Solana price stands at 101.12 USD on October 16, 2026, before the Alpenglow upgrade

Published on 10/20/2026 at 13:14 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

U.S. spot funds recorded 25.5 million USD in outflows through October 16. The Solana price is 101.12 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 2.93 percent.

ETF flows and network concentration

On October 21, 2026, Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is scheduled for epoch 1064.
Spot SOL funds recorded 25.5 million USD in net outflows through October 16, 2026.
The Solana price stands at 101.12 USD as of October 16, 2026, 2.93 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Fidelity's October 16, 2026, report counted 18 validators holding one-third of stake.

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Solana (SOL) stands at 101.12 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 2.93 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. For the Solana price, the next dated network event is the Alpenglow upgrade, scheduled for October 21, 2026, according to CoinDesk.

Alpenglow is scheduled for October 21, 2026

CoinDesk reported that Alpenglow is scheduled for October 21, 2026, in epoch 1064, the period during which Solana assigns validators their network responsibilities. The upgrade targets transaction finality in about 150 milliseconds, meaning the network aims to make blocks irreversible within that interval. It will replace TowerBFT, Solana's existing validator voting system, and move validator votes off-chain, according to CoinDesk.

The same report says validators must use Agave 4.3.0 for the migration. Firedancer and Frankendancer operators are expected to switch software temporarily, while the migration is scheduled to begin around 15:00 UTC on October 21, 2026.

ETF outflows reached 25.5 million USD

U.S. spot Solana exchange-traded funds, which hold the cryptocurrency directly, recorded 25.5 million USD in net outflows across the five sessions through October 16, 2026, according to EconoTimes. The report, citing Farside Investors' daily flow table, said withdrawals occurred in all 10 sessions from October 5 through October 16, 2026.

A separate October 16, 2026, assessment cited by Solana Compass said 18 validators together held the one-third of stake needed to stop the network from finalizing blocks. The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology report also said vote success averaged 99.7 percent during 2026, while highlighting concentration in stake, hosting and client software.

Investing.com reports a 101.12 USD price

The Solana price is 101.12 USD as of October 16, 2026, according to Investing.com, 2.93 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 104.71 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 100.50 USD. Market capitalization is 59.45 billion USD, ranking Solana seventh, while 24-hour volume is 1.97 billion USD. Circulating supply is 589.44 million SOL.