Solana supply to jump 2.2% this Saturday in biggest unlock to date
According to widely circulated data from Messari, 11.2 million Solana (SOL) from the FTX bankruptcy estate will unlock tomorrow. By Saturday, Solana’s circulating supply will increase 2.2%, and well over $1 billion of these newly-unlocked tokens will be available for immediate sale. Solana’s next two unlocks are far smaller: 12,700 SOL on April 1 and 73,700 SOL on May 1. All three of these unlocks are tokens held by the FTX estate, which is currently in bankruptcy proceedings. Why FTX owns so much of Solana’s supply Anyone who has been in crypto for less than three years might not know why FTX owns so much SOL. Prior to his December 2022 indictment and subsequent imprisonment, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) founded the FTX exchange and was, in his heyday, one of crypto’s biggest investors. Before it went bankrupt in November 2022, SBF had FTX heavily invested in Solana. SBF had already negotiated a deal to own 2.5% of Solana’s locked supply and spent so much time promoti...