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SOL Sales And Rising DeFi Activity Mark Solana’s Q3 Progress

Recently, pump.fun’s fee income account continued its SOL sales, transferring 90,000 SOL (valued at $14.97 million) to Kraken just five hours ago.

To date, pump.fun has collected around 1.092 million SOL (approximately $182.45 million) in transaction fees, out of which roughly 709,000 SOL ($111.93 million) were sold at an average rate of $157.9 per token.

Meanwhile, a significant SOL holder, or whale, executed a 90,000 SOL sale at $165 per token within the last 15 hours, earning around 14.87 million USDC. This comes after redeeming 143,700 SOL from a staking pledge the previous day.

Out of these, the whale directly sold 60,000 SOL on-chain for 9.929 million USDC, while 30,000 SOL were offloaded via Wintermute OTC for 4.94 million USDC, resulting in an average price of $165 per token.

Amidst these sizable sales, Solana’s broader ecosystem has demonstrated resilience and growth. In Q3 2024, 29 Solana-based projects secured funding rounds totaling $173 million—the highest quarterly funding level since Q2 2022.

Defi On Solana Records Massive Increase In TVL

DeFi on Solana saw substantial expansion this quarter, with Total Value Locked (TVL) reaching $5.7 billion, a 26% increase that pushed Solana ahead of Tron. Kamino led with $1.5 billion in TVL, while stablecoins surged by 23% to $3.8 billion, fueled partly by PayPal’s PYUSD. Decentralized Exchange (DEX) trading also rebounded, with Raydium capturing 51% of the market share.

As Solana’s DeFi sector expands and projects gain momentum, investor interest appears to hold steady despite whale activity, underscoring a strong quarter for the Solana ecosystem.

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