An early Ethereum whale completed the distribution of more than 154,000 ETH, moving the final 26,000 coins to Bitstamp. The holder bought at a $517 average and could realize about $274M in net gains, while ETH held above $3,100 and daily volumes approached $20B.

MYX Finance rose around 11 percent over the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap, and pushed above a key $4 breakout level after moving sideways since 11 October. DeFiLlama data showed the DEX had more than $1.92 billion in prior week perpetuals volume and a TVL recovery from $27 million in December to about $33 million.

Over the weekend, on-chain data from XRPScans showed that transaction activity on Ripple's XRP Ledger dropped by about 99% within 48 hours, with payment volume between accounts sliding from over 1.09 billion on Thursday, January 8, to 166.99 million on Saturday and then to around 137.40 million by January 11. Despite this steep fall in usage and a parallel decline in executed transactions, XRP is still trading above $2, while developers report that a large batch of ledger fixes and amendments covering features like TokenEscrow, AMMClawback, Multi-Purpose Tokens and a Price Oracle is nearing activation.

According to BlockchainCenter's Ethereum Rainbow Chart, ETH's valuation bands for January 31, 2026 span from $993 at the low end to $22,453 at the top. At press time, Ethereum traded near $3,102, down less than 0.1% over 24 hours and over 2% week-on-week, placing it in lower-mid zones of the model.

On 12 January 2026, Solana's price hovered just under a key resistance zone around $145 after briefly touching the mid-$140s. Network data shows weekly new wallet creation has dropped from about 30.2 million at its November 2024 peak to roughly 7.3 million, raising doubts about the strength of the current move. Traders are watching whether a rebound in on-chain activity and speculation over a potential X integration can support a sustained breakout.

Crypto.com has opened a new Airdrop Arena campaign featuring a US$250,000 SOL reward pool for participants who allocate CRO. The event runs from 1 January 2026, 10:00 UTC to 31 January 2026, 09:59 UTC, with points-based rewards and no trading requirement. CRO allocations are locked for 6 months, and SOL is distributed within 7 days after the campaign ends.

On Jan. 11, 2026, XRPL validator Vet posted that the XRP community is "keeping it quiet," prompting speculation. XRP surged to $2.41 on Jan. 6 before reversing and, at press time, traded near $2.04. Ripple said it secured FCA approval for an EMI license and Cryptoasset Registration to expand its payments platform in the U.K.

LISA, tied to the AgentaLISA project on Solana, fell 76% in 24 hours. A SafeProxy wallet linked to the team moved 10 million LISA (about $1.65 million) to a Binance Alpha wallet at 01:50 UTC; about 25–30 minutes later, three sales totaling around $170,000 hit the market, amid community speculation about 4x rewards.