Solana active addresses hit 1.88 million: What it means for the Solana price

Published on 10/22/2026 at 18:42 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Alpenglow targets 150-millisecond finality. The Solana price is 108.00 USD on October 22, 2026, up 1.17 percent, with rank 7.

Network activity and fund flows

Network usage reached 1.88 million unique active addresses on October 9, 2026, a 13-month high.
Alpenglow targeted 150-millisecond finality when it went live on October 21, 2026.
The Solana price stands at 108.00 USD as of October 22, 2026, 1.17 percent above the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026.
U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded 25.5 million USD in outflows through October 16, 2026.

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Solana (SOL) recorded 1.88 million unique active addresses on October 9, 2026, the network's highest level in 13 months, according to Gate News. The Solana price is 108.00 USD as of October 22, 2026, up 1.17 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026.

A 13-month activity peak arrived October 9

Gate News said the 1.88 million figure marked a 13-month high on October 9, 2026. The report attributed the metric to ChainCatcher, citing SolanaFloor and Blockworks data, and also said Santiment recorded a 124 percent increase in network growth metrics compared with early September.

Unique active addresses count distinct addresses that interact with the network during a period. The October 9, 2026, reading measures network activity rather than the number of individual users, since one person or application can control multiple addresses.

Alpenglow targeted 150 milliseconds on October 21

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live on October 21, 2026, according to CoinDesk. The protocol change replaced the validator voting system used since 2020 and targeted transaction finality of 150 milliseconds, compared with roughly six seconds under the prior process.

Galaxy said the upgrade moved validator votes off the blockchain and introduced a flat 0.8 SOL admission fee per epoch, a period of about 24 hours. The change affects how validators reach agreement, while the report said staking rewards were unchanged.

ETF outflows reached 25.5 million USD through October 16

U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded 25.5 million USD in net outflows across the five sessions through October 16, 2026, according to EconoTimes, citing Farside Investors' daily flow table. The withdrawals followed 25.0 million USD of outflows from October 5 through October 9, 2026, and extended the outflow sequence to 10 sessions.

The flow figures measure net cash entering or leaving the funds and do not identify which holders redeemed shares. The same EconoTimes report said the October 16, 2026, outflow was 12.7 million USD in Farside's table.

Solana price data shows a 1.17 percent daily gain

The Solana price stands at 108.00 USD as of October 22, 2026, up 1.17 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 21, 2026, according to Investing.com. The daily high is 109.18 USD and the daily low (UTC day) is 105.63 USD. Market capitalization is 63.69 billion USD, ranking Solana seventh, while 24-hour volume is 2.51 billion USD and circulating supply is 589.60 million SOL.