On 31 January, Monero rose to $500.87, up 8.72% from the day's open, before broader selling in Bitcoin pushed XMR back toward $450 support. The analysis noted market sentiment was fearful with a Fear and Greed reading of 18, while BTC neared its $74k weekly swing low. Liquidity clusters sit at $400–$415 and $500, suggesting traders may wait for a sweep.

On 1 February 2026, Tom Lee’s Ethereum-focused vehicle BitMine was estimated to be sitting on roughly $6 billion in unrealized losses from its more than 4 million ETH position. The firm’s average acquisition cost is around $3,800 per ETH, while the asset is trading near $2,300, reflecting about a 40% drawdown. Despite the pressure, BitMine continues to accumulate and stake Ethereum, with the position reportedly unencumbered by margin calls or forced liquidations.

XRP fell 9% in 2026 and touched $1.60, its first nine‑month low, after breaking the $1.80 support. According to Alphractal, a 0.998 correlation to Bitcoin and an 87% altcoin‑BTC linkage keep price action tethered to BTC swings. Despite SoSoValue's noted ETF inflows and RWA TVL rising 11% to $235 million, gains remain muted.

On 1 February 2026 at 06:00, the article reported Toncoin fading near $1.30 with resistance around $1.70, while Ethereum's average fees dropped to about $0.01 after early-2026 improvements and a 2.6 million-transaction day on January 17. It also outlined ZKP's $1.7B target and a 450-day auction model, with 200 million tokens offered per day in the current stage.

Solana’s SOL token dropped to $100.30, its lowest level since April 2025, after a 30-day drawdown that aligned with broader altcoin weakness and macro risk-off moves in tech, AI and commodities. At the same time, Solana’s onchain activity and fee revenue have sharply outperformed rival networks, suggesting a widening gap between fundamentals and price. Derivatives data, ETF outflows and pressure on public firms holding SOL show traders have reduced leverage, leaving the token’s recovery dependent on an improvement in global economic and geopolitical sentiment.

On 1 February 2026, six notable crypto projects were highlighted for their positioning ahead of the next potential altcoin uptrend, including ZKP, Solana, Avalanche, Sui, The Sandbox, and Axie Infinity. These projects are being tracked for factors such as ecosystem development, long-term usage, and infrastructure design rather than short-lived hype. They span privacy-focused AI computation, high-speed base layers, scalable smart contracts, and gaming or metaverse platforms.

SUI is trading in a compression zone near key resistance around $2, with analysts highlighting this area as a typical smart money entry stage. The weekly chart shows an intact ascending channel, demand between $1.15 and $0.80, and price currently hovering near $1.28 with support at $1.50. A sustained move above $2 could open the way toward $2.50 and higher targets, while failure to clear resistance risks a downside retest toward $1.20.

Shytoshi Kusama, Shiba Inu's lead developer and co‑founder, reappeared on X and, on January 29, 2026, hinted at a Sunday moment to address ecosystem issues. One exchange referenced the September 2025 Shibarium Bridge exploit involving $4.1 million. Meanwhile, SHIB trades near $0.0000071, down 1.8% in 24 hours and 10.5% over seven days.