On Jan. 30, Lido Finance said ETH staking set an all-time high, with 36.6 million ETH staked, equal to 30.13% of supply. On Jan. 29, Lookonchain reported Tom Lee's Bitmine added 250,912 ETH, bringing its staked total to 2,582,963 ETH, while ETH traded at $2,633, down 3.86% in 24 hours and 11% weekly.

Metals reversed after a crowded run-up, with silver dropping 27% and gold down 8%, while Bitcoin slipped 0.54% but stayed above $80k. BTC dominance rose 0.70% and the Altcoin Season Index hovered near 40, signaling muted risk appetite as investors reassess whether capital cycles back to metals rather than altcoins.

Over the past two days, while Bitcoin slid 6.95% from its $89.3k high and altcoins dropped 7.98%, Enso's ENSO token showed relative strength. After falling to $1.15 following last week's $2.45 peak, ENSO rebounded sharply, climbing 51.74% on 30 January and gaining 30.8% in the last 24 hours, with key support and resistance levels now clustered between $1.30 and $2.45.

On January 31, 2026, Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance reported that attackers had compromised several treasury and fee wallets, moving roughly 261,854 SOL valued at about $30 million. Following the incident, the team began an investigation, contacted cybersecurity firms, and Defillama data showed the project's TVL had fallen to zero while the STEP token price dropped sharply.

On 31 January 2026, the crypto market cap held at $2.63T as traders stayed cautious. Cardano traded in the $0.28–$0.30 band, while Zcash consolidated around $285–$295. The ZKP network aims to verify medical data via zk-SNARKs under HIPAA compliance; analysts forecast a potential 7,000x ROI as its presale narrows.

BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly listed crypto treasury linked to Tom Lee, faces over $6 billion in unrealized losses on its Ether holdings. According to Dropstab, after adding 40,302 ETH last week to push its total above 4.24 million, the stash is worth roughly $9.6 billion, down from about $13.9 billion in October.

On January 29, 2026, Spot XRP ETFs recorded a $92.9 million net outflow, the largest since launch, then reversed with a $16.79 million net inflow the next day. Cumulative trading volume reached $2.23 billion, marking a new peak, even as XRP slipped to about $1.69 after weekly and daily declines.

On 31 January 2026, Shiba Inu (SHIB) was down nearly 14% over seven days, while the Solfart Token ($SOLF) presale approached US$190,000 in Phase 2 at $0.000203 with just over 49% allocated. The project introduced the "Solfart Butt Heads" NFT free mint for holders and outlines a buyback-and-burn plan funded by GoMemecoin.com ads following an official June launch.