DeFi Development Corp buys 19,000 SOL
Solana (SOL)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
According to lookonchain.com, Solana’s treasury firm DeFi Development Corp has resumed buying SOL, adding 19,000 tokens to its holdings. The firm purchased the tokens for $1.86 million at an average price of $98.14 per token. This acquisition brings the firm's total SOL treasury holdings to 2.33 million tokens.
The current position is valued at approximately $182 million. The report notes that SolanaFloor monitored the transaction. No other details regarding the timing or specific exchange used for this purchase were provided in the source.
The increase marks a resumption of buying activity by the treasury firm. This move adds to the firm's existing significant position in the Solana ecosystem.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for SOL, measured when this story was written up on 27 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Solana is currently trading at $102.07 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 53.7%, indicating a slight majority of volume is coming from buyers. However, the 1-hour buy ratio has spiked to 59.8%, while the 4-hour ratio sits at 48.8%, suggesting that buying pressure is intensifying in the short term after being more balanced over the last four hours. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$4,792,195, showing immediate net inflows, whereas the 4-hour delta is negative at -$2,625,727, indicating that earlier in the four-hour window, sellers had dominated. Over the full 24 hours, the volume delta is strongly positive at +$19,185,180, confirming that buyers have controlled the flow for the majority of the day. This net buying activity occurred across 17 of the last 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 48.8% sits at the 27th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 50.0% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What SOL did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for SOL, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, Solana experienced consistent accumulation, with net buying occurring on all 7 days. The 7-day average buy ratio was 52.5%, which is slightly lower than the current 24-hour ratio of 53.7%, showing a marginal increase in buying intensity today compared to the weekly norm. Total volume over the week was 0.57x the average, indicating that trading activity has been lighter than usual despite the steady accumulation. The price rose by 19.5% over the 8-day period, driven by a total volume delta of +$175,409,002. This week represents a period of steady, uninterrupted buying pressure that has outperformed broader market trends.