Solana price at a three-month low: will the $75 level hold?

Solana fell below the $80 mark overnight into Friday. At around 5:50 a.m. CET on November 13, one SOL cost $78.29, or €70.79, according to CoinGecko. That is a loss of 5.7 percent in 24 hours and the lowest level since mid-August. The trigger was not an event on the Solana network itself but the broad sell-off in the crypto market, in which bitcoin slipped below $70,000 and leveraged long positions were closed one after another.

For investors, this raises three practical questions: where are the next price levels, how dangerous is leverage given this price action, and what does the decline mean for their tax records? This article puts the figures into context and shows which levers you control yourself.

Solana at $78: the lowest level since mid-August

The range over the past 24 hours ran from $83.36 to $78.15, according to CoinGecko. Over the week, SOL has lost 12.7 percent, over the month 27.4 percent. Compared with its all-time high of $293.31 on January 19, 2025, the cryptocurrency now trades around 73 percent lower. With a market value of a little over $46 billion, Solana ranks seventh among the largest cryptocurrencies.

A daily close below today's level last occurred on August 19, at $77.00. A few days earlier, on August 17, the trading day ended at $74.55. This zone between $74.50 and $77 is therefore the next area where it will become clear whether buyers return.

Solana liquidations: $10 million in long positions in one hour

The decline did not unfold evenly. According to the industry service TokenPost, long positions on SOL worth $10.27 million were forcibly closed on Binance, Bybit and OKX in the hour to 4:26 a.m. CET. The price fell 2.15 percent in the same hour, from $80.80 to $79.06.

A liquidation is the forced closure of a leveraged position by the exchange as soon as the capital posted no longer covers the losses. Each of these forced sales adds supply to the market and pushes the price down further, which reaches the next group of leveraged positions. The result is a chain reaction that amplifies a decline in a short space of time.

Bitcoin below $70,000 drags the altcoins down

Solana is not alone in its losses. Over the same period, bitcoin lost 6.9 percent, according to CoinGecko, and fell to around $68,700, while ether gave up 6.2 percent. Of the 25 largest cryptocurrencies excluding stablecoins, only the exchange token LEO was marginally positive on Friday morning. Monero lost almost 11 percent, Zcash just under 9 percent and NEAR just under 8 percent.

The pattern is typical of a sell-off that starts in the wider market: when bitcoin loses a round number, risk appetite falls across the board. Altcoins with heavy trading activity on derivatives exchanges, Solana among them, then often react more strongly because more leverage is in play there.

Solana ETFs in the US: a small inflow after a run of outflows

The exchange-traded Solana funds in the US show no rush for the exit. According to TokenPost, a net $1.69 million flowed into the SOL spot ETFs on November 12, driven by Bitwise's BSOL fund. On the previous trading day there had still been outflows. The funds' assets under management most recently stood at $999.70 million, equivalent to 2.13 percent of Solana's market value.

A single day of inflows is not a trend. But it does show that the current decline is not being driven by large redemptions from institutional investors, but above all by the derivatives market.

200-day line and August low: the key price levels for SOL

To put the price into context, cryptoticker.io analysed Solana's daily closing prices over the past twelve months, 366 values in total from November 14, 2025 to November 13, 2026, based on CoinGecko price data. cryptoticker.io compiled this analysis itself on November 13, 2026.

• 200-day line: the average of the last 200 daily closes is $88.94. SOL thus trades around 12 percent below it. The 200-day line is the moving average over 200 trading days and is regarded by many market participants as the boundary between a long-term uptrend and downtrend.
• 50-day line: the shorter average stands at $104.64, well above the price.
• August low: between August 15 and 19, SOL closed below $78 five times; the lowest of these closes was $74.55 on August 17.
• Year low: the lowest daily close of the twelve months came on June 7 at $62.18.
• Year high: on January 15, SOL closed at $146.51.

