On January 20, 2026, SOL Strategies launched STKESOL, a liquid staking token on Solana. Deposits reached 545K SOL (~$70M), and holders can earn staking rewards while keeping liquidity for use across DeFi, including collateral on Kamino and Loopscale. The firm also operates a validator and reports a larger share of staked SOL within its treasury.

BonkFun has introduced a $200,000 weekly "Winners Arc" trading competition on Axiom Exchange starting January 19, 2026, prioritizing profitable traders on supported USD1 pairs. The Solana meme coin launchpad is also experimenting with zero creator fees on BONK Classic and alternative BONKERS launches, while rival Pump.fun keeps refining a creator-centric fee system and continues to lead in new token creation.

Midnight (NIGHT), the privacy-focused Cardano network, was listed on eToro on January 20, 2026, according to an update from Midnight Network on X. The listing opens buying, holding and selling access for eToro users; as of press time, NIGHT traded at $0.05976 and had reached rank 66 with a $990.77 million market cap since its December 2025 launch.

On January 20, 2026, Solana’s staking ratio reached 70%, an all-time high, with about $60 billion of SOL now locked to secure the network. Digital asset funds saw $2.17 billion in net inflows last week, including $45.5 million into Solana products. At press time, SOL traded near $129, down 3.45% daily and 10% weekly.

Two large Ethereum wallets opened opposing leveraged positions within hours: a 4x short on about 3,840 ETH with a $3 million USDC deposit (worth approximately $11.86 million), and a 12x long on 10,000 ETH funded by 7.38 million USDC (valued near $30.92 million). ETH remains below the 200 EMA, and volatility risk is elevated.

Zcash traded at $347, down 5.98%, after falling to $335 and slipping below its 20/50/100 short‑term EMAs. A new wallet acquired 8,551 ZEC worth $3.12 million and now holds 12.5k ZEC valued at $4.54 million, while spot netflows stayed negative for eight days. With Stochastic RSI at 11.96 and momentum weak, downside toward $301 remains possible, unless demand strengthens toward $390.

Pi Network's PI traded around $0.18 earlier this week, near the $0.17 low from October last year, and is down 9% week-over-week and 94% from the $3 peak in February 2025. More than four million PI moved from exchanges to self-custody in the past 24 hours, while on-exchange balances are about 419.7 million, with Gate.io holding over half and Bitget at 145.7 million.

XRP reversed its price trajectory, posting a 21,506% liquidation imbalance over the last four hours as long positions lost $2,180,000 and the asset fell back below $2. In the past 24 hours it slid from a $2.03 peak to $1.92, down 2.64%, with trading volume down 17.77% to $3.01 billion and RSI at 44.8%.