On January 19, 2026, ASTER hit a fresh all-time low around $0.62 and briefly dipped to $0.53, prompting the Aster DEX team to activate Strategic Buybacks, according to Cryptopolitan. The Stage 5 framework is currently channeling 20%–40% of daily platform fees into targeted repurchases, with provisions allowing up to 80% allocation. Aster said its treasury has begun swapping BNB for ASTER through a reserve wallet.

Early Monday, XRP fell below $2.00, touched $1.84, and later hovered near $1.97, marking a decline of over 23% from its January 6 high of $2.41. The move coincided with BTC dropping from above $95,000 to under $92,000. An analyst says XRP must hold $1.9750 to regain upside momentum.

Decentraland’s MANA rallied strongly on 17 January, breaking above the local $0.15 resistance amid a broader GameFi upswing led by Axie Infinity. Within the last 24 hours, a Bitcoin pullback helped trigger $864 million in liquidations, dragging MANA lower as dormant circulation and falling mean coin age signaled distribution and weak long-term conviction.

Dogecoin extended its downside move against the US Dollar, breaking below the $0.1300 and $0.1250 support areas and forming a low around $0.1154. The price is now trading under $0.1300 and the 100-hourly simple moving average, with key resistance clustered near $0.1330–$0.1350 and important support levels at $0.1250, $0.1220, and $0.1200. A failure to recover above $0.1300 could open the door to further losses toward $0.1150 or even $0.1135.

On January 18, 2025, XRP reserves on Binance were valued at about $10.16 billion and fell to roughly $5.55 billion by mid-January 2026, a decline of around 45% according to CryptoQuant data. Over the same period, more than 25,000 XRP wallets moved into higher balance tiers and the total wallet count surpassed 7.5 million, while price action has remained range-bound despite tighter exchange supply.

Ethereum is consolidating near $3,300 as traders watch a narrowing structure and improving momentum. A January 18, 2026 post by Merlijn The Trader stressed holding $3,300 and pointed to $3.9k–$4k as a potential upside zone. The 4-hour MACD has turned upward, while patterns such as a falling wedge and double bottom are in focus.

As of January 2026, Ethereum's gas costs have fallen to $0.01, according to Etherscan. A 17 January 2026 throughput peak of 2.6 million transactions was handled smoothly after late-2025 upgrades and wider Layer-2 use. ETH traded at $3,319.87 (+0.62%), while SOL stood at $142.26 (-1.23%).

Bitcoin Hyper, a Bitcoin Layer 2 project, has raised over $30.6 million in its presale, with tokens priced at $0.013585 and an initial listing set at $0.013675. According to the publication, DeFi volumes rose 15% month-over-month, while Base and Arbitrum recorded $147,000 and $39,000 in daily fees around January 14–15, 2026, underscoring robust L2 activity ahead of HYPER's Q1 2026 launch.