Solana (SOL) Holds Near $80 After Drift Exploit; $85 in Focus as $50 Risk Emerges

Solana (SOL) is trading around $79–$83 as the market digests a Drift Protocol exploit that drained at least $270 million in under 60 seconds. Analysts frame $85 as a key level, warning that failing to regain it could increase downside risk toward $50, while the incident is described as abuse of Solana’s durable nonces rather than a broken codebase.