Standard Chartered has published a new Ethereum outlook, calling for ETH to reach $7,500 by end-2026 and $30,000 by 2029. The bank also expects Ethereum to outperform Bitcoin through 2026, with the $30,000 level implying about a 790% gain from $3,371 and a market cap near $3.6 trillion under minimal BTC growth.

Ethereum's on-chain usage has accelerated, with Sunday adding about 393,600 new wallets and the past week averaging roughly 327,000 per day; total non-empty wallets stand near 172.9 million. Amid heightened activity, ETH trades at $3,291, up more than 5% in 24 hours and 2.5% weekly, while SMA levels and a neutral 14-day RSI of 64.58 outline a mixed technical picture.

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.

Polygon (POL) at $0.169 (−5.8% over 24 hours) and Render (RENDER) at $2.615 (+13.99% over 24 hours) are posting elevated RSI across longer timeframes. With 12-hour and 24-hour readings above 70, both exhibit overbought momentum that can precede consolidation or pullbacks. Traders may watch for cooling toward neutral RSI levels near 50 before acting.

In projections for 2026, an AI model consulted by Finbold assigns an 18% chance that XRP touches $10 at any point, while its base scenario keeps the token in a $2 to $4 range with a 55% probability. The framework also gives a 27% likelihood to a stronger bull case in which XRP trades between $5 and $7. Around the time of the analysis, XRP was priced at $2.09, trading slightly above its 50-day SMA but below its 200-day SMA, with a neutral 14-day RSI of 54.14.

On January 7, analyst TradingShot outlined a weekly-chart roadmap suggesting Bitcoin may correct toward $45,000–$50,000 by September before resuming a multi-year uptrend. Using moving averages and Fibonacci extensions, the outlook places the next cycle top near $180,000 around early February 2027.

A Solana-based trader grew an initial 0.85 SOL (about $321) into between $2.1 million and $2.8 million within 11 days by accumulating the memecoin 114514. The wallet bought roughly 45.58 million tokens through many small swaps and has hardly reduced its position, while 114514's price jumped 992% in 24 hours to $0.01194 and a market cap of about $16.8 million.

In an assessment comparing Bitcoin and XRP spot exchange-traded funds for 2026, ChatGPT pointed to XRP-linked products as the stronger single opportunistic bet. It highlighted that since launching in late 2025, XRP spot ETFs have accumulated over $1 billion in steady net inflows with no confirmed outflow days, alongside notable price gains. While Bitcoin spot ETFs still dominate in size and liquidity, capital rotation, sustained XRP inflows, and early 2026 performance led the model to favor XRP ETFs, while stressing it was not offering personalized investment advice.

Over the past 24 hours, XRP advanced to $2.35, gaining more than 9% and lifting its weekly performance above 25% as its market capitalization jumped from $129.74 billion to $142.81 billion. The token is trading above its 50-day SMA but still below the 200-day SMA, while strong inflows into U.S. spot XRP ETFs, which have accumulated about $1.23 billion since mid-November with $48 million added on Monday alone, continue to support buying interest.