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Solana Reserve Redefines NAV With solNAV Formula
The Solana Strategic Reserve has announced a new method to estimate Net Asset Value (NAV), presenting 2 new metrics namely mNAV (market cap 26 book value) and solNAV (market cap 26 SOL holdings). This action is a follow up to the perplexity of investors on the method of values on crypto treasuries against conventional finance. In comparison to the traditional NAV calculations that do not include the intangible assets, the solNAV formula reveals only the SOL token balances of Solana increasing the visibility of the asset to investors and allowing them to have a better idea of what the core value is.
The implementation of solNAV is supported by the declaration a U.S. crypto reserve by President Trump in March 2025, which encompassed SOL as well as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and ADA. The announcement resulted in a 25 percent rally of the price of Solana, increasing its strategic value and paying into many seeking higher clarity on evaluation in crypto space.
A Comparison of mNAV vs solNAV
Traditional finance techniques are applied to mNAV:
mNAV = market capitalization ÷ (Assets minus liabilities).
This explains everything on the balance sheet including validator operations and other revenues. Nonetheless, critics say it does not quite represent the volatile and treasury-oriented nature of crypto.
The solNAV instead separates the treasury value of Solana:
Market Cap SOL Holdings = solNAV.
For example, using data from Solana Reserve:
Implications of the solNAV Formula
The appearance of solNAV had caused some controversy to the crypto community. Some analysts feel that solNAV overlooks the other business assets whereas others feel that it is just a simple and open method of operation.
As at August 18 2025 and with SOL trading at around 195 up, the treasury of Solana is worth around 277M with the solNAV still remaining near 1.43. The price of Solana Reserve of 1x is more conservative and consistent compared to other organisations such as DeFi Development Corp which has a trade price of 1.8x on its SOL holdings. It has taken this innovation when the U.S. crypto reserves are transforming the pattern of the world finances, and the inclusion of SOL offers it the status of a critical premise in the geopolitics domain.