Solana Rich List: Who Owns the Most SOL, Read From the Chain
The video finds the Solana Foundation holds the biggest single SOL wallet, but seven unnamed wallets hold 34.9 million SOL together. What it shows, and 3 checks.
Key takeaways
- On October 30, 2026, about three out of four circulating SOL was staked, so a Solana rich list that ignores stake accounts misses most of the supply.
- The owner of staked SOL is whoever holds the withdraw key, not the validator the SOL is staked with.
- According to the video, the Solana Foundation's withdraw key controls 27.38 million SOL across 599 stake accounts, about $2.7 billion, not the $7.9 billion the video says Solscan's leaderboard showed.
- Many top addresses are exchanges and staking pools holding SOL for many customers, not individual whales.
- The video says seven unnamed wallets hold about 34.9 million SOL together, and five got control of their stake accounts within minutes of each other starting the night of November 2, 2021 UTC.
The biggest single Solana wallet belongs to the Solana Foundation, which controls 27.38 million SOL across 599 stake accounts, according to the video’s reading of the Solana network on October 30, 2026. The video also found that seven wallets with no public name hold more together: about 34.9 million SOL, worth roughly $3.4 billion at the time of the video.
For SOL holders, the rich list shows who sits above them and whose decisions could affect the market. The video, presented by Ryan Huggins, skipped the rich-list websites and pulled its numbers from the network itself. It argues that a popular leaderboard gave a very different figure from the one on the chain.
How much SOL exists and how much is staked?
On October 30, 2026, Solana’s own record showed 636.7 million SOL in existence, 590 million circulating and 435 million staked. Staking means locking SOL with a validator (a computer that helps run the network) to earn rewards. That puts about three out of every four circulating SOL in stake accounts.
This matters for any rich list. A list that only counts SOL sitting loose in ordinary wallets misses most of the money on the network. The video includes a 2025 clip in which Kyle Samani, chairman of Forward Industries, which the host calls the biggest Solana company, said staking earned roughly 8% a year at the time. Staking yields vary by platform and change over time, so treat that figure as a dated comment, not a current rate. The video uses it to explain why large holders stake. Bullrunners has covered what staking means for your SOL in more detail.
Who owns staked SOL?
The owner of staked SOL is whoever holds the stake account’s withdraw key, not the validator. A clip in the video explains that validators never hold your SOL, only its voting rights, and that stake can always be withdrawn. The withdraw key is the one that can pull the SOL out, so the video counted that key’s holder as the owner. The video’s on-chain stake figures below follow that rule.
Why the Solscan leaderboard and the chain disagree
According to the video, Solscan’s account leaderboard put the Solana Foundation at the top with $7.9 billion of staked SOL. The host then checked the network. He found that the foundation’s key controls 599 stake accounts holding 27.38 million SOL, about $2.7 billion. He also said Solscan’s own page for that same wallet agreed with the network, not with the leaderboard.
The host said the $7.9 billion figure nearly went into the video’s title. The video’s lesson is that a leaderboard is a summary someone else built, and it is worth checking against the underlying accounts.
Who are the biggest SOL holders?
Below the Solana Foundation, most of the top addresses are not individual whales, according to the video. They are exchanges and staking pools, where one address holds SOL for many customers. The video listed these holders:
| Holder | Type | SOL (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Solana Foundation | Foundation | 27.38 million (599 stake accounts) |
| Binance | Exchange | 11.9 million (one wallet) |
| Binance staking pool | Staking pool | 10.8 million |
| Jito staking pool | Staking pool | 10.4 million (662 stake accounts) |
| Upbit | Exchange | 7.5 million |
| Jupiter pool | Staking pool | 5.2 million |
OKX and Robinhood also appear near the top, according to the video. Using the video’s figure, the Solana Foundation holds roughly one in every 23 SOL in existence.
