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2026 has been a difficult period for the cryptocurrency market: since the start of the year, each of the five largest crypto assets by market capitalisation has posted double-digit losses. Among this group, Solana ($SOL) has suffered the most, losing more than 47% of its value since January 1. To understand where the market may head next, we asked several leading modern artificial intelligence (AI) models to forecast the year-end prices of $BTC, $ETH, $BNB, $XRP and $SOL. Their answers were, to put it mildly, intriguing.

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Solana ($SOL) has hit its lowest level in 2.5 years, erasing the gains it made last year during the memecoin frenzy and the trend of public companies accumulating crypto reserves. On 5 June, the price of $SOL fell below $64 for the first time since December 2023.

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Solana ($SOL) continues to face growing pressure as sellers maintain control of the market following a sharp decline from recent highs. The cryptocurrency is now trading near $68.5 after losing several important support levels that had previously helped stabilise price action. Market participants remain cautious, as weakening sentiment, declining capital flows and a fragile technical structure point to continued downside risks.

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Solana has completed eight consecutive months of negative performance for the first time in its history. As of June 1, 2026, SOL was trading around $81 despite on-chain metrics remaining at levels that would have been considered highly bullish just a year ago.

This year, capital has been leaving the crypto market, but some funds are flowing from one altcoin to another. Arthur Hayes believes Solana’s weak performance is linked to liquidity moving into Hyperliquid.

Artificial intelligence projects in the Solana ecosystem form a separate segment of the crypto market. They are mainly focused on distributed GPU computing, decentralized data processing, and the creation of infrastructure for AI resources.

Solana is trading at a 71% discount from its all-time high. Here’s why. Since its launch in 2020, Solana has often been described as “the next Ethereum.” However, despite being faster and cheaper than Ethereum, Solana has not lived up to those expectations.

Forward Industries, which describes itself as the world’s largest corporate holder of Solana, reported a net loss of $585.6 million in its first-quarter earnings report. At present, the company’s unrealized losses have nearly reached $1 billion.

U.S.-based DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) released its first-quarter report, showing that the amount of Solana held per share increased by 108% year-over-year to 0.067 SOL. As of May 13, the company held 2,294,576 SOL worth approximately $325 million. To accumulate assets, DFDV utilizes staking, proprietary validators, and allocates 25% of its reserves into DeFi protocols.

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Solana is trading at $95.26 on May 13 after breaking above the 0.382 Fibonacci level, which had acted as resistance for three months, amid accelerating ETF inflows and the first bullish daily MACD crossover since January.

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Interest in Solana has strengthened again. Spot ETFs tied to $SOL recorded their largest weekly capital inflows since February, while futures open interest increased by nearly $1.5 billion in less than two weeks.

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Bitcoin and altcoins continue to feel the impact of recent events and statements between the United States and Iran. Bitcoin recently surpassed the $80,000 level for the first time since January, and May forecasts from the analytics platform Polymarket were also published.

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Solana is trading at $85.64 on May 4, up 2%, while the monthly Polymarket pricing shows a 70% probability of closing at $90 in May, and on-chain data shows $381 million in ecosystem inflows over the past three months, with 69% coming from Ethereum.

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The cryptocurrency traded at $76,923 on Tuesday morning, down 2.4% over 24 hours after rising to $79,399 on Monday and reversing during the day. Ethereum (ETH) fell 3.7% to $2,290, $XRP ($XRP) dropped 3.2% to $1.39, Solana (SOL) declined 3.9% to $84.10, and $BNB ($BNB) fell 1.8% to $625. The top 10 tokens traded in the red over the past 24 hours, except for TRON (TRX) and Dogecoin (DOGE).

On the crypto prediction platform Polymarket, investor expectations are beginning to form regarding whether leading crypto assets will reach their all-time highs ($ATH) again.

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Over the past 24 hours, Solana has gained 1.14% to $83.49. However, the altcoin may decline again as it failed to reclaim the key SMA level, a drop below which has historically led to significant price declines.