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Fidelity flags Solana stake, hosting and client concentration alongside two-year outage record
· By MyCryptoSignal Editorial · 322 words
Cointelegraph reports that Fidelity has described Solana as resilient, noting the network has recorded no reported mainnet outages in two years. The same report flags concentrations in stake, hosting and client software as areas that need continued observation.
According to Cointelegraph, the assessment comes from a Fidelity report published on 17 October 2026. The report credits Solana with two years without a reported mainnet outage, a stretch that contrasts with earlier periods of network disruption. It also names three areas to monitor: how stake is distributed, the hosting arrangements validators depend on, and the client software they run. Cointelegraph's summary does not quantify those concentrations or state what level would be considered a problem. The account describes the report's findings rather than an independent audit of the network's current condition.
As of 13:18 UTC on 18 October, Solana traded at $103.88, down 0.04678% over 24 hours. The token has given back 5.0764% over seven days and 1.5469% over 30 days. Its 24-hour range ran from $101.41 to $104.60, with volatility recorded at 0.01. RSI14 stood at 53.7 and the trend reading was down. Recorded support sat at $104.03 and resistance at $104.19.
The wider market was steadier. Total crypto market capitalisation was $2.588 trillion, up 0.26% over 24 hours, and Bitcoin dominance was 63.6%. Bitcoin traded at $81,878, up 0.51244% on the day. Solana's roughly flat 24-hour print sits against a modestly higher market, while its seven-day decline is the larger move in the appendix.
Solana's two-year outage record and its concentration risks describe the same asset from different angles: how a network behaves when a limited set of validators, hosts and clients carry most of the load. The appendix shows SOL down 5.0764% over seven days while the total market added 0.26% in 24 hours. The report's monitoring points and the price data sit side by side without resolving each other.
Read the full story at Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-shows-resilience-but-some-areas-need-continued-observation-fidelity-says
Data, not advice.
Source: Cointelegraph — see our editorial policy.