What happened? The co-founder of the Ethereum network Vitalik Buterin expressed support for the Solana(SOL) blockchain team. Referring to his own authoritative sources, he said that a "serious community of smart developers" has gathered around Solana, and the project has prospects for development, since "mercantile investors" are no longer related to it. "It's hard for me to judge from the outside, but I hope that the community will get a fair chance to flourish," Buterin added.

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What's going on with Solana? One of the largest blockchain investors is the trading firm Alameda Research, part of the bankrupt FTX Group. On November 22, analysts of the company Santiment recorded a massive SOL short on the Binance crypto exchange, when the asset rate fell by 63% in just under four days.

At the end of November, Tether announced the transfer of 1 billion USDT from Solana to the Ethereum network. The reason for the withdrawal of stable coins was the connection of the blockchain with Alameda.

According to a report by the NGO Solana Foundation, the network lost more than $ 180 million due to the collapse of FTX. The organization stored approximately 3.43 million FTX (FTT) and 134.54 million Serum (SRM) coins on the platform, which are currently blocked on the exchange.

As of December 30, 10:30 Moscow time, SOL is trading at $9.11, having decreased by 4.91% per day, according to Binance. The asset ranks 19th in the overall rating of cryptocurrencies with a capitalization of $ 3.42 billion, according to the aggregator CoinGecko.