Ethereum

Analytics group Arab Chain, via a CryptoQuant QuickTake, reports Binance's ETH futures daily volume reached $21.7 billion, the highest since mid-December. The uptick follows a late-December lull while ETH trades around $3,292. Over the week, Ether reclaimed $3,300 but failed to break $3,400, reinforcing a short-term bearish setup.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich and Bitmine Immersion Technologies Chairman Thomas Lee are publicly backing their firms' Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings as core drivers of future income. In January 2026, Metaplanet bought $632.5 million in BTC under its "555 Million Plan," while Bitmine holds over 4.2 million ETH and targets owning 5% of the total supply. Both companies are building revenue strategies around BTC income tools and ETH staking amid strong ETF inflows and optimistic price projections for 2026.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that in 2026 the network will work to restore "lost ground" in areas such as self-sovereignty, privacy, and user experience. He pointed to progress in institutional and retail privacy tools like Railgun and highlighted growing execution client diversity, with Geth's dominance reduced and alternatives like Nethermind and Besu gaining share.

On January 16, 2026, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a 2026 initiative on X to restore self-sovereignty and trustlessness. The plan emphasizes ZK-EVMs and Block Access Limits to make full nodes practical again, privacy tools like Helios, ORAM and PIR, and onchain app hosting; the network also raised its blob limit from 15 to 21.

Ethereum recorded nearly 8 million active addresses and a new peak in network usage on 17 January, alongside transaction fees at all-time lows. Despite this on-chain growth, ETH remained capped below its 200-day EMA, with price action hovering around a symmetrical triangle and key resistance levels between $3,800 and $4,000 in focus.

Ethereum is trading above $3,305, with price action around $3,312 supported by $474.6 million of weekly spot ETF inflows and Vitalik Buterin's 2026 development roadmap. Key resistance sits near $3,347 and $3,405, while rising network activity and institutional demand underpin a potential breakout.

On 17 January 2026, BlackRock was observed shifting more than $1.24 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum across several days, involving withdrawals rather than direct liquidation. On-chain tracking indicates these flows are linked to portfolio and custody rebalancing, while BlackRock continues to hold hundreds of thousands of BTC and millions of ETH, maintaining significant exposure to both assets.

Ethereum has extended its advance from the December rebound and is now challenging a multi‑month resistance band near $3.3K–$3.5K while holding above the $3K area. The daily and 4‑hour charts show higher lows and a recent upside break from a symmetrical triangle, but overbought signals and on‑chain activity clustering under resistance leave a breakout toward $4K or a rejection back toward $2.7K–$2.5K both in play.

On January 17th, Defiance ETFs said it will liquidate its Nasdaq-listed Ethereum ETF (ETHI) together with seven other leveraged products. ETHI’s last trading day is January 26, 2026, with delisting after market close, and cash redemptions at net asset value set for January 30, 2026.

Arkham reported that the so-called $10B Hyperunit Whale, linked to Garrett Jin, expanded an existing Ether long by $66.2 million, taking the position to about $733.3 million and pushing overall ETH, SOL and BTC long exposure above $900 million. At the same time, chart data showed Ethereum's market dominance stabilizing around 12.5% near a key support zone, with MACD turning bullish and trading volume rising after a rebound from early 2025 lows.