Sanctum ($SANC) Surges 150% as Upbit Opens Won, Bitcoin and USDT Markets

Published November 13, 2026, 7:30 AM PKT. Based on reporting from TokenPost on November 13, 2026 (primary source), Lookonchain on November 13, 2026 and KoinBulteni on November 13, 2026 (secondary sources). Price data from CoinGecko, checked November 13, 2026 at about 04:52 UTC.

Sanctum ($SANC) surged about 150% in 24 hours after Upbit, South Korea's largest crypto exchange, announced it would list the token for spot trading, giving the Solana ($SOL) liquid staking protocol its biggest exchange debut since the token was renamed from CLOUD earlier in 2026. Trading in three new markets opened on November 13, 2026 at 04:00 UTC, and the token briefly hit $0.13 before settling near $0.11, according to CoinGecko and TokenPost.

The move ran against the wider market. Bitcoin ($BTC) fell 6.8% over the same 24 hours to about $68,663, according to CoinGecko, and most of the trending coins on the platform were down. Sanctum ($SANC) was the only large gainer in CoinGecko's top 15 trending coins, and it sat at number three on the list, behind only a memecoin and Bitcoin ($BTC) itself.

Upbit opens three SANC markets

Upbit plans to open three markets for Sanctum ($SANC), pairing the token with the won, Bitcoin ($BTC) and Tether ($USDT), according to TokenPost. The pairs are SANC/KRW, SANC/BTC and SANC/USDT. The won pair quotes the token against South Korea's national currency, while the other two quote it against digital assets.

Lookonchain, citing the official announcement, reported the listing at 10:35 KST on November 13, 2026, and TokenPost published its report at 02:30 UTC the same day. KoinBulteni, which tracks Upbit listings from the exchange's official announcements, lists Sanctum ($SANC) as the latest listing, with trading starting at 04:00 UTC on November 13, 2026, about 90 minutes after the announcement was reported.

The won market is the one that matters most. KoinBulteni notes that most of Upbit's volume sits in its won markets, while the Bitcoin ($BTC) and Tether ($USDT) markets are smaller. The listing is Upbit's 45th spot listing in the last 12 months, and it follows Hyperliquid ($HYPE) on November 10, 2026 and Collector Crypt on November 5, 2026.

A 113% jump in 15 minutes

The price reaction was fast. TokenPost reported that Sanctum ($SANC) rose 112.97% over a 15-minute period and briefly reached $0.13 USDT, before the same market snapshot quoted the token at $0.10 USDT. The report was published at 02:38 UTC on November 13, 2026, minutes after the listing news broke.

CoinGecko's data, checked at about 04:52 UTC, showed the token at about $0.11, up 150.4% in 24 hours and up 152.9% over seven days. The market value stood at about $54.9 million, ranking the token 389th among all cryptocurrencies, with about $9.0 million of trading volume in 24 hours. About 498.7 million tokens circulate out of a maximum supply of 1 billion.

The surge also pushed Sanctum ($SANC) to number three on CoinGecko's trending list. The move is a classic listing rally: a token with a small market value gains access to a large new pool of buyers, and the price jumps before trading even opens. What is unusual is the scale, a token that more than doubled while the rest of the market fell.

Still 82% below the all-time high

The rally looks smaller against the token's own history. CoinGecko records an all-time high of $0.625172, reached on November 13, 2024, exactly two years before the Upbit listing. At about $0.11, the token still trades about 82% below that peak, even after the 150% jump.

The low point came more recently. The token touched an all-time low of $0.01277256 on June 7, 2026, according to CoinGecko. From that low to the current price, the token has risen about eightfold, a recovery that began long before the Upbit announcement and accelerated sharply on the listing news.

What Sanctum does on Solana

Sanctum is a liquid staking protocol on Solana ($SOL) that lets users launch liquid staking tokens, known as LSTs, and trade them while still earning staking rewards. The platform supports more than 10 different LSTs, according to Tangem, and it has facilitated more than $1 billion in trading volume.

