Solana disinflation passes quorum as demand rises
Solana (SOL)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Solana's double disinflation proposal has reached quorum with 45.24% participation and roughly 30% voting in favor. If enacted, the network's disinflation rate would increase from approximately 15% to 30%, slowing the pace of new SOL entering circulation. Over six years, this change could reduce issuance by around 18.9 million SOL, valued at about $1.47 billion at current estimates.
This shift improves the supply picture by limiting new tokens while demand potentially remains strong. Solana has also surpassed Base in agentic payment transactions, processing over 1.5 million such automated transactions in a single day. Data from Token Terminal shows Solana's share of these transactions rose rapidly over the past two weeks while Base's declined.
Additionally, Charles Schwab announced plans to add SOL trading to Schwab Crypto in the coming months. The service already supports Bitcoin and Ethereum, placing Solana alongside the platform's largest assets. SOL price rose from the low-$70s in early August to $107 at press time, with buyers in control.
The Directional Movement Index confirms the bullish trend, though the RSI sits around 85, indicating overbought conditions. The rally may continue but has been pushed to its limits.
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, showing a mixed short-term signal compared to the longer-term trend. The 1-hour buy ratio is 45.9%, while the 4-hour ratio is 48.8%, both below the 24-hour ratio of 53.7%, suggesting immediate buying pressure is fading relative to the daily average. Volume delta reflects this in the short term, with negative values of -$956,814 over one hour and -$2,625,727 over four hours. However, the 24-hour volume delta remains positive at +$19,185,180, indicating net buying over the full day. Cumulative Volume Delta closed at +$48,682,067, with net buying occurring in 17 of the last 24 hours. Spot volume reached $257,329,058 across 1,263,515 trades.
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, the average buy ratio was 52.5%, with the latest day showing a slight increase of 1.2 points. Volume was 0.57x the weekly average, indicating lighter trading activity despite the price rise. The coin experienced seven consecutive days of net buying, contributing to an 8-day price change of +19.5%. Total volume delta for the period was +$175,409,002. This recent activity represents a sustained bullish trend over the week, though current hourly volume is below the weekly average.