On Wednesday, Hyperliquid's HYPE token climbed 60% from $21.80 to $34.90, with more than $20 million in liquidations hitting bearish leveraged traders and a large staking unlock easing sell pressure. Institutional accumulation tied to Hyperliquid Strategies and a research report describing Hyperliquid as highly revenue efficient have fueled interest, even as onchain DEX metrics like fees and perpetual volumes show limited change and Binance still leads in BTC futures open interest.

Ethereum attempted a rebound above $2,880 but met sellers near $3,050, slipping back below $3,000. It is trading under $2,990 and the 100-hour Simple Moving Average, with support at $2,920 and $2,880. Holding those areas could set a move toward $3,000–$3,050; failure risks $2,820–$2,780.

In Q4 2025, Chainlink’s network reached a record $70 billion in total value secured while its Grayscale ETF GLNK recorded $4.05 million in inflows, even as broader crypto ETFs saw heavy outflows. Over the same period, Ethereum and Dogecoin spot ETFs faced significant redemptions, underscoring how institutions appear to be rotating capital toward Chainlink as it deepens its role in DeFi and global stablecoin infrastructure.

Flare said roughly 91.69 million XRP were bridged to its network, with more than 75% deployed onchain. Reports cite 90.55 million XRP in the core vault and 91.67 million FXRP at a 100% reserve, while the new XRP Yield Vault reached $10.54 million in TVL in 30 days.

Bitwise registered a Delaware trust tied to a potential Uniswap ETF, signaling groundwork without an active SEC review or a disclosed timeline. Around the filing, UNI rose to $4.82, up 3.83% in 24 hours, while altcoin ETP flows split: ETH logged $63.53 million outflows, and XRP, SOL, and LINK posted smaller inflows.

ETH trades near $3,000 as leverage on Binance's ETH futures holds around a record 0.632, raising the market's sensitivity to liquidation shocks. On January 25, the Taker Buy Sell Ratio fell to 0.86 before rebounding to 1.16, while price sits below the 50- and 100-day MAs and continues to range between $2,800 and $3,400.

Polkadot's native smart contracts hub went live via a major runtime upgrade that also set a fixed 2.1 billion DOT supply and outlined lower long-term inflation. While the upgrade aims to speed up transactions and simplify development, DOT traded near $1.87 with muted price action, neutral RSI, modest inflows, and largely steady open interest.

As of January 28, 2026, XRP held a narrow $1.88–$1.93 range after an hourly breakout and retest near $1.88. On January 27, 2026, Bird (@Bird_XRPL) flagged a potential move above $2, while positioning tilted bullish with a 3.16 long/short ratio on Binance. CoinGecko records that $2 has not been reclaimed since January 18, 2026.