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 The price of Solana has plunged as the market fears a large FTX sell-off, however, it seems unlikely that the now-defunct exchange will dump all of its holdings at once. 
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 The price of Solana (SOL) has plunged more than 6% the last 24 hours, amid <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="fears" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/fears.html">fears</a> that bankrupt crypto exchange FTX may soon liquidate its significant portions of the token and other Solana-affiliated crypto assets.&nbsp; 
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;"> The price of Solana has fallen 6% to $18.38 in the last 24 hours. Source: CoinGecko 
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 According to a combination of data from Solscan, which has added up the value of the three publicly available FTX cold storage wallets, the FTX estate holds a combined $1.5 billion in crypto assets on the Solana network. 
 Of that weighty figure, Solana tokens account for just $128 million. 
 The rest of the amount is comprised of numerous Solana-based altcoins such as Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Maps token (MAPS), Serum (SRM) and a number of other tokens colloquially referred to as “Sam coins” — a jest at the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. 
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;"> The total sum of Solana-based tokens on FTX Cold Storage #1 wallet. Source: Solscan 
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 Still, the idea that liquidators may soon unleash $128 million worth of SOL and hundreds of millions worth of other SOL-affiliated tokens onto the market hasn’t inspired much confidence in the market. 
 A number of users took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to voice their concerns over the impending sell-off. “FTX about to dump $680 mil worth of SOL ” wrote one user. “SOL is going to dump hard after FTX sells its bag, going to reach 14$ soon,” said another. 
 Others have instead urged calm, as the bankruptcy plan actually restricts how much can be sold off at once 
 According to FTX bankruptcy filings, the proposed plan for the liquidation of FTX’s assets imposes a series of conditions on the sale of tokens. 
 On Aug. 24, FTX proposed to appoint Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Capital Management as the investment manager that would oversee the sales of its recovered crypto holdings. 
 In this plan, the FTX estate would only be permitted to sell a maximum of $100 million worth of its tokens each week, however, that limit could be raised to $200 million on an individual token basis. 
 These limits have been introduced in a bid to minimize the impact of token sales on the broader market while still allowing for FTX to make creditors whole. 
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 The FTX collapse and consequently biggest black swan Solana ever endured put SOL at $8 And we're worried about ~$600M that will be sold over the course of the next 5 years? Some Major L1s have higher inflation than this and no one cares.— Gumshoe (@0xGumshoe) September 10, 2023 
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 Notably, the plan has not yet been signed off on by the courts, however, the plan and a number of other matters related to the FTX token sales are expected to come before the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on Sept. 13. 
 Related: FTX wallet shifts $10M in crypto, sparking fear of token dumps to come 
 In an April 12 hearing, FTX disclosed that it had recovered roughly $7.3 billion in liquid assets, with $4.8 billion of that sum being comprised of assets recovered as of November 2022. 
 Overall however, according to documents raised in the hearing, FTX held a total of $4.3 billion in crypto assets available for stakeholder recovery at market prices as of April 12. 
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;"> FTX assets available for stakeholder recovery as of April 12. Source: Sullivan and Cromwell 
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 At the time of publication, Solana is changing hands for $18.38 apiece, down nearly 11% for the week. 
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