Over the past week, Zcash has fallen from about $528 to $400 amid leadership-related uncertainty and persistent selling pressure, with the token recently trading around $402. During this downturn, a newly created whale wallet accumulated 76,661 ZEC valued at $31.65 million, while on-chain data show negative spot netflows and technical indicators warning that ZEC could break below the $400 support if bearish momentum continues.

XRP is currently trading just above $2, while an Elliott Wave-based technical outlook suggests a final Wave C advance toward the $2.26–$2.28 resistance area before a deeper correction. Analyst CasiTrades, using the 1-hour chart, expects the recent pullback to around $2.03 as a completed B wave that could lead into a five-wave C structure. If price is rejected near this upper band, the scenario anticipates a larger downside phase that may drag XRP back toward the macro support region around $1.65.

XRP is holding the $2.00 support while large holders have accumulated over 50 million tokens during a period of sideways price action. At the same time, exchange outflows are reducing sell-side liquidity and derivatives data shows a pronounced long bias, suggesting the market is approaching a decisive volatility phase.

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.

Monero's price surged to a new all-time high of $799 on 14 January before dropping 13.5% over the last 24 hours as trading volumes fell by 25%. The move followed an alleged hardware wallet attack in which over $282 million in LTC and BTC were converted into XMR, and analysts now see overheated futures activity and support levels near $518 and $447 as key risk zones.

Cardano has recorded a 10,654.62% spike in futures trading volume on BitMEX to $40.04 million, while its open interest hovers around $792.57 million. CME Group plans to launch ADA and Micro ADA futures contracts on Feb. 9, pending regulatory review. ADA is trading near $0.395, with key resistance seen at $0.4378 and $0.50, and support levels around $0.38, $0.33 and $0.27.

On 17 January 2026, Megatel Homes detailed plans to launch a blockchain-based rewards program using its MegPrime token after an SEC no-action letter, according to the report. Tokens are earned via rent, mortgage, and everyday spending, and renters could apply up to $25,000 of prior rent toward buying a Megatel home.

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.