If you keep SOL on one of these platforms, your coins may be part of those balances. The same pattern shows up on other networks: the XRP rich list counts accounts and custody, not people, and the Bitcoin rich list’s top addresses are largely exchanges and funds too.
Who are the seven unnamed SOL wallets?
The video could not identify the seven wallets. Solscan, the block explorer the video used, does not label any of them, and the host said he could not find a name elsewhere. According to the video, each wallet holds the withdraw key on 25 to 27 stake accounts. Six sit at almost exactly 5 million SOL each, and the seventh at about 4.9 million. Together they hold about 34.9 million SOL, more than the Solana Foundation. The video says a single stake account under one of them holds 2.5 million SOL, about $244 million at the time.
So the video looked at the first thing each wallet did. For five of the seven, it found the same kind of transaction: an older key handing over control of stake accounts that already existed. In the video’s reading, the SOL was not bought. Control of existing stake accounts passed to new keys. The timestamps the video gives are close together:
- 11:41 p.m. UTC on November 2, 2021
- 11:50 p.m. UTC on November 2
- 12:02 a.m. UTC on November 3, just after midnight
- 12:12 a.m. UTC on November 3
- 12:19 a.m. UTC on November 3
The video describes this as five wallets in 39 minutes, each from a different older key. The minute stamps alone span 38 minutes, so the exact count likely depends on seconds. The video reads the pattern as one coordinated plan rather than five strangers, but says the chain does not reveal whose plan it was. It could be a fund, an early backer or a custodian holding for clients. The host declined to guess and warned viewers to be careful of anyone who claims to know.
Will the SOL whales dump?
The record cannot answer that, according to the video. What it shows is that these keys have controlled their stake accounts since 2021. The video offers one possibility: holders who have staked for that long could be living off staking rewards and may never need to sell. The host also said the chain cannot show what any holder will do next.
How much SOL does Forward Industries hold?
Forward Industries (FWDI), described in the video as the biggest public company holding SOL, said in an SEC filing dated October 1, 2026 that it held 8,501,298 SOL and SOL equivalents as of September 30. That is approximately 1.4% of Solana’s circulating supply.
According to the video, the staking pool carrying Forward’s name, fwdSOL, holds about 2.9 million SOL on the network. The video says the rest of Forward’s reported 8.5 million does not appear under its name. The video’s point is that even when a holder publishes its total, that total may not show up as one big wallet. The host added his view that large holders spread funds across many wallets for security, which makes any rich list harder to read.
Three checks before you trust any Solana rich list
The video closes with a short checklist that can be applied to a rich list on any network:
- Does it count staked SOL? About three out of four circulating SOL is staked. A list that skips stake accounts misses most of the money.
- Is the address a person? Exchanges and staking pools hold SOL for many customers in one address. The video says Binance is not a whale and that its balance is customers’ SOL.
- Is the number from a leaderboard or from the chain? For the Solana Foundation, the video says the leaderboard showed $7.9 billion and the chain showed $2.7 billion.
What to watch next
The numbers in the video are a snapshot from October 30, 2026, and stake accounts can change hands at any time. Holders who want to follow the story can watch for:
- movement from the seven unnamed wallets
- any public explanation of who controls them
- Forward Industries’ next SEC filing on its SOL holdings
It is also worth checking where your own SOL sits: in a wallet where you hold the withdraw key, on an exchange, or in a staking pool. Bullrunners’ guide to what proof of reserves proves and misses covers how to think about coins held by an exchange.
Sources
- Solscan: Solana Foundation withdraw authority
- Solscan: account leaderboard (read October 30, 2026)
- Solscan: one of the seven unnamed wallets
- Solscan: the 2.5 million SOL stake account
- Solscan: a November 2, 2021 handover transaction
- Forward Industries, SEC Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1 (October 1, 2026)
- Solana docs: getSupply
- Solana docs: getProgramAccounts
Frequently asked questions
Who owns the most SOL?
