Solana Whale Deposits $11M In SOL To Binance, Bearish Signal?

Data shows a Solana whale has deposited SOL worth $11 million to Binance, which could be bearish for the asset’s price.

Since the start of Bitcoin’s rally towards the $35,000 level, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has been having a good time. Among the assets, Solana has particularly stood out, as its returns have been one of the highest.

During the last 30 days, SOL has observed an exceptional rally of more than 84%, leading to its price surpassing the $43 mark. The chart below shows how the asset’s trajectory has looked like during this period.

From the chart, it’s visible that Solana had managed to rise as high as $47 at the start of the month, but the coin registered a bit of a pullback soon after. The asset has since recovered 9% from these local lows, although it’s yet to make a full retrace. However, momentum appears to be building for the coin, as it has grown by 3% during the past day.

In this sharp rally during the past month, Solana also improved its standing in the cryptocurrency sector, as it claimed the 7th position on the market cap list.

Naturally, as with any rally, profit-taking can be something to look out for, as it can lead towards a local top formation. It would appear that a whale may be attempting to do precisely that.

According to data from the cryptocurrency transaction tracker service Whale Alert, a large transaction has been spotted on the Solana blockchain during the past day.

This transfer saw 249,999 SOL move across the network, worth approximately $10.8 million when the transaction was executed. Given the large amount involved, it’s likely that a whale entity was behind it.

Generally, transactions can be something to watch, as they can sometimes have noticeable effects on the market, how the price would be affected by the move of a whale naturally depends on what they intended to do with it.

In the current case, the transfer moved from an unknown wallet (likely the whale’s address) to a wallet attached to a central platform: the Binance exchange.

One of the main reasons an investor might transfer their coins from their self-custodial wallet to one of these central entities is for selling purposes, so it’s possible that the whale wanted to sell here and harvest the profits they would have amassed in the latest rally.

The cryptocurrency price could end up feeling some resistance shortly if selling was indeed the goal in the mind of this whale.