architecture
Transactions can contain several instructions and execute atomically. Programs can call other programs through cross-program invocations, and program-derived addresses let applications control deterministic accounts without holding private keys. SOL is used to pay transaction fees and is also central to the network’s validator and staking economy.
Solana fees include a base fee per signature and an optional priority fee. Priority fees can improve scheduling during congestion, but paying more does not remove application, validator, or smart-contract risk.
Use Cases and Trade-offs
The network supports token issuance, payments, decentralized trading, lending, consumer applications, and other smart-contract use cases. Parallel execution can improve throughput when transactions do not compete for the same writable accounts. Heavy demand for popular state can still create localized contention, so headline throughput should not be treated as a guarantee for every application.
Key Risks
Applications and token programs can contain implementation or governance risk.
Validator concentration, client diversity, and network reliability remain relevant to resilience.
Priority fees and execution conditions can change during periods of high demand.
SOL remains a volatile asset even when network activity is growing.
YearBull Perspective
YearBull evaluates SOL from observed price, trend, drawdown, participation, and liquidity data. Rank, Bull Score, Risk, and Cycle describe the current comparative market snapshot; they do not grade protocol quality or predict future returns.
30d window (2026-10-01): #377 → #789 (down by 412).
Cycle view: Compare the 30d move with the 7d move to see if momentum is accelerating or fading.
Market access: If rank moves sharply, it may reflect venue mix changes rather than fundamentals.
Risk view: Read it as "how stable is the position" rather than "how exciting is today".
Liquidity view: If the line flatlines, the coin may be moving with its liquidity peers.
Practical note: a single point is weaker than the curve shape.
YearBull Rank is a comparative ordering used on YearBull to place a coin versus others using a consistent set of inputs. Treat it as a directional context tool rather than a standalone verdict.
Editorial note:
This analysis was prepared by the YearBull research team under the direction of
Alan Zelvin,
Founder and Lead Crypto Researcher.
The assessment follows YearBull’s internal research methodology and editorial standards.
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