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An X submit by Bonk core contributor Nom (@TheOnlyNom) argues {that a} new wave of Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) automobiles aimed toward SOL may transfer worth greater than comparable Bitcoin or Ether treasuries—due to Solana’s smaller market cap, heavy staking that suppresses instantly out there float, and the power for treasuries to purchase discounted or locked tokens earlier than they ever contact the open market.
Why Solana DATs Might Transfer Worth 10x Quicker Than ETH
“SOL DATs shall be extra environment friendly at accumulating presently buying and selling provide (which is totally different than circulating provide) compared to ETH or BTC DATs,” Nom wrote, including that “the latest bulletins of $2.5b in SOL DATs needs to be checked out like a $30b increase for ETH or $91b for BTC.”
Nom opens with disclosures and caveats quite than worth calls. “I’m not going to argue whether or not inflation is sweet or dangerous, I’ve already spent sufficient time speaking on that and look ahead to the modifications,” he wrote. He additionally underscores his personal positioning and bias: “I’m a spot SOL, staked SOL, and locked SOL holder (due to an SPV on the property SOL) … I might additionally like tokens I personal to go up in worth—so a flat token worth is dangerous in my perspective.”
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On the overhang from the FTX chapter property, Nom contends that the danger is shrinking quick even when it nonetheless looms within the narrative. “On the time of chapter, FTX’s estate held 41m SOL tokens … with the bulk going to the oldsters at Galaxy and Pantera with strike costs of roughly $64 and $102 … that is presently massively within the cash at Solana’s present ~$190 price ticket,” he wrote.
Primarily based on his studying of staking accounts and vesting schedules, Nom estimates the “‘Property SOL’ is presently at about 5 million models remaining to be unlocked, or about $1b notional.” He units that in opposition to broader unlocks: “From the great people over at 4shpool (gelato.sh) there’s about 21m [units] of Solana remaining to unlock till 2028, or ~$4b notional at present pricing … ‘Property SOL’ is ~1/4 of all remaining SOL to be unlocked.”
The thread’s central mechanism is circulation versus float. Nom argues that issuance plus unlocks create persistent promote stress except matched by price-insensitive consumers. “This issues for one particular quantity that we have to deal with, which is the quantity of SOL hitting the market each day,” he wrote.
“Should you give somebody tokens at no cost (staking inflation/unlocks) or at a reduction (FTX SOL) — you possibly can anticipate some % of individuals to promote. I assume 100% of this inflation of 37.5m SOL within the subsequent 12 months to be offered.” That units a excessive bar for demand: “In an effort to offset 37.5m SOL a 12 months at $200 SOL … you want ~$7.5b/12 months in inflows, or ~$20.5m per day.”
The Variations Between SOL And ETH
Crucially, he argues, DATs can meet that bar extra effectively in the event that they accumulate outdoors the open market. “If the DATs can extra effectively purchase SOL at a reduction from both the property SOL, or different locked SOL areas, that improves the effectivity of the inflows,” he wrote.
“Elevating $400m to purchase SOL at a 5% low cost is equal to $420m in inflows, which is healthier than $400m in inflows—the one query is how do you equate the time worth of shopping for SOL off the market at the moment, vs eradicating future gross sales tomorrow.”
He provides that, on his numbers, issuance dominates the availability image: “Our inflation over the subsequent 3 years is bigger than the unlocks (EOY 2028 as finish of lock schedules) … and the FTX SOL is just 1 / 4 of the remaining unlocks—so the DATs shopping for the property SOL quite than the market isn’t a sensible concern.”
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Nom insists the distinction between “buying and selling provide” and headline “circulating provide” is what makes SOL particularly delicate to regular consumers. “Circulating provide is NOT equal to quantity out there in the marketplace, particularly for staked property. You can’t purchase staked SOL, however you should purchase LSTs,” he wrote. Citing present snapshots, he notes, “Solana has 384m of its 608m SOL staked presently, or 63.1% off the market. LSTs account for 33.5m SOL, so let’s put that again as provide in the stores and spherical it to 350m/508m off the market, or 57.5% off the market and unavailable for buy (at the least with a 2 day lag).” By his math, that thinner instant float means every new greenback has extra worth influence than on chains with decrease staking penetration.
Valuation magnifies the impact, he says. “Solana is at a a lot decrease valuation than ETH or BTC … a greenback spent on a SOL DAT is like $5 on an ETH DAT or $22 on a BTC DAT when taking a look at relative valuations.” Adjusting for staked versus readily tradable provide, he pushes the comparability additional: “Whenever you issue within the circulating provide quantities with staking, that’s nearer to 11x for ETH effectivity or 36x for BTC effectivity.”
He additionally weaves within the function of ETFs and company automobiles alongside treasuries. “SSK is doing among the work at roughly $2m/day in inflows since launch, nonetheless the inflation schedule wants 10x inflows — and this can probably include additional ETF approvals,” he wrote, arguing that DATs have a flywheel impact: “These DATs take provide off the market, they earn tokens primarily based on staking yield … and so they make subsequent buys by automobiles like ETFs more practical at transferring the market.” On sector management, he’s blunt in regards to the want for a standard-bearer: “SOL DATs want a Michael Saylor or a Tom Lee, narrative is the secret.”
His abstract distills the thesis to a couple strains: “Proper now lower than 1% of provide is underneath SOL DAT administration, this can probably shift to three% with the three newly introduced automobiles, and 5% with deliberate future automobiles.” “Present ETF inflows aren’t adequate,” he added, “nonetheless bigger automobiles needs to be accepted by begin of This fall and SOL stays a contender for institutional bid.”
Solana Treasury Increase In The Making
Notably, Nom’s framing arrives amid a cascade of latest automobiles. On Aug. 25–26, Galaxy Digital, Multicoin Capital and Bounce Crypto are in talks to raise roughly $1 billion to construct a publicly traded Solana treasury firm, with Cantor Fitzgerald as lead banker. Individually, Pantera Capital is weighing a plan to boost as much as $1.25 billion to transform a Nasdaq-listed agency into “Solana Co.,” a devoted SOL treasury automobile.
In the meantime, Nasdaq-listed Sharps Expertise introduced a $400 million private placement explicitly to ascertain what it calls the biggest company Solana treasury up to now. Collectively, these offers sketch out at the least $2.5–$3.0 billion of potential new institutional demand pointed squarely at SOL.
At press time, SOL traded at $204.
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