Solana Whales Dump SOL Amid Major Token Unlock 

“Many whales unstaked and dumped SOL immediately,” reported blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain on April 4.

It highlighted 4 transactions of over $3 million value of the Solana native token, the most important of which was a whopping 258,646 SOL value round $30 million.

The Solana selloff has been a results of the meme coin bubble bursting because the asset has dumped by 60% in simply over two months.

Many whales unstaked and dumped $SOL immediately!

HUJBzd dumped 258,646 $SOL($30.3M).

BnwZvG dumped 80,000 $SOL($9.47M).

8rWuQ5 dumped 30,000 $SOL($3.53M).

2UhUo1 dumped 25,501 $SOL($3M).

Handle:https://t.co/mCaB45W6pVhttps://t.co/wjhEwyZgFHhttps://t.co/Waqe4cxvbP… pic.twitter.com/kc1Q5GEKIX

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) April 4, 2025

Main Solana Unlock

There was additionally round $200 million value of Solana being unlocked on April 4, which is including to the promoting strain. Arkham Intelligence stated it “marks the most important single-day unlock of staked SOL till 2028.”

CoinNess World reported that 425,266 SOL, valued at $50 million, was unlocked, and 284,147 SOL, value $33 million, had been transferred to the exchanges Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase.

Solana token unlocks discuss with occasions when beforehand locked SOL turns into out there for buying and selling, typically on account of vesting schedules or liquidation processes. The latest important unlock occurred in March when 11.2 million tokens value $1.3 billion have been launched from the FTX chapter property.

$200M OF SOL UNLOCKING TOMORROW

Tomorrow (4th April) marks the most important single-day unlock of staked SOL till 2028.

These 4 accounts staked a complete of $37.7M of SOL in April 2021, and are up 5.5x at present costs. pic.twitter.com/qvKFWxygh9

— Arkham (@arkham) April 3, 2025

Token unlocks are usually bearish within the quick time period as a result of they enhance the circulating provide, which is presently 514 million for Solana.

Fintech agency Ripple additionally unlocked $1 billion value of its XRP token this week, including to promoting strain because the asset dipped below $2 on April 3.

Different latest main token unlocks embrace Sui, and its value has tanked virtually 10% immediately.

SOL Value Tanks

SOL costs have declined by over 4% on the day, which is a bigger loss than the broader market. The asset fell to $112 in an intraday low earlier than recovering to commerce round $118 on the time of writing.

SOL has tanked by greater than 16% over the previous week, whereas the broader crypto market has solely declined by 6.5%. This implies that SOL is being dumped at a a lot sooner fee than Bitcoin and different altcoins.

The Solana blockchain is primarily used for memecoin minting and buying and selling, and now that this bubble has burst, exercise and community income for the ecosystem have slumped. This has resulted in SOL costs crashing to their lowest ranges in over a 12 months.