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Why Solana Was Decimated by Bankman-Fried’s Downfall

Biggest cloud shading Solana’s sunshine is the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX exchange and hedge fund Alameda Research.

Bankman-Fried was perhaps the single most prominent backer of Solana, and skeptics could reasonably argue that the price appreciation of the $SOL token and related assets from 2020-2021 was driven at least in part by Bankman-Fried’s market interventions and advocacy.

The consequences of growing Solana skepticism have been dire, based purely on numbers. From a peak price of $258.78 on Nov. 6,2021, Solana’s SOL token has declined to just over $10 today, Dec. 28. That’s a drop of -96.1%, vastly sharper than the drawdowns from peak for BTC (-74.5%) and ETH (-74.6%). 

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