Analyst on Solana: May very well be “promote the rumor, purchase the information” for SOL

• Solana is among the cryptocurrencies to wrestle probably the most available in the market since FTX imploded in 2022.
• FTX liquidators have approval to liquidate $3.4 billion value of crypto belongings.
• The collapsed change holds $1.2 billion in SOL, Solana’s native token.

The native Solana token SOL, which makes up a major proportion of the bankrupt crypto platform FTX’s portfolio of belongings, has discovered it tough to interrupt greater for the reason that sharp decline registered from above $36 in November final 12 months.

With volatility largely on the draw back for many belongings, the previous few days had sentiment for SOL largely damaging. Nevertheless, a prime crypto analyst says SOL could possibly be primed for a “promote the hearsay, purchase the information” outlook.  

SOL worth and FTX liquidation

Solana is buying and selling round $19.10 on Friday morning, up 1.5% prior to now 24 hours. The slight positive aspects are available per week the place collapsed crypto change FTX obtained the courtroom’s go forward to liquidate $3.4 billion value of crypto belongings as a part of its claims plan.

FTX holds $1.2 billion of SOL, however most of that’s staked/locked up as per varied contracts. Solely a fraction can be launched month-to-month, suggesting little impression on worth as markets have largely priced on this state of affairs.

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Markets aren’t falling down that a lot, and never a lot needs to be occurring from it.

The Solana, which corresponds to $1.2 billion of the belongings of FTX, is generally staked and cannot be bought.👇… pic.twitter.com/uKG9XefCzy

— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) September 13, 2023

In his touch upon the worth of Solana after FTX obtained the courtroom’s nod, Michael van de Poppe mentioned:

“The Solana, which corresponds to $1.2 billion of the belongings of FTX, is generally staked and may’t be bought. Now, what’s subsequent?

Initially, FTX can promote as much as $200m of belongings on a weekly foundation for his or her corresponding purchasers so the liabilities could possibly be erased. This will add some extra promote strain on the markets, however that’s most likely already priced in. The foremost reality is that we needs to be seeing a case of Solana being bought off massively, however as an anticipation, Solana was already bought off solely prior to now week and will end result right into a ‘promote the hearsay, purchase the information’ sort of factor.”

The analyst notes that many of the SOL that FTX holds can’t be bought and that of the quantity that would hit the market, it’s “largely bought already.”