Solana price falls to its lowest since August as SOL dips below $75

The Solana price fell overnight into Saturday to its lowest level since mid-August. One SOL last changed hands at around $75.90, or €68.85, according to CoinGecko, down 5.3 percent over 24 hours. On Kraken the price briefly dropped to $74.96, the first time in this sell-off that it has traded below $75; against the euro the daily low was €67.85. Solana is falling harder than bitcoin (down 3.9 percent) and ether (down 4.3 percent). The causes lie mostly outside the Solana network: the whole crypto market is under pressure from an expected rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, and the exchange-traded Solana funds have been losing money for weeks.

As recently as Friday morning we asked whether the $75 level would hold. It gave way overnight, even though the price had crept back just above it by early morning. For investors, the single number now matters less than how they handle buying, tax, leverage and custody in a falling market.

Solana price at $76: the entire autumn rally has been erased

Daily closing prices show how far the setback reaches. On August 18, Solana closed at $75.97. A strong recovery followed, taking it to $122.08 on September 26, a gain of about 60 percent. That move has now been fully reversed. Since October 22, when SOL still stood at $106.94, the loss amounts to roughly 29 percent; over the week it is 14.6 percent.

At the start of the year Solana traded at $124.52, and the high for the year came on January 15 at $146.51. The coin is now about 74 percent below its all-time high of $293.31 from January 2025. According to CoinGecko, the market value of all circulating SOL is still just under $44.8 billion.

A daily close is the last price of a calendar day. It smooths out intraday swings and is therefore better suited to comparisons over several months. cryptoticker.io compiled this analysis itself on November 14, 2026. It is based on Solana's 365 daily closing prices over the past twelve months according to CoinGecko, plus Kraken price data for the daily low.

Fed rate hike in December: macro pressure on bitcoin, ether and Solana

The main trigger for the sell-off comes from Washington. Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on November 10 that he would support a 0.25 percentage point increase in the policy rate at the December meeting, even if inflation data come in slightly lower than expected. On the September figures he said, according to Cointelegraph: “September's inflation data were bad. There was no silver lining.” After the speech, the probability of a December hike measured by CME's FedWatch tool rose from 76.3 to 96.3 percent.

The Fed's Open Market Committee meets on December 8 and 9, according to the central bank's meeting calendar. Higher rates make safe assets such as government bonds more attractive and raise the cost of the credit traders use to fund their positions. Risk assets usually lose ground first in such phases, and within crypto, highly volatile altcoins are often hit harder than bitcoin. Solana has shown exactly this pattern since early November.

Solana ETFs: outflows dampen demand from the funds

A spot ETF is an exchange-traded fund that holds the coins themselves rather than merely betting on their price. In the US there are several such Solana funds, including the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) and Fidelity's fund (FSOL). Their flows are seen as a gauge of demand from institutional investors.

That gauge has pointed down for weeks. On November 12, a net $1.92 million left the Solana funds, according to RootData figures published by ChainCatcher. Fidelity's FSOL lost $3.62 million, while BSOL took in $1.69 million. Since launch, net inflows into all Solana spot ETFs now total around $1.41 billion. The daily amounts are small relative to market value, but they are missing as buyers precisely when the market needs support.

Fear and Greed Index at 13: extreme fear across the crypto market

The Fear and Greed Index combines volatility, trading volume, social media sentiment and other data into a value between 0 and 100. Readings below 25 count as extreme fear. On Saturday the index stood at 13, after 20 the day before. Bitcoin was trading at around $67,500 at the same time, a good 46 percent below its record of $126,080 from October 2025.

In the past, sentiment lows like this have several times coincided with turning points, but that is no guarantee. In longer downtrends the index can stay in extreme-fear territory for weeks while prices keep sliding. Anyone reading sentiment as a buy signal should therefore always keep an eye on the price levels as well.

Solana chart levels: 200-day line at $89, August low at $72

The 200-day line is the average of the closing prices of the past 200 days. Traders regard it as the dividing line between uptrend and downtrend. For Solana it stands at $88.91 by our own calculation, and the 50-day average is even higher at $103.86. The price is thus clearly below both lines, which technically describes an intact downtrend.

• To the upside: The first hurdle is the 24-hour high at around $82. Above that lies the 200-day line at just under $89. Only a daily close above this line would make the trend look friendlier again.
• To the downside: The immediate focus is the zone around $75, which was briefly breached overnight. Below it are the daily closes from early August at $72.63 (August 7) and $71.89 (August 2).
• Low for the year: Solana reached its lowest level of the past twelve months on June 7, with a daily close of $62.18.

These levels are not a forecast. They show where the price has turned in recent months and where many market participants therefore place buy or sell orders. Our own price targets for the coming months are summarised in our Solana price prediction.

Buying Solana under MiCA: where to buy and how to store it in the EU

If you are considering an entry after the drop, check the provider first. MiCA is the European regulation on markets in crypto-assets; it requires exchanges and brokers to be authorised by a national supervisor. The transition periods have expired, and since July 1, 2026 at the latest every provider in the EU needs this licence. An overview of regulated crypto exchanges with a MiCA licence shows which platforms already have authorisation and what they charge in fees.

On custody, the rule is simple: coins on an exchange are a claim against the provider. If you hold SOL in your own wallet instead, you control the private key yourself and do not depend on the stability of a platform. A hardware wallet stores this key offline on a separate device; which models support Solana is set out in our hardware wallet comparison. The recovery phrase matters most, and it should never be stored digitally.

Leverage and liquidation: futures positions in a downtrend

In fast declines, leveraged positions add to the pressure. A liquidation means the exchange forcibly closes a position because the collateral posted no longer covers the losses. With five-times leverage on a long position, a price drop of just under 20 percent is mathematically enough to lose the entire stake; at ten-times leverage it is less than 10 percent. Solana has lost 14.6 percent in the past seven days alone.

Anyone trading futures or perpetuals in the current environment therefore uses low leverage and a firm stop. Perpetual futures are contracts with no expiry date whose price stays tied to the spot price through regular balancing payments, the funding rate. Which venues offer such contracts and how their fees differ is shown in our comparison of the best perp DEX. For beginners: a price drop without leverage can be sat out, a liquidation cannot. Losses realised in a falling market may also matter for tax, depending on where you live; tools that track purchase dates and prices are covered in our crypto tax software comparison.

Solana staking in a bear market: yield versus price loss

Staking means you make your SOL available to a validator to help secure the network and receive ongoing rewards in SOL in return. This yield is paid in coins, not in dollars or euros. If the price falls by almost a third, as it has in recent weeks, the staking rewards come nowhere near offsetting the loss in value. Staking is therefore a building block for long-term holders, not protection against falling prices.

If you stake, know the lock-up periods when unstaking: with Solana, withdrawing the coins usually takes a few days, during which they cannot be sold.

Solana at $76: the trend only turns above $89

Solana is at its lowest level since August, weighed down by the expected Fed rate hike, outflows from Solana ETFs and extreme fear in the crypto market. Technically the downtrend remains intact as long as the price trades below the 200-day line at just under $89. Many traders expect high volatility until the Fed decision on December 9. Three steps help you approach the situation in an orderly way:

1. Check the provider: Only buy or sell on platforms with a MiCA licence; the overview of regulated crypto exchanges shows authorisation and fees.
2. Keep your tax records: Record the purchase date and price of every position so that holding periods and any loss offsetting can be documented; crypto tax tools can help.
3. Sort out custody: Larger holdings belong in your own wallet; our hardware wallet comparison lists devices that support Solana.

(As of November 14, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)