A Solana ($SOL) trader has turned just $8.50 into $9,928 by buying and staking the memecoin BELIEF, locking in a 1,169x return that underscores the ferocity of risk-taking on the network.

On-chain tracker Lookonchain said the wallet, labeled “7Be6hv,” spent 0.1 $SOL worth $8.50 to acquire 6,636 BELIEF before compounding the position through staking.

According to Lookonchain, the address “spent 0.1 $SOL ($8.5) to buy 6,636 $BELIEF and staked it, earning 25.06 $SOL ($2,160) and 2.9M $BELIEF ($7,768 now) in staking rewards.”

“By buying and staking $BELIEF, he turned $8.5 into $9,928,” the on-chain analytics account added, sharing a Solscan link to the wallet’s activity.

BELIEF windfall highlights Solana staking risk appetite

The BELIEF trade is tied to Printr, a Solana-based token-launching protocol whose supporters have branded the token “printr” money and praised “proof of belief” staking in replies to the viral post. One user joked “they weren’t joking when they called it printr,” while another said “proof of belief can be so rewarding,” capturing the speculative mood around the ecosystem.

Solana remains one of crypto’s most actively staked networks, with more than two-thirds of $SOL supply locked and yields often in the mid-single digits, according to the Solana Foundation and exchanges such as OKX. As staking has scaled, network activity has surged, with Solana recently processing around $650 billion in monthly stablecoin volume and overtaking Ethereum and Tron in that metric, as reported by crypto.news.

Episodes like the BELIEF windfall come against a backdrop of debate over whether Solana’s current staking rewards, near 6% annually for many delegators, are “needlessly high” and should be reduced to curb token inflation, according to a recent proposal highlighted by DL News. At the same time, crypto.news has noted that $SOL’s price remains trapped around the $80–$100 range even as on-chain usage climbs, underscoring the gap between speculative wins on long-tail tokens and broader market performance.