According to @santimentfeed, the top coins by notable development activity over the past 30 days are 1) MetaMask mUSD, 2) Filecoin FIL, 3) Starknet STRK, 4) Hedera HBAR, 5) Chainlink LINK, 6) Safe SAFE, 7) Dfinity ICP, 8) DeFiChain DFI, 9) Cardano ADA, and 10) Avalanche AVAX, with rank-change indicators showing mUSD neutral (➡️), FIL/STRK/HBAR/SAFE/DFI rising (📈), and LINK/ICP/ADA/AVAX falling (📉), source: https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/2010722369686351908. According to @santimentfeed, these directional icons represent each project’s rise or fall versus last month, providing a clear snapshot of developer-momentum that the source positions for research, investing, and trading use cases, source: https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/2010722369686351908. According to @santimentfeed, its methodology pulls GitHub activity data from project repositories and explains why development activity can aid crypto research, investing, and trading, source: https://medium.com/santiment/a-different-look-into-blockchain-ecosystem-development-activity-f34f32180482. According to @santimentfeed, traders can use the Santiment data screener to sort by top development activity and cross-check with other bullish and bearish signals to build a workflow, source: https://app.santiment.net/screener. According to @santimentfeed, a trading approach is to monitor leaders like mUSD, FIL, and STRK for sustained repository activity and validate with additional screener signals before entries and risk decisions, reflecting the source’s guidance that development activity is a useful signal for investing and trading, sources: https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/2010722369686351908 and https://medium.com/santiment/a-different-look-into-blockchain-ecosystem-development-activity-f34f32180482.

According to @santimentfeed, only a few traders called the November top in ZCash, with @Tryrexcrypto identified as flagging a clear short setup. Source: Santiment on X, Jan 12, 2026. KOLs_Tracker reports the call preceded an approximately 40% downside move in ZEC amid peak crowd euphoria, underscoring the value of contrarian entries. Source: KOLs_Tracker on X, Jan 12, 2026. Santiment directs traders to the Sanitizer leaderboard to audit KOL performance and improve timing when social sentiment extremes emerge. Source: Santiment on X, Jan 12, 2026.

According to @santimentfeed, traders can use Santiment's Social Trends dashboard to follow real-time keywords driving crypto markets and make more informed trading and investing decisions, accessible at app.santiment.net/social-trends; source: @santimentfeed on X, Jan 11, 2026. The announcement underscores using social-trend data as a trading input for daily market monitoring and planning to capture information edge at the start of the day; source: @santimentfeed on X, Jan 11, 2026.

According to @santimentfeed, since Bitcoin's $126K all-time high on Oct 6, three-month returns are gold +11%, S&P 500 +3%, and Bitcoin (BTC) -26% (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, this equates to a 37 percentage-point outperformance of gold over BTC and a 29 percentage-point edge for the S&P 500 over BTC across the same window (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, the figures confirm pronounced crypto underperformance versus equities and gold, informing relative-strength and rotation strategies between BTC, gold, and the S&P 500 (source: @santimentfeed).

According to Santiment, Zcash (ZEC) multiplied its market cap by roughly 15x between September 22 and November 16, 2025, before momentum cooled, which is critical context for assessing trend durability and liquidity risk. Source: Santiment on X, Jan 8, 2026. According to Santiment, ZEC has retraced about 40% over the past two months, highlighting rising downside volatility following the prior parabolic advance. Source: Santiment on X, Jan 8, 2026. According to Santiment, ZEC’s development activity has dropped to its lowest rate since November 2021, a level that the firm tracks via GitHub-derived metrics on its platform. Sources: Santiment on X, Jan 8, 2026; Santiment App dashboard: https://app.santiment.net/s/nPpat54l?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=x_zcash_development_activity_b_010826/&fpr=twitter. According to Santiment, projects with rising development activity historically tend to outperform peers, while declining activity often aligns with underperformance, making dev activity a key trading factor to monitor for ZEC. Sources: Santiment on X, Jan 8, 2026; Santiment methodology: https://medium.com/santiment/a-different-look-into-blockchain-ecosystem-development-activity-f34f32180482. According to Santiment, traders can track ZEC’s development trend in real time on the Santiment dashboard to gauge whether builder momentum reaccelerates or continues to lag, informing risk management around rallies and pullbacks. Sources: Santiment on X, Jan 8, 2026; Santiment App dashboard: https://app.santiment.net/s/nPpat54l?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=x_zcash_development_activity_b_010826/&fpr=twitter.

According to @santimentfeed, a bullish Solana (SOL) call by @JamesEastonUK was timed near the local bottom, showcasing strong market timing by several lesser-known traders, source: @santimentfeed (Jan 7, 2026). Santiment points to a KOL Tracker leaderboard ranking who times markets best or worst based on X posts, providing a resource to view timing performance before making trading decisions, source: @santimentfeed.

