Solana Set New All-Time Excessive as TRUMP-Fuelled Rally Spurred Worth Development

• Solana set a brand new all-time excessive of $295 as euphoria across the TRUMP memecoin spurs bullish curiosity.
• The community token rose over 20% on Saturday, Jan. 18 as on-chain buying and selling quantity reached $27Bn.

Solana’s community token, SOL, rallied to a brand new all-time excessive of round $295 following a spike in on-chain buying and selling exercise, which succeeded the announcement of an official TRUMP token late Friday, Jan. 17.

Round 9:44 PM EST, President-elect, Donald Trump, tweeted the brand new memecoin from his official X account.

My NEW Official Trump Meme is HERE! It’s time to rejoice the whole lot we stand for: WINNING! Be a part of my very particular Trump Group. GET YOUR $TRUMP NOW. Go to https://t.co/GX3ZxT5xyq — Have Enjoyable! pic.twitter.com/flIKYyfBrC

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2025

Whereas preliminary consumers have been cautious, pondering the announcement to be a results of hackers, crypto sleuths quickly found the launch to be legit. Funds started to movement into the token 1 – 3 hours post-launch.

The memecoin’s legitimacy, fuelled by Trump’s reputation within the crypto area and his political place, drew merchants who transacted a complete quantity of round $27Bn over the 24 hours after the token’s launch.

Solana value motion

Solana rallied from $219.53 on Saturday morning to a excessive of round $290 on Sunday morning. Nonetheless, the worth didn’t shut above the earlier all-time excessive on the day by day time-frame.

Worth fell barely from the brand new all-time excessive Sunday afternoon as open curiosity ranges on Binance declined.

SOL’s value has begun to get well and trades at $264.32 as of publishing.