According to the video's reading of the Solana network on October 30, 2026, the biggest single wallet belongs to the Solana Foundation, with 27.38 million SOL across 599 stake accounts. The video says seven unnamed wallets together hold more, about 34.9 million SOL.
How much SOL is staked?
On October 30, 2026, Solana's own record showed 435 million SOL staked out of 590 million circulating, about three out of every four circulating SOL. The total supply was 636.7 million SOL.
Who owns staked SOL, me or the validator?
Whoever holds the withdraw key on the stake account controls the SOL. The validator only receives the voting rights and cannot take the SOL, and the stake can be withdrawn.
How much SOL does Forward Industries hold?
Forward Industries said in an SEC filing dated October 1, 2026 that it held 8,501,298 SOL and SOL equivalents as of September 30, about 1.4% of circulating supply. According to the video, only about 2.9 million SOL sits in the fwdSOL staking pool carrying Forward's name.
Will the big SOL wallets sell their coins?
Nobody can say. The video notes the seven unnamed wallets have controlled their stake accounts since 2021. It suggests long-term stakers may be living off rewards, but says the chain cannot show what they will do next.
Full video transcript
From the video's captions, lightly formatted. Captions can mishear names and numbers, so check figures against the article above.
But, here's the real question. How many SOL tokens do you need to hold right now to become a millionaire? Is it 100, 500, 5,000?
Everybody asks that. I ask a different question. Who actually owns the most SOL? So, I went past the rich list websites and I read the Solana network itself. On October 30th, 2026, the biggest single wallet is the Solana Foundation's with 27 million SOL, but seven wallets with no name on them hold more than that together.
35 million SOL, about 3.4 billion dollars. And five of them got their SOL on the same night in 2021 inside of 39 minutes. If you hold SOL or you're thinking about it, this is who's above you and who you'd be trusting with the price. By the end, you'll know who's at the top, why most of the top isn't people at all, and what nobody can tell you about those seven. So, if you're feeling bullish, like this video and smash that subscribe button.
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All right, bull runners, Ryan Huggins here, aka @winwithryan. Start with the whole entire pile. On October 30th, 2026, Solana's own record said 636.7 million SOL exist. 590 million are circulating and 435 million of it is staked, locked with a validator to earn rewards. And that's about three out of every four circulating SOL.
So, any rich list that only counts SOL sitting loose in wallets is missing most of the entire money. Which raises a question, if my Solana is staked with a validator, who owns it?
You can always withdraw your stake from the validator.
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And it is impossible for a validator to ever take your SOL. They never have your SOL, only the voting rights, which you can withdraw at any stage.
Not the validator. Whoever holds the withdraw key, that's the one that can pull the SOL out. So, that's the one that I counted as the owner. And why does everyone have big stake? Here's the chairman of the biggest Solana company last year.
If you stake Solana today, you're earning roughly 8% uh yield.
Roughly 8%. So, the biggest holders stake. Therefore, an honest rich list counts stake accounts, and that's what I did. But first, a warning about the websites. SOL scans leaderboard puts the Solana Foundation at the top with 7.9 billion dollars of staked SOL, and that's the number that I almost put in this title.
Then, I checked the network itself. The foundation's key controls 599 stake accounts holding 27.3 million SOL, about 2.7 billion dollars, not 7.9. SOL scans own page for that same wallet agreed with the network, not the leaderboard. So, every number in this video is one that I measured on the network myself. So, number one, the Solana Foundation.
27.38 million SOL, almost all of it is staked, spread over 599 stake accounts, about 2.7 billion dollars. That's about one in every 23 SOL in existence with one organization. And right below it, look who's there? Binance, 11.9 million in one wallet. Binance's staking pool, 10.8 million.
Jito's staking pool, 10.4 million, spread over 662 stake accounts. Upbit, 7.5 million. Jupiter's pool, 5.2 million. OKX, Robinhood. Those aren't whales, those are exchanges and pools.
