Solana Reaches Eight-Month High Against Bitcoin
Solana (SOL)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Coinlive.me reports that Solana has climbed to an eight-month high against Bitcoin, with the SOL/BTC pair reaching its strongest level since late 2025. This rise reflects strength relative to the market benchmark rather than a general dollar-priced rally shared by all coins. A rising cross indicates that capital is favoring Solana over Bitcoin at the margin, signaling rotation and risk appetite.
The move mirrors relative-strength signals seen in other large-cap altcoins like XRP, which recently hit a seven-month high. Broad market catalysts, such as softening Bitcoin dominance, often free up capital for higher-beta large caps like SOL. Simultaneously, Solana-specific ecosystem activity, including tokenized stock trading volume, keeps traders engaged.
Bulls require SOL/BTC to hold above its breakout zone and turn prior resistance into support to maintain momentum. If Bitcoin regains strength, the ratio can cool quickly even if Solana holds steady in dollar terms. The near-term signal depends on whether the pair defends its breakout or fades back into range.
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.
Whalio spot data shows Solana trading at $102.07 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 53.7%, indicating that buying pressure is building over the full day. However, shorter-term readings show a shift, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 45.9% and the 4-hour ratio at 48.8%, suggesting immediate buying interest is fading compared to the daily average. Volume delta reflects this short-term shift, showing negative flows of -$956,814 in the last hour and -$2,625,727 over four hours, while the 24-hour delta remains positive at +$19,185,180. The Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close stands at +$48,682,067, confirming that net buying has dominated the day despite recent short-term selling. Spot volume reached $257,329,058 with 1,263,515 trades executed in the last 24 hours. Net buying occurred for 17 of the 24 hours, highlighting that buying pressure was consistent throughout most of the day.
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 seven consecutive days of net buying, with a 7-day average buy ratio of 52.5%. The latest day's buy ratio of 53.7% is 1.2 points higher than this weekly average, indicating a slightly more bullish day than usual. Volume was measured at 0.57x the weekly average, showing that trading activity was subdued relative to the norm. The price increased by 19.5% over the eight-day period, with a total volume delta of +$175,409,002. This context places the current reaction as part of a sustained weekly uptrend, albeit with lower-than-average volume on the latest day.