📈 Crypto Market News – January 18, 2026
- Market Overview: The Weekly Close Countdown It is Sunday evening, and the market is quiet but tense ahead of the weekly candle close. The global crypto market cap remains steady at $3.36 Trillion.
Focus: All eyes are on the UTC midnight close. A weekly close above $94,000 for Bitcoin would be a major technical victory for the bulls, signaling a continuation of the uptrend into the third week of January.
- Bitcoin (BTC) Squeezing Tight Bitcoin is trading in an extremely narrow range, fluctuating between $93,900 and $94,200.
Pattern: This low volatility often precedes a violent breakout. Analysts are watching for a "Sunday Night Pump" as Asian markets open for Monday morning trading.
Key Level: The $93,500 support has held firmly all weekend.
- Ethereum (ETH) Shows Strength Ethereum is outperforming Bitcoin slightly today, pushing towards $3,320.
Driver: "Restaking" protocols on Ethereum are seeing record inflows this weekend. Investors are locking up ETH to earn additional yield, reducing the circulating supply available for sale.
- Gods Unchained (GODS) Weekend Volume As the "Weekend Ranked" event comes to a close in a few hours, $GODS trading volume is elevated.
Price: The token is holding the $0.39 level.
Outlook: Players are grinding for the final rewards of the week, keeping on-chain activity high. Traders are watching to see if this activity sustains into Monday.
- Tempo Network: "Phase 3" Rumors Following the "Phase 2" snapshot on Friday, silence from the Tempo team has sparked rumors.
Community Chatter: Speculation on Discord suggests that "Phase 3" will involve Node Running tasks, which historically offer the highest airdrop points. Users are preparing VPS (Virtual Private Server) setups in anticipation.