One address holding Solana for thousands of customers. And your SOL might be in one of them. Most people who get this far will never check where their own Solana actually sits in a wallet, an exchange, or a pool. And if you're one who wants to know, that's what we map out with our clients inside of SGS system at Altcoin Pro. And it's the first link in the description.
Go ahead and check that out. But the biggest pile on the whole list isn't any of those. It's seven wallets with no name on them at all. Each one of them holds the withdraw key on 25 to 27 stake accounts. And look at the amounts.
5 million, 2,415. 5 million, 3,404. 5 million, 2,390. 5 million, 2,383. 5 million and 26.
5 million and 52. And one at 4.9 million. Six of them sit at almost exactly 5 million Solana. Together, 34.9 million Solana, about 3.4 billion dollars. More than the Solana Foundation.
And one stake account under just one of them holds 2.5 million SOL by itself. About 244 million dollars in a single account. Solscan, the explorer that I used, doesn't put a name on any of the seven. I couldn't find one anywhere either. So I went back to the very first thing each wallet did.
For five of the seven, it's the same kind of transaction. An older key handing over control of staked accounts that already existed. The SOL didn't get bought, it got handed over. And the times? November 2nd, 2021, 11:41 p.m.
UTC. And then 11:50. And then just after midnight at 12:02, and at 12:12, and then at 12:19. Five wallets, 39 minutes, each from a different older key. That's not five strangers.
That looks like one plan carried out in one city. Whose plan? The chain doesn't really say. It could be a fund, an early backer, a custodian holding for the clients. I'm not going to guess, and you should be careful of anyone who does.
And I know what you're probably thinking. Ryan, if somebody's sitting on 35 million SOL, they're going to dump it on me. Maybe. And here's what the record show. These keys have controlled stake accounts since 2021.
What it can't tell you is what they'll do next. But one thing to consider is if they are staking and they've been staking for that long, they could be living off of the staking rewards. So they may not ever need to dump it on your head. Then there's the biggest public company holding SOL.
So the 1.65 we raised is the largest Solana dot raise and I think it's the second largest overall.
That's Forward Industries and its own SEC filing on October 1st, 2026. Forward said that it held 8,501,298 SOL as of September 30th. Approximately 1.4% of Solana's circulating supply. But on the network, that staking pool with Forward's name on it, FWD SOL, holds 2.9 million SOL. The rest of Forward's 8.5 million doesn't show up under its name.
So even if one holder that tells you its number, it doesn't show up as one big wallet. Which also makes sense because you wouldn't want to hold your entire stake of hundreds of millions of dollars in one wallet. It's smarter to diversify across multiple wallets for security issues. So before you believe any Solana rich list, there's three checks. One, does it count staked SOL?
Three out of four circulating SOL is staked. If it doesn't count staked, it's missing most of the money. Two, is it a person? Exchanges and staking pools hold SOL for thousands of people in one address. Binance isn't a whale, it's customers.
Three, is the number from a leaderboard or from a chain? The leaderboard said 7.9 billion. The chain said 2.7. So go back to the question from the start. How many SOL to become a millionaire?
Well, nobody can promise you that. But who owns the most? On October 30th, 2026, the biggest single wallet belonged to the Solana Foundation. And the biggest pile belonged to seven wallets that got their keys in 39 minutes one night in 2021 and still have no name. The biggest wallet on Solana belongs to the foundation that runs it.
The biggest pile of SOL belongs to the seven wallets that nobody put a name on. So tell me in the comments, who do you think owns those seven wallets? One guess, let me know. Everything in this video came off of the Solana network itself. Stake accounts, withdraw keys, and timestamps anyone can pull.
The leaderboard said 7.9 billion. The chain said 2.7. That's the real work. Knowing where your coins actually sit, whose name is on the key, and what you do if one of those big holders ever move is what we do with our clients inside of SGS system at Altcoin Pro. And it's for people holding $50,000 or more in crypto and have never had anybody walk through it with them.
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