Solana Daily: News & Analysis · 13 May 2026 · 4 min

SOL at $97: Three Technical Signals, ETF Records & the $100 Test

Solana hits $97 with spot ETF inflows topping $1 billion and three rare technical confirmations aligning at once — but $6.4 billion in open interest could flip the setup fast. Here's what the data actually says.

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SOL at $97: Three Technical Signals, ETF Records & the $100 Test

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SOL Closing on $100

Solana is trading at ninety-seven dollars with three separate technical confirmations aligned behind it, and the only real question is whether this rally has the structural backing to clear one hundred or if the leverage is getting ahead of the fundamentals. Here's what changed this week.

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Three Technical Signals Aligning

The technicals are doing something worth paying attention to. SOL broke its one-hundred-day exponential moving average for the first time since October twenty twenty-five.

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Leverage Risk at $6.4B

The risk sits in the derivatives market. Futures open interest has jumped from four point nine four billion to six point four billion dollars.

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Alpenglow Upgrade Testing Phase

On the protocol side, the Alpenglow upgrade entered active testing this week. It moved from announcement to execution, which removes one layer of theoretical risk.

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May's Seasonal Pattern Breaking

May has historically been a difficult month for Solana. The six-year average is a negative six percent return.

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What to Watch From Here

The near-term picture narrows to two things. Whether Alpenglow testing proceeds cleanly, and whether weekly ETF inflows hold above one hundred million dollars.

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