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Who Owns Solana The Most? Is Sam Bankman-Fried the Biggest SOL Holder?

By Wayne Ingram
Oct 25, 2024
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 Solana (SOL) blockchain's native token lost over 70% of its value since November 2022 following the demise of the FTX crypto exchange. This article will discuss, "Who Owns Solana The Most? Is Sam Bankman-Fried the Biggest SOL Holder?" Let's get started.

Who Owns Solana The Most?

As of 9 January, the three biggest SOL holders were anonymous wallets each owning 1.86%, 0.93%, and 0.93% of the total supply respectively.

How Many Solana Holders Are There?

There were 9,154,449 wallets holding Solana tokens on January 6th, 2023, according to data. The top 10 Solana holders collectively owned 9.06% of the total token supply, while the top 100 holders held over 33% of the total coin supply.

Is Sam Bankman-Fried the Biggest SOL Holder?

Prior to FTX's bankruptcy, the crypto exchange platform's sister hedge fund, held over $1.19 billion SOL tokens according to reports by CoinDesk, as the platform's founder Sam Bankman-Fried was an early investor of the cryptocurrency.

Data on Solana Compass indicated that as of January 6, 2023, *** was stated to still possess over 48 million locked and staked SOL tokens, or 66.1% of all locked stakes. Meanwhile, a report published by the Daily Hodl suggested that these Holdings may be in the hands of liquidators.

Who Owns Solana The Most? Is Sam Bankman-Fried the Biggest SOL Holder? - Hopefully, this article can help you to get some knowledge.

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