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Solana (SOL) Price Dips as Institutional Interest Declines – Can it Bounce Back?

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In Brief

  • Solana price fell by nearly 16% in the last 48 hours pulling the altcoin to $173.
  • About $2.7 million were removed by institutions in the past week, but SOL remains the best-performing alt this month.
  • Investors are still highly bullish for the altcoin, which could, in turn, put an end to this minor bearish stint.
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Solana (SOL) price continued its rise even as the rest of the market slowed down until the rally was abruptly stopped this week.

The corrections that arose in the last two days seemingly negatively impacted the altcoin, but the reason behind the same is far more concerning.

Is Solana Losing Institutions’ Favor?

Solana’s price fell over the last two days, wiping out close to 16% of the gains noted by the altcoin recently. Interestingly, this correction arrived at the same time as the release of CoinShares’ weekly report.

Per the report, the interest of institutional investors could be seen at its peak in the last year. However, most of the inflows were concentrated towards Bitcoin, which noted $2.89 billion flowing in for the week ending March 15.

What stood apart, however, were the outflows. Ethereum and Solana emerged as the two worst-performing assets in the said week. The former noted outflows worth $13.9 million, while SOL observed $2.7 million leaving the asset. Nevertheless, this did not impact the month-to-date flows of Solana, which is still the highest among all other altcoins, including Ethereum.

Solana Institutional Flows.
Solana Institutional Flows. Source: CoinShares

With $23.8 million flowing in since the beginning of March, Solana has outperformed Ethereum, which registered outflows amounting to $13 million. This shows that despite the bearish week, SOL still has the institution in favor, making the recent correction a false dip.

Furthermore, the decline in price did not affect the investors’ optimism either. Solana holders are still exhibiting bullish sentiment, the highest noted since December 2023. This signals that SOL investors are still hopeful of further bullishness.

Solana Weighted Sentiment.
Solana Weighted Sentiment. Source: Santiment

SOL Price Prediction: This Is Where the Altcoin Will End Up

Solana price is already testing the $168 level as support and not falling through it. This level also marks the confluence of the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), making it a critical support floor.

SOL/USDT 1-day chart.
SOL/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView

If bullishness persists, SOL could climb back to reclaim the support of $183, which would recover nearly half of the corrections registered in the past 48 hours.

However, if the critical support floor is lost, a drawdown to $150 is possible. Losing this would invalidate the bullish thesis.

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Aaryamann Shrivastava
Aaryamann Shrivastava is a technical and on-chain analyst at BeInCrypto, where he specializes in market reports on cryptocurrencies from diverse sectors, including Telegram Apps, liquid staking, Layer 1s, meme coins, artificial intelligence (AI), metaverse, internet of things (IoT), Ethereum ecosystem, and Bitcoin. Previously, he conducted market analysis and technical assessments of various altcoins at FXStreet and AMBCrypto, covering all aspects of the crypto industry, including...
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