Crypto
Solana price chart
This page shows SOL/USD, the price of one SOL token (Solana's native asset) in US dollars, quoted as a spot price on the Coinbase exchange.
SOL trades continuously across multiple exchanges; this chart reflects Coinbase's order book specifically, not a single blended reference price for the wider market.
Solana / US Dollar chart
COINBASE:SOLUSDSpot price on the Coinbase exchange.
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At a glance
| Full name | Solana (SOL) |
|---|---|
| Ticker/pair | SOL/USD |
| TradingView symbol | COINBASE:SOLUSD |
| Instrument type | Spot pair on the Coinbase exchange |
| Reference market | Coinbase |
| Quotation currency | US dollar |
| Market schedule | Continuous, 24/7 including weekends |
| Coverage | Global SOL spot market, as reflected on Coinbase |
| Status | Spot (not a futures, ETF or CFD) |
| Data delay | Coinbase's feed is typically real-time on TradingView, but prices differ slightly between exchanges |
What is Solana / US Dollar?
Solana is a blockchain platform designed for high transaction throughput and low fees, using a combination of proof-of-stake consensus and a timestamping mechanism called proof of history to order transactions efficiently.
SOL is used to pay transaction fees, to stake with validators securing the network, and to participate in governance-adjacent activity across the Solana ecosystem, which hosts decentralised finance and consumer applications.
How to read this chart
A rising line means SOL is gaining value against the US dollar; falling means the opposite. Trading is continuous with no weekly close, unlike traditional exchange-listed markets.
Solana's network has experienced episodes of outages and performance degradation in its history, which have at times coincided with sharp price moves; investors should treat network reliability as a distinct factor from price trend. Prices can also vary between exchanges, and SOL has shown high volatility relative to many other assets.
What moves it?
- Network activity and outages
- Levels of on-chain transaction activity, and the network's track record of uptime, directly affect confidence in Solana as an infrastructure layer.
- Validator economics
- Staking yields and the concentration or decentralisation of validators influence both security perceptions and token supply dynamics.
- Ecosystem token launches
- New application and token launches on Solana, including periods of high-profile activity in areas such as decentralised exchanges, can drive demand for SOL as the network's base asset.
- Competitive positioning
- Solana is often compared with other high-throughput blockchains; relative technical performance and developer adoption affect sentiment toward SOL.
- Broader crypto risk sentiment
- As with other major tokens, SOL tends to move with overall risk appetite in the crypto market alongside bitcoin and ether.
Why businesses and investors monitor it
Firms building on Solana, holding SOL for network participation, or serving clients active in its ecosystem track this price for planning and risk purposes. It is also used as an indicator of interest in high-throughput blockchain infrastructure generally.
This page is informational and does not constitute investment advice.
Solana vs Ethereum
Solana and Ethereum are both general-purpose smart-contract platforms but differ in architecture: Solana prioritises high throughput and low transaction costs on a single base layer, while Ethereum relies more heavily on separate layer-2 networks for scaling.
Comparing SOL/USD with ETH/USD gives a sense of relative market confidence between these two approaches to blockchain scalability.
Frequently asked questions
What is proof of history?
Proof of history is a timestamping technique Solana uses alongside proof-of-stake consensus to help order transactions quickly, contributing to its high throughput design.
Has Solana had network outages?
Yes, Solana's network has experienced a number of outages and periods of degraded performance since launch, which are publicly documented incidents distinct from its token price.
Why does this page use Coinbase rather than another exchange?
Coinbase provides a widely used, publicly accessible SOL/USD spot feed on TradingView; other exchanges may show slightly different prices due to fragmented liquidity.
Is SOL supply fixed?
No. SOL has an inflationary issuance schedule designed to decline over time, subject to network governance parameters, rather than a fixed hard cap.
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Sources
Written and maintained by the StandardsDesk editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-08-06. The explanatory text on this page is evergreen: it is not updated with market movements, and no current price or level is quoted anywhere outside the chart.
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