The protocol became the number one Solana ($SOL) protocol by total value locked, according to a September 2026 analysis by Solana Horizon, which described Sanctum as one of the strongest protocols on the network by fundamentals. Its best-known products are exchange-branded LSTs built with major centralized exchanges: Binance's BNSOL, Bybit's bbSOL and Bitget's BGSOL, according to TopNews, which reported the partnerships in 2024.

Bybit was the first centralized exchange to list the token, opening CLOUD deposits on July 18, 2024 and spot trading later the same day, according to a company announcement carried by AAP. The Upbit listing adds the largest South Korean venue to that list, and it is the first major listing since the token's ticker changed.

The ticker change and the 259 million token burn proposal

The token traded as CLOUD until 2026, when Sanctum changed its ticker to SANC. The proposal behind the change, CLOUD-8, was published on September 2, 2026 by founder FP Lee on the Sanctum research forum, according to Solana Compass. The proposal argued that the old ticker hurt discoverability, because searching for CLOUD returned cloud computing results, while SANC points directly at the protocol.

The same proposal asked governance to burn all 259 million tokens remaining in the protocol's Community Reserve, which would cut total supply from 1 billion to about 741 million. The proposal was to be decided through MetaDAO futarchy-style decision markets, the same mechanism used for earlier governance votes, according to Solana Compass. As of November 12, 2026, Tokenomist still showed total supply at 1 billion tokens, with about 508.6 million unlocked and 49.14% of the supply still locked, so the burn has not yet been executed.

The ticker change has taken effect: CoinGecko now lists the token as Sanctum with the symbol SANC. The burn proposal remains the open question for holders, because removing a quarter of the supply would be the largest supply change in the token's history.

What to watch next

The next facts to watch are how much volume the won market draws on Upbit in its first days, whether the token holds above $0.10 once the first wave of listing buyers is done, what MetaDAO decides on the CLOUD-8 proposal to burn 259 million tokens, whether other large exchanges follow Upbit with new SANC listings, and whether Sanctum's total value locked keeps growing after the listing attention fades.

Sources

• TokenPost, Upbit to Add SANC Markets Against Won, Bitcoin and USDT, November 13, 2026 (primary source: Upbit plans to open three markets for SANC, pairing the token with the won, Bitcoin and USDT; the pairs are SANC/KRW, SANC/BTC and SANC/USDT)
• TokenPost, Sanctum (SANC) Rises 112.97% in 15 Minutes, Briefly Hits 0.13 USDT, November 13, 2026 (primary source: Sanctum rose 112.97% over a 15-minute period and briefly reached 0.13 USDT; the same market snapshot quoted the token at 0.1 USDT)
• Lookonchain, Upbit will list Sanctum (SANC) for spot trading, November 13, 2026 (secondary source: according to an official announcement, Upbit will list Sanctum for spot trading, supporting KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs)
• KoinBulteni, Upbit New Listings, November 13, 2026 (secondary source: latest listing is Sanctum, trading starting November 13, 2026 at 04:00 UTC; 45 coins listed on Upbit spot in the last 12 months; Hyperliquid listed November 10, 2026 and Collector Crypt on November 5, 2026)
• CoinGecko, Sanctum price, market cap and chart, November 13, 2026 (price data: about $0.11, up 150.4% in 24 hours and 152.9% over seven days, market value about $54.9 million, rank 389, about $9.0 million of 24-hour volume, about 498.7 million tokens circulating of a 1 billion maximum; all-time high $0.625172 on November 13, 2024; all-time low $0.01277256 on June 7, 2026)
• Solana Compass, Sanctum CLOUD-008: Burn 259M Tokens, Cut Supply 25%, Rename to SANC, September 2, 2026 (secondary source: governance proposal CLOUD-008 to burn all 259 million tokens in the Community Reserve, cutting total supply from 1 billion to about 741 million, and rename the ticker from CLOUD to SANC; proposal published September 2 by founder FP Lee; decision through MetaDAO futarchy-style decision markets)
• Solana Horizon, An Analysis of Sanctum's CLOUD-8 Proposal and Ticker Change, September 2026 (secondary source: Sanctum recently became number one in Solana total value locked rankings; CLOUD down 51% year to date and down 94% since peaking in November 2024)

This article is news reporting and is not investment advice.