Ethereum

Ethereum is holding above the $2,600 support area as traders attempt to steady price action after a bout of volatility, with multiple analysts watching this level on lower‑timeframe charts. Upside scenarios focus on potential recoveries toward $3,050–$3,350, while failure to hold nearby supports around $2,710 and $2,450 could open room for a deeper slide toward the $2,400–$2,100 zone. Persistent weakness in the ETH/BTC pair underscores Ethereum’s underperformance versus Bitcoin and suggests that price swings may remain elevated in the near term.

On 31 January 2026, five early-stage crypto presales—ZKP, RTX, HYPER, DSNT, and DCARS—continued to attract investor interest as broader markets faced selling pressure. Bitcoin traded near $82,900 while Ethereum hovered around $2,730, with sentiment indicators signaling fear as some traders shifted toward assets like Gold. The featured projects span privacy infrastructure, cross-border payments, Bitcoin Layer 2 scaling, AI-based security tools, and real-world asset income models, each showing measurable fundraising or development progress.

Ethereum fell 7.5% to $2,725 over the past 24 hours as price broke the $2,750 support. According to Farside Investors, US ETH ETFs drew $117 million on Monday and $28 million on Wednesday, while Bitcoin ETFs saw -$19.6 million and +$6.8 million. Some traders see room for a $2,500 test before a rebound toward $3,000 by end of Q1.

On 31 January 2026, the article details how attention is shifting to ZKP's $5M giveaway and participation model as PENGU retreats and Ethereum trades lower. The analysis cites PENGU's 30% drawdown from early-January highs and ETH hovering near $2,730–$2,750 after repeated failures near $3,300–$3,400. ZKP's design includes allocations of $500,000 to each of ten participants.

On January 29, 2026, Optimism introduced OP Enterprise, a production-grade suite for fintechs and financial institutions to launch managed or self-run chains in 8-12 weeks. The three-tier offering delivers 99.99% uptime SLOs, throughput up to 100+ Mgas/s, 5 billion RPC requests per month, and 160 engineering hours, with Unichain and Celo as early customers.

January 29, 2026 is the presale cutoff for BlockDAG, offering tokens at $0.0005 ahead of a confirmed $0.05 listing. Its hybrid PoW+DAG architecture targets 10,000 TPS, with Mainnet scheduled for February 11, 2026, as Bitcoin trades near $82,300 and Ethereum sits in the $2,700–$2,750 range.

On 30 January 2026, Nubank received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up Nubank, N.A. as a nationally chartered bank. The Brazilian fintech plans to offer deposits, lending, credit cards, and crypto custody across all 50 states, with co-founder Cristina Junqueira leading the new entity as CEO and Roberto Campos Neto serving as Chairman.

In January 2026, crypto venture funding activity fell to a five-year low, with only 67 completed fundraising rounds and a largest single raise of $250M. YziLabs led four deals and Coinbase Ventures backed three, while AI, payments, DeFi, and blockchain infrastructure drew most of the capital. Token sales also cooled, as 37 IDO or ICO events raised $116.9M amid weaker demand for new project tokens.

EthCC, Europe’s largest Ethereum conference, will host its ninth edition in Cannes from March 30 to April 2, 2026, with a program centered on institutional participation. According to the organizers, EthCC[9] and The Agora (with Kaiko) will convene more than 400 speakers and spotlight onchain finance amid evolving frameworks such as MiCA.

Ether fell more than 10% over three days, slipping below the $2,800 area and trading near $2,700 as traders reassessed downside risk. Analyst Metacryptox flagged $2,700 as a make‑or‑break zone, while Peter Brandt noted a triangle breakdown that projects toward $2,100, with $2,500 near the 200‑week SMA as interim support.