$SOL
If you ask what if I had invested $100 in SOL during the year 2017, here is an important clarification:
🪙 Was it possible to buy SOL in 2017?
Although the idea of the Solana project began in 2017 (White Paper), the SOL currency was not available for trading before March 2020, when the first ICO occurred at an average price of about $0.22 per unit.
Therefore, it was not possible to buy SOL in 2017; the first actual opportunity was in March 2020.
💡 What if I had bought $100 in the ICO in 2020?
If you had bought SOL at a price of $0.22, you would have received about 455 SOL units.
With the current price in early September 2025 being about $205 per SOL, your investment value now is approximately:
455 × $205 ≈ $93,275 (which means it has multiplied by more than ×932–×945).
And the highest price the currency reached was about $294 in January 2025, at that time the value of 455 SOL was about **$133,770**.
📊 Summary of potential investment
Investment DateApproximate Unit PriceNumber of CoinsCurrent Value (≈$205)Highest Value (≈$294)March 2020~$0.22≈ 455≈ $93,000≈ $133,000
🔍 Why was the question raised in 2017?
There may have been confusion between the beginning of the project idea (2017) and the availability of the token for trading (2020).
If you mean what if I had invested $100 in the first actual opportunity (March 2020), the answer above clarifies the huge return.
📉 Notes and Warnings:
The performance of SOL has been very volatile:
The highest price reached in January 2025 was about $294, and its price declined afterward but remained around ~$205 currently.
In 2022, it experienced a sharp drop to ~$9.38.
