Binance will liquidate and delist the USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts for BID, DMC, ZRC and TANSSI on January 21, 2026. Operations end at 09:00 UTC (17:00 UTC+8), trading stops 30 minutes earlier, and users are asked to close positions manually to avoid forced liquidation.

Bitcoin is holding the $94,630 H4 support while resistance at $98,200 and $107,500 stays in focus. According to Kamile Uray, BTC remains above $89,326, with bullish continuation possible; Lennaert Snyder expects weekend liquidity to keep price range-bound, watching for a break above $95,820 toward the $97,960 monthly high.

Binance has enabled USD withdrawals via SWIFT, expanding fiat access across more than 70 countries as of January 2026. The service, facilitated by BPay Global licensed in Bahrain, offers direct USD on- and off-ramps to crypto, with early market feedback described as positive and no public comments from regulators.

On January 10, a high-value crypto wallet was compromised through a social engineering scheme, leading to the loss of more than $280 million in digital assets. The attacker rapidly converted large Litecoin and four-figure Bitcoin holdings via instant swaps, privacy coins such as Monero, and cross-chain bridges like THORChain, causing notable market volatility. Investigators have not linked the theft to any state-backed group, and the victim's identity remains undisclosed.

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.

Defiance ETFs, a Miami-based investment firm, will liquidate its Defiance Leveraged Long + Income Ethereum ETF (ETHI) and seven other products on January 30, 2026, after only four months of trading. The leveraged Ethereum ETF gathered about $6.4 million in inflows and delivered -66% returns, a scale the firm views as insufficient in a market where crypto ETFs saw roughly $50 billion in inflows in 2025. The last trading day for the affected funds is set for January 26, 2026, with remaining shares redeemed in cash at net asset value on the liquidation date.

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.