Category: Analysis

Altcoins Eye Recovery as Russell 2000 Hits All-Time High

Key Notes Altcoin season chances revive again as the long-short ratio moves above 1, showing chances of broader market recovery. The Russell 2000 hit a new all-time high in January, rising 7% in the first 15 days of 2026. This has increased the appetite for risk-on assets, with analysts seeing chances of greater upside. The broader crypto market is showing renewed strength, with the Bitcoin BTC $95 391 24h volatility: 1.3% Market cap: $1.90 T Vol. 24h: $52.64 B price surging past $97,000 earlier this week. There is growing market…

Ethereum User Retention Doubles

Key Notes Ethereum’s month-over-month activity retention nearly doubled, with new active addresses rising from 4M to 8M. Daily transaction counts hit a record 2.8 million, a 125% increase year-over-year. Growth is attributed to significantly lower transaction fees and surging stablecoin usage, facilitated by Layer-2 networks. Ethereum’s user base is exhibiting its stickiest behavior in years, with Month-over-Month Activity Retention nearly doubling in the last 30 days. Data from Glassnode confirms the network added roughly 4 million new active addresses this month, bringing the monthly total to 8 million. Unlike previous…

Sui Blockchain Explains Major Outage, Claims Funds Were Safe

Key Notes Sui Mainnet experienced a ~6-hour halt on January 14. Sui explains that it was an internal validators issue on consensus commits. The incident did not involve congestion or external threats. The SUI $1.79 24h volatility: 0.9% Market cap: $6.78 B Vol. 24h: $847.76 M blockchain suffered a roughly 6-hour network outage on Jan. 14. It halted block production and transactions across all validators. In a post-mortem published on Jan. 16, the Sui Foundation confirmed that the stall was caused by an internal divergence in validator consensus processing. Validators…

COIN Stock Price Drops 6.4% after Coinbase Withdraws Support for Crypto Bill

Key Notes Brian Armstrong flagged major issues on tokenized equities, DeFi limitations, and others, over withdrawing their support from the Crypto Bill. The COIN stock dropped below $240 after another rejection near $255, triggering a death cross pattern. Armstrong said the bill’s work has intensified and that industry concerns align with Coinbase’s stance. COIN, the native stock of crypto exchange Coinbase, faced major selling pressure, correcting 6.4% on Jan. 15. This drop in the COIN stock price comes as Coinbase withdraws its support from the crypto market structure bill. Citing…

XRP Price Loses Most Gains, Next Support Now in the Crosshairs

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Ethereum Price Finds Balance at Support—But the Next Move Matters

Ethereum price started a major increase above the $3,350 resistance. ETH is now consolidating gains and holding the key support at $3,280. Ethereum started a downside correction after a major rally to $3,400. The price is trading above $3,280 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $3,280 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $3,280 zone. Ethereum Price Hits Support Ethereum price remained stable above $3,300…

Bitcoin Price Blinks After the Run, Market Watches the Reaction

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above $96,000. BTC is correcting some gains and might decline to $94,000 before a fresh increase. Bitcoin started a decent increase above $95,000 and $96,000. The price is trading above $95,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a declining channel or a possible bullish flag forming with resistance at $96,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to move up if it stays above the $95,000 zone. Bitcoin Price Dips and Corrects…

MetaMask Integrates TRON Network Across Web, Mobile Platforms

Key Notes The integration positions MetaMask as a leading multichain wallet alongside Base, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Sei, and Solana support. TRX surged over 1.5% following the announcement, reaching $0.31 and marking its highest price point in three months. TRON’s dominance in stablecoins through USDT, with $186 billion market cap, strengthens the network’s strategic position. Decentralized crypto wallet developer MetaMask has fully integrated the TRON network throughout its platform, giving users on web and mobile native access to trade and stake TRX, USDT, and other TRON-based tokens. TRON joins Base, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Sei,…

Leading Monero Wallet Cake Adds Privacy-Focused Zcash Support, Swaps

Key Notes Key Zcash features include: shielded by default, rotation for transparent addresses, background sync, passphrase wallet, and cross-chain swaps powered by NEAR Intents. Cake Wallet was the first open-source Monero wallet for iOS, founded in 2018 by Vik Sharma, a known privacy advocate and supporter. ZEC is trading at $418, ranked 17th by CoinMarketCap, while XMR is trading at $716, up 50% in a week, ranked 11th. Cake Wallet—a multichain crypto hot wallet for mobile and desktop and one of the most used and recommended light wallets for Monero…

X Bans InfoFi Apps as Kaito Sunsets Yaps, Pivots to Creator Platform

Key Notes KAITO token plummeted 15.36% to $0.57 after the ban, with trading volume surging 115% as investors repositioned their holdings. Kaito pivots from incentivized leaderboards to Kaito Studio, a tier-based marketing platform expanding beyond X to YouTube and TikTok. Automated bots generated 7.75 million crypto posts on January 9, a 1,224% spike attributed to InfoFi reward systems driving spam. X banned InfoFi apps, platforms that reward users with crypto tokens for posting, ending their API access and removing a key tool crypto projects have used to drive engagement on…