Binance Alpha will list Acurast (ACU) on January 20th, eligible users can claim the airdrop

Jan 18 (BlockBeats) — Per Coinglass data, Bitcoin could trigger $645 million in short liquidations across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) if it breaks above $97,000. Conversely, a drop below $93,000 may spark $752 million in long liquidations. Note from BlockBeats: Liquidation charts do not show the exact number or value of contracts to be liquidated. Instead, the bars reflect the relative importance of each liquidation cluster compared to nearby clusters — meaning "intensity." A higher bar indicates hitting that price level will cause a more intense reaction due to a liquidity cascade.

On January 18, Sonic announced it has successfully burned 16,027,929.41 S tokens tied to the unclaimed first-season airdrop—accomplished via fully permissionless smart contract execution, as originally planned.

Jan. 18 (CoinDesk) — Veteran crypto investor Dan Tapiero said Wednesday that a $10,000 crypto investment in 2026 could be allocated directly to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, with the exact split depending on personal preference. Tapiero identified widespread infrastructure adoption and stablecoins as the biggest opportunities in the crypto space for 2026. He expects Bitcoin to hit $180,000 in the current cycle, driven by a mix of rising demand and global monetary policy shifts. Falling interest rates and massive government investments in AI infrastructure will act as strong bullish catalysts, he added — noting that this global push is devaluing all fiat currencies, including the U.S. dollar, which benefits Bitcoin. While Tapiero sees growth potential in tokenization, blockchain-AI integration and on-chain prediction markets, he’s cautious about crypto treasury firms, arguing these trends haven’t delivered meaningful real-world innovation.

On January 18, Onchain Lens monitoring data shows the TRUMP team’s crypto address transferred 381,000 TRUMP tokens (valued at $2 million) to Binance.

On January 18, per data from fees.pump.fun, Pump.fun spent 8,751 SOL (roughly $1.267 million) yesterday to repurchase 4.313 billion PUMP tokens. Since launching its PUMP buyback initiative on July 15, roughly $250 million worth of the token has been repurchased, cutting the total circulating supply by 19.449%.

On January 18, Binance Wallet announced details of the Sentient (SENT) Pre-TGE initial public sale. During the initial subscription event, users will be able to subscribe for SENT token allocations via Binance Wallet. The subscription follows an oversubscription model, where each user may deposit up to 3 BNB. Token allocations will be distributed proportionally based on the total BNB deposited by all participants. After the subscription period wraps up, users can claim a key (representing their SENT token allocation on the Binance Smart Chain, BSC) via Binance Wallet. This key must be claimed on the initial subscription event page. Any excess BNB deposited will be automatically refunded when users claim their key. On the TGE (Token Generation Event) day, SENT tokens will be airdropped directly to users’ Binance Alpha accounts. At that point, users will be able to trade using Alpha Limit Orders.