On January 15, Solana recorded $804 million in stablecoin inflows in 24 hours, later maintaining $532 million, outpacing Tron's $397 million and contrasting with Ethereum's net outflows. Stablecoin supply on Solana has reportedly climbed to a record $15 billion, a 200% year-on-year jump, while one analyst suggests SOL could reach $300 if it breaks out of its current range. Recent data also indicate six straight weeks of inflows into SOL-linked ETFs, with $8.94 million added on January 15 and total net assets rising to $1.19 billion, equal to 1.49% of Solana's market cap.

Altcoins gained momentum as Bitcoin’s dominance weakened and Ethereum emerged as a key driver of sentiment, with ETH/BTC trading at 0.03484. The Altcoin Season Index fell to 35 while Total 2 formed an ascending triangle around $1.29 trillion, and several privacy-focused altcoins recorded outsized gains.

Shiba Inu closed below its 20-day moving average, breaking a key support that had underpinned bullish sentiment after the January 4 peak at $0.00000965. With SHIB trading around $0.00000840, the move exposes downside room toward the lower Bollinger Band near $0.00000718, implying a potential decline of about 14.36% if past patterns repeat. Momentum and volume readings now tilt bearish, as the 20-day average turns into resistance and buyers have yet to show strong defense around current levels.

Berachain’s BERA token has climbed 15.48% in the past 24 hours and 62.58% over the last week after the foundation unveiled its “Bera Builds Businesses” model, which focuses on cash-flow-generating ventures. Despite this rally, BERA remains 69.64% below its October peak, and traders face added uncertainty from a controversial downside-protection deal tied to Brevan Howard’s Nova fund, whose refund clause expires on 6 February 2026.

Between January 18, 2025 and January 17, 2026, XRP reserves on Binance dropped from about $10.16 billion to roughly $5.55 billion, a decline of around 45% that points to shrinking exchange supply. Over the same period, XRP has traded near $2.06 with mixed technical signals, including support around the 50-day SMA at $2.02 and a still-distant 200-day SMA near $2.53.

Solana's network saw Active Addresses rise 56% week-on-week to 27.1 million and Weekly Transactions reach 515 million, while price rebounded into the $135.5-$147.1 support band. With SOL trading near $142 after breaking above a multi-month regression downtrend, momentum indicators and derivatives positioning now lean in favor of buyers as long as the $135.5 level holds.

Bird, the developer of the XRPL-based meme coin DROP, has triggered discussion by saying that anyone holding more value in XRP than in their bank account is a "genius." He contrasts bank savings rates of around 4–6% with rising living costs and frames XRP as a forward-looking asset, while also noting that how much XRP to hold is subjective and depends on personal circumstances.

On 18 January 2026 at 19:49, data from Santiment indicated that Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake deposit contract holds about 77.85 million ETH, valued at just over $256 billion. That equals roughly 46.6% of supply, with withdrawals gated by protocol exit limits. The scale has intensified debate over long-term supply stability versus potential exit-driven pressures.