{"id":72744,"date":"2026-05-19T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/solana-og-who-staked-for-five-years-has-quietly-cashed-out-137-million-in-sol\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:42:59","slug":"solana-og-who-staked-for-five-years-has-quietly-cashed-out-137-million-in-sol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/solana-og-who-staked-for-five-years-has-quietly-cashed-out-137-million-in-sol\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana OG Who Staked for Five Years Has Quietly Cashed out $137 Million in SOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">A Solana OG sold 30,000 sol ($2.56M) on May 19, bringing total exits to 965,274 SOL since 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The wallet originally staked 991,079 SOL in 2021 at an average realized exit price of $143 per coin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">With 381,140 SOL ($32.4M) still staked, solana markets face ongoing supply pressure from long-term holders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Five Years Staked, One Year Selling<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A veteran <span>solana<\/span> holder sold another 30,000 sol for approximately $2.56 million, bringing their total recorded exits to 965,274 <span>SOL<\/span> worth $137.66 million at an average realized price of $143 per coin. The wallet originally staked 991,079 <span>SOL<\/span> more than five years ago and began selling roughly a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_815291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-815291\" style=\"width:2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-815291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <span>whale<\/span>\u2019s latest 30,000 <span>SOL<\/span> withdrawal and remaining staked position, per Solscan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The holder still has 381,140 <span>SOL<\/span> worth approximately $32.4 million at current prices, locked in <span>staking<\/span>, indicating that the investor may be taking a calculated wind-down approach to their holdings rather than forcing a full-on <span>liquidation<\/span> event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">To this point, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">the wallet has distributed sales across multiple transactions over several months, a pattern that is consistent with an early participant managing tax exposure or market impact. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The latest sale of 30,000 sol represents less than 8% of the remaining staked supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">What OG Exits Signal for <span>SOL<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The <span>Solana<\/span> network has not been short of large-holder sell pressure since the start of the year because just last month, a separate wallet unstaked and deposited $26.1 million in sol to Binance, prompting broader concern about institutional-scale exits. Galaxy Digital drew attention for a similar event <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1978399422867554681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">involving 250,000 SOL<\/a> moved toward exchange infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Despite this sell pressure, the <span>Solana<\/span> network\u2019s fundamentals have held up as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/solanas-ecosystem-hits-2-39-billion-revenue-high-in-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">protocol generated a record $2.39 billion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in annual revenue in 2025, powered by <span>decentralized exchange<\/span> ( <span>DEX<\/span>) volumes and the rise of token launchpads. <span>Bitcoin.com<\/span> News also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/solana-company-expands-sol-position-claims-higher-than-average-staking-returns\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">previously reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> on at least one institutional player expanding its <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/solana?utm_source=bitcoin_news\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-staking\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staking<\/a> position in 2026, citing above-average <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-staking\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staking<\/a> returns as the rationale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">With early believers cashing out into institutional demand, it will be interesting to see how long that equilibrium holds, as it depends partly on whether the remaining $32.4 million in staked sol eventually hits the open market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">At the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-bitcoin-whales\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whale<\/a>\u2019s current offloading pace of roughly 30,000 \u2013 50,000 sol per transaction, a full exit, if it comes, is still months away.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/solana-og-staker-cashes-out-137-million-sol-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways A Solana OG sold 30,000 sol ($2.56M) on May 19, bringing total exits to 965,274 SOL since 2025. The wallet originally staked 991,079 SOL in 2021 at an average realized exit price of $143 per coin. With 381,140 SOL ($32.4M) still staked, solana markets face ongoing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":72745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}