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More than $60 billion worth of SOL is committed to staking.
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The more capital that is locked in the staking, the greater the security of Solana.
Solana staking reached a new all-time high by concentrating 70% of its total locked supply to secure the network.
That level implies that about 426 million SOL coins, equivalent to USD 60,000 million at the price of USD 140 for each one, are committed by validators. With this, a milestone is marked in economic participation within the protocol, according to data from Token Terminal.
It should be noted that the price of SOL has fallen to USD 128, as a result of the drop in the price of bitcoin above USD 90,000.
The staking ratio measures what proportion of the total coins in circulation is locked to validate transactions and produce blocks.
A higher staking percentage increases the economic security of the network, since it makes much more expensive to try to control or reverse the chainby requiring an increasing amount of committed capital that can be lost in the event of malicious behavior.
In absolute terms measured in dollars, Solana staking reached its highest point last September 15, when The value of the blocked SOL reached around USD 94,000 millionequivalent to around 385 million tokens.
Although the dollar value of staking was higher in September, the current record corresponds to the percentage of SOL supply locked, which today reaches its highest level in history, regardless of the price of the asset.
Solana staking ATH could impact the price of your coin
This all-time high occurs in a context of adverse price. At the time of writing, SOL is trading around USD 128 per unit, with a drop of more than 4% in the last 24 hoursand 57% below its last ATH.
However, the increase in staking introduces a relevant dynamic for market analysis: a high ratio implies a lower liquid supply available for immediate sale.
From a price point of view, this phenomenon can act as a driving factor. If demand remains or grows while circulating supply decreases, potential selling pressure decreaseswhich could positively affect the price.
Furthermore, the attractiveness of staking as a source of return reinforces the incentives to keep SOL locked, even in price correction scenarios.
However, as NoticiasVE explained, the price of SOL, as well as that of most crypto assets, was affected, once again, by the tariff policies of the president of the United States, Donald Trump.