Solana’s Crowd Is Shrinking, But Its Capital Base Just Hit A Record

Solana (SOL) saw the number of unique creators posting about the network fall 20.7% over the past year, even as its on-chain liquidity reached fresh records.

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Solana Social Activity Cools

Social engagement around the network has cooled over the past year, with retail chatter thinning even as the chain itself stays busy. The pullback hints that attention has drifted toward rival ecosystems and fresher narratives, leaving Solana with less of the organic buzz it carried a year ago. Such cycles also tend to reverse fast, since a rally, an upgrade or one new story can rekindle the conversation as quickly as it faded.

Price action stayed calmer. SOL traded near $72.92, up 1.78% on the day and 7.4% across the week. Spot funds tracking the token, mostly buyers since their late-2025 launch, have begun logging a few sessions of outflows, even as Morgan Stanley filed for a U.S. spot product in June.

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SOL Liquidity Tells Another Story

Beneath the quieter chatter, the network's liquidity has kept maturing. Under stress, capital tends to rotate between protocols like Kamino, Raydium, Jupiter and newer routers such as Titan rather than leave the chain.

Daily transactions have roughly doubled since the start of the year, and DEX turnover stayed firm. SOL-denominated value locked has climbed above 80 million tokens, a record, even as the dollar tally shrank with the token's slide and a spring exploit at Drift. The gap matters because it shows holders committing more SOL through the downturn rather than cashing out.

Sentiment, though, has soured. Weighted readings slipped to about -0.57 by late June, while social dominance ticked up near 1.45%, so the token still drew argument among traders even as enthusiasm faded. Roughly 600,000 SOL also moved onto exchanges, a flow that often signals building sell pressure.

SOL Price Stays Range-Bound

Retail buyers, meanwhile, stayed on the sidelines for most of the year.

Trading-frequency data carried none of the crowded signals tied to market tops, which leaves room for fresh inflows should the mood turn. The token last cleared $100 in early February, then slid into the $60s in June before clawing back toward the low-$70s. It now sits down roughly 75% from its January 2025 peak near $295, a reminder of how far sentiment has unwound.

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