Whale stakes $1 million in SOL to a new Solana validator
- —One whale staked $1 million in SOL to a new Solana validator
- —The network has 676–686 active validators with 437.5M–440.8M SOL staked
- —Staked supply equals nearly 69% of all SOL in existence
- —A new validator needs about 150k SOL in stake to cover costs
Why it matters: The Solana Foundation's shrinking delegation role makes validators more dependent on large stakers, affecting network decentralization.
Source: Crypto Briefing