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.

Avalanche's RWA total value locked stood at $1.3 billion, with subnet architecture and compliance features attracting institutional participation. In Q4 2025, BlackRock expanded its $500 million BUIDL fund on Avalanche, while daily C‑Chain transactions reached 2.1 million amid growing RWAs, gaming, and enterprise activity.

When given specific prompts, Alibaba's KIMI AI model issued highly bullish price scenarios for XRP, Solana and Shiba Inu through the end of 2026 and into 2027. It projected XRP could reach between $15 and $30 from a starting level near $1.76, SOL might climb toward $650 to $1,000 from about $118, and SHIB could revisit or surpass its 2021 all-time high if it breaks key resistance around $0.000025 to $0.00003. The AI’s outlook is based on factors such as RSI readings, total value locked growth, ETF demand and broader market conditions.

On 31 January 2026, a sponsored article reported that Stage 5 of the APEMARS presale had raised over $127K, sold 5.4 billion tokens and counted 632 holders, and could close within six hours. It added that Stage 6 would lift pricing to $0.00004634, while meme coin activity hit a 2026 high even as major names fell week over week.

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.

Derivatives data show about $16 million in potential short liquidations on Binance’s ZEC perpetuals versus roughly $8 million on the long side, signaling a bearish tilt. The article notes open interest has increased by nearly $50 million this week, while Nansen figures indicate the top 100 ZEC wallets lifted holdings by 4.21% during Thursday trading.

XRP is trading below $2 around the $1.75 level, while on-chain data shows that 42 new whale wallets holding at least 1 million XRP have appeared since the start of 2026. This renewed accumulation follows a pattern that previously preceded a strong recovery when price was near similar support levels. If XRP breaks above $1.95 and reclaims the 200-day EMA around $2.20, some market participants may look for a longer-term move toward the $3 area.