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Solana's SOL Dips Below $100, Slips Back Behind BNB in Crypto Ranking
Traders were moving capital from SOL to stablecoins suggesting profit taking, one analyst said in an interview.
Updated Apr 9, 2024, 11:12 p.m. Published Dec 28, 2023, 5:52 p.m.
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Solana [SOL] buckled Thursday almost 6% over the past 24 hours to $98 as the previous weeks' ecosystem frenzy and Solana-based meme coin rally showed signs of losing steam.
With the latest decline, SOL extended its pullback to over 20% from $125 on Monday, its highest price since April 2022, CoinDesk data shows. At press time, SOL pared some of its losses and was changing hands at slightly above $100.
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Over the past three days, some $32 million worth of leveraged long positions – bets on higher prices – got liquidated as trading platforms forcibly closed trades due to insufficient margin, accelerating the pullback, CoinGlass data shows.
Solana-based meme tokens such as BONK and WIF, which saw meteoric rises earlier this month, are down over 50% from their all-time highs recorded in December, pointing to profit taking and cooling interest in participating in the frenzy.
Amid SOL's pullback, the BNB Smart Chain's native token [BNB] rallied 9% in the past 24 hours and took back the fourth spot in the cryptocurrency ranking by market capitalization from solana.
Why Solana's SOL is down
Solana is one of the best-performing crypto assets of 2023 rallying 900% from around $10 in early January, rejuvenating its ecosystem after being one of the most beaten-down assets during the bear market.
Read more: Solana's Scorching Rally Shows Ethereum Has a Serious Competitor
However, the token was due for a short term pullback as the rally showed signs of overheating based on elevated fund rates for derivatives positions, David Shuttleworth, research partner at Anagram, said in an interview via X direct messages.
Trading data suggests traders were increasingly moving capital out of SOL to stablecoins, locking in profits or reducing their exposure to the token, Shuttleworth added.
"There was a quick rebalancing against long positions, many of which were caught out of position and overleveraged," Shuttleworth told CoinDesk.
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