The Solana (SOL) token is without doubt one of the greatest losers on the crypto market with a worth drop of round 30% within the final seven days. After the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) declared the Solana token in addition to quite a few different altcoins as securities in its lawsuits towards Coinbase and Binance US, the SOL worth plummeted.
In a worst-case state of affairs, the SEC may sue Solana Basis in the identical manner it did Ripple Labs in December 2020. Thus, the underside of the SOL worth’s stoop won’t be reached but, if the SEC actually takes this step and thus causes extra buyers to panic promote.
Solana Neighborhood And Builders Oppose The SEC
The Solana Basis has now responded to the SEC’s classification of its SOL token as an unregistered safety. In an announcement, it stated, “The Solana Basis strongly believes that SOL will not be a safety,” including “SOL is the native token to the Solana blockchain, a sturdy, open-source, community-based software program undertaking that depends on decentralized person and developer engagement to increase and evolve.”
Whereas one developer at a latest occasion dismissed the SEC’s authorized motion, stating that builders “give a shit” about what the SEC thinks, there is part of the neighborhood that’s already fascinated about potential methods to unravel the SEC subject.
The founding father of Degen Picks launched a ballot throughout the Solana neighborhood on whether or not the blockchain ought to fork to keep away from the regulatory points with the SEC. A complete of two,050 folks participated within the ballot, 39.9% answered “yup” whereas 24.2% answered “stfu” (shut the fuck up).
OK hear me out. It’s time to fork $SOL. SEC dissapears, FTX chapter can dump on themselves. $BTC and $ETH each did it.
cc @SOLBigBrain
Your response?
— Caps² (@capsjpeg) June 10, 2023
Surprisingly, the thought is supported by Abracadabra founder @HGEABC. Through Twitter, he responded to the ballot, writing, “Daring however not a nasty thought truly. Neighborhood fork Solana will do away with SEC subject. No chapter will dump on you for subsequent 3 years constantly. ETH is a fork of ETC and doing nicely. Blink twice in the event you agree.”
A person then requested the Abracadabra founder if he may get Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and his crew to work on the fork. The Abracadabra founder speculated that they “in all probability will” if they’re sued by the SEC. “Then work on the fork save their very own downside too.” Remarkably, the Solana Basis has not but responded to the ballot.
Total, nevertheless, there are combined opinions locally in regards to the fork. It’s additionally price noting that proponents don’t have a particular plan for a fork but.
Nonetheless, in keeping with the founding father of Degen Picks, a fork couldn’t solely resolve the SEC downside, but in addition FTX chapter. A duplicate of the Solana chain could possibly be given a brand new algorithm and parameters. The FTX wallets could possibly be blacklisted and never obtain the brand new token.
SOL Value Retains Falling
At press time, the SOL worth was buying and selling at $15.15. The 1-day chart reveals the dicey scenario for the SOL worth. The bulls have to defend the $12.82 degree in any respect prices to stop a fall to the December 2022 low at $8.02.
To the upside, the $16.00 degree is the important thing resistance for now. With an RSI of 26.2, SOL is in oversold territory and will provoke a restoration.
Featured picture from Analytics Perception, chart from TradingView.com