On the downside, the zone around $74.50 is the first level with a history. Below it, no daily close of the past twelve months offers support until the year low of just over $62. On the upside, SOL would first have to reclaim $80, which turned from support into resistance after the wave of liquidations. An end to the downtrend would only become apparent above the 200-day line at just under $89.

Solana price since Thursday: from $83 to $78

On Thursday, Solana was still about news from the network: our Solana price prediction on tokenized funds focused on volume of $5.13 billion. At the start of that day, SOL traded at $83.24, according to CoinGecko. Since then the cryptocurrency has lost around 6 percent. The good news from the network did not support the price once the wider market turned. What is new since then is above all the break of the $80 mark and the overnight wave of liquidations.

Over the week, the direction is clear. On November 5, SOL stood at $95.51 at the start of the day, according to CoinGecko, on November 9 at $86.41, and it has been below $84 since November 11.

Fear & Greed Index at 20: extreme fear in the crypto market

Sentiment mirrors the price action. The Fear & Greed Index from alternative.me stands at 20 points on November 13, in the "Extreme Fear" range, down from 28 points a day earlier. The index combines volatility, trading volume, social media sentiment and other factors into a value between 0 and 100. Readings below 25 count as extreme fear.

A low index reading is not a buy signal. The index describes today's mood; it says nothing about tomorrow's price.

Leverage on Solana: how a liquidation happens

Anyone trading SOL with leverage puts up only part of the position's value as collateral. With tenfold leverage, €100 of equity is enough for a €1,000 position. If the price falls by around ten percent, the collateral is used up and the exchange closes the position, depending on the maintenance margin even slightly earlier. A long position opened at $88 with tenfold leverage would already have been liquidated at the current price.

Losing the entire capital deployed is therefore not an exception with leveraged products; with moves like this week's, it is the rule. Anyone who trades with leverage at all should know the liquidation price before buying, set a stop-loss order and only use money they can afford to lose.

Buying Solana: MiCA authorisation and custody

Anyone looking to use the decline as an entry point should look at the provider first. Since the end of the MiCA transition periods, crypto service providers serving customers in the EU need authorisation under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. Among other things, it governs the segregated custody of client funds and disclosure obligations. Which providers already hold this authorisation is shown in our comparison of regulated crypto exchanges.

Fees and spreads also matter, especially when prices are volatile. A spread is the difference between the buying and selling price, which in some apps is well above the actual trading fee. An overview of terms is provided by the comparison of the best crypto exchanges. Anyone holding larger amounts for longer can transfer the coins to their own wallet after buying and so reduce the risk of an exchange failure.

Solana staking in a downturn: yield versus price loss

Staking means locking up coins to help secure the network and receiving a reward in SOL in return. In our Solana price prediction of November 8, a staking yield of 5.2 percent a year was set against a price loss of 19 percent in 30 days. Since then the gap has widened: in the past 30 days alone, SOL has lost 27.4 percent.

The calculation shows that staking income does not offset a price decline of this size. For investors who intend to hold SOL for the long term anyway, staking nevertheless remains a way to increase the number of their coins. Depending on where you live, staking rewards and sales at a loss can have tax consequences, so keep a record of every purchase, sale and reward. Providers and terms are compared in our overview of staking platforms.

Solana below $80: the zone around $75 becomes the test

With the fall below $80, Solana has lost the last round number above the August low. The decline was driven by the wider market and by forced closures of leveraged positions, not by news from the network. Three steps help you sort out the situation for your own portfolio:

1. Check the provider: buy SOL only from a provider with MiCA authorisation and compare fees and spreads, for example in the comparison of the best crypto exchanges.
2. Record your holding periods: note the date and price of every purchase so you can document gains and losses for tax purposes; crypto tax tools help with this.
3. Avoid leverage, compare yields: stay away from leveraged positions while volatility is this high and, if you hold for the long term, compare the terms of the staking platforms.

(As of November 13, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Prices and fee structures change; check the terms with the provider before you buy.)