According to @santimentfeed, 2025 saw repeated letdowns after news-fueled optimism, and its 12-month review maps the biggest events to market reactions for traders. Source: Santiment Insights, Jan 6, 2026. The analysis emphasizes that whale activity and crowd sentiment led price direction throughout the year, making large-holder flows and sentiment inflections critical signals around major headlines. Source: Santiment Insights. For trading use, the review compiles event-driven volatility patterns and instances where whale accumulation or distribution and sentiment shifts aligned with subsequent moves, offering a framework for timing entries and managing risk. Source: Santiment Insights.

According to @santimentfeed, Bitcoin whale and shark addresses holding 10 to 10,000 BTC have accumulated 56,227 BTC since December 17, marking crypto’s local bottom. According to @santimentfeed, retail shrimp wallets with less than 0.01 BTC took profits over the past 24 hours, shifting conditions into a green zone where whale accumulation and retail distribution are labeled very bullish. According to @santimentfeed, the bullish divergence between steady whale accumulation and flat prices was bound to produce at least a minor breakout, increasing the probability of continued crypto market cap growth. According to @santimentfeed, the regime framework flags bearish zones when whales dump and retail buys, and bullish to very bullish zones when whales accumulate while retail is unpredictable or selling, which traders can track via green whale lines and red retail lines. According to @santimentfeed, nothing is guaranteed, whales may quickly take profit, and zone durations can span from a couple of days to weeks.

According to @santimentfeed, $PEPE has rallied 67.6% since the bullish analysis by @butterfly_chart as 2025 was drawing to a close, highlighting strong momentum in the memecoin segment; Source: @santimentfeed. @santimentfeed highlighted that the Sanitizer leaderboard is updated daily to showcase top KOL callers who flagged the move, offering traders a reference point for monitoring social-driven momentum; Source: @santimentfeed. The update was posted on Jan 5, 2026, indicating the +67.6% performance figure is recent and trading-relevant; Source: @santimentfeed.

According to @santimentfeed, $VIRTUAL rallied 55% within three days after @bigwil’s call, as quantified by @KOLs_Tracker. source: @santimentfeed on X, Jan 5, 2026; @KOLs_Tracker on X (post ID 2008089267374071984) Santiment also noted several altcoins are breaking out to start the new year, highlighting the timeliness of tracking KOL-driven signals for trade setups. source: @santimentfeed on X, Jan 5, 2026 The post directs traders to an unbiased KOL call performance leaderboard on Sanitizer to evaluate signal quality. source: @santimentfeed on X, Jan 5, 2026; sanitize.page/leaderboard

According to @santimentfeed, the top 10 Ethereum-associated projects by recent development activity are MetaMask mUSD (up), Starknet STRK (up), Chainlink LINK (down), Safecoin SAFE (up), Decentraland MANA (down), Ethereum ETH (down), Status SNT (down), XDC Network XDC (up), Cartesi CTSI (up), and Worldcoin WLD (up), source: Santiment (@santimentfeed) on X, Jan 5, 2026. The up or down tags indicate each project’s ranking change versus last month based on Santiment’s filtered notable GitHub activity across project repositories, source: Santiment (@santimentfeed) on X, Jan 5, 2026. Santiment states its methodology filters for meaningful commits to better reflect true developer engagement and that these development activity trends are useful for crypto trading, source: Santiment methodology article referenced by @santimentfeed. Traders can build an ETH-ecosystem watchlist around rising development activity names mUSD, STRK, XDC, CTSI, and WLD, while monitoring relative slowdowns in LINK, MANA, ETH, and SNT for changes in builder cadence, source: Santiment (@santimentfeed) on X and Santiment methodology article. Santiment also offers a bookmarkable ETH-based project watchlist for ongoing monitoring to track these development activity trends in real time, source: Santiment (@santimentfeed) on X, Jan 5, 2026.

According to CoinMarketCap, Santiment analyst Brian Quinlivan reported that crypto social media sentiment started 2026 strong, based on Santiment’s tracking of crowd metrics (source: CoinMarketCap; source: Santiment/Brian Quinlivan). According to Santiment’s Brian Quinlivan, sustained upside depends on retail investors staying cautious rather than FOMOing into positions, indicating durability of gains relies on tempered sentiment (source: Santiment/Brian Quinlivan via CoinMarketCap).

According to @santimentfeed, Shiba Inu (SHIB) jumped about 13% on Sunday as the 2026 memecoin rotation continued across assets, source: Santiment X post dated Jan 4, 2026. @santimentfeed adds that the 10 largest SHIB wallets now hold nearly 63% of the supply, with the largest single wallet controlling roughly 41% valued near $3.3B, source: Santiment on-chain dashboard. Based on this concentration, SHIB trading conditions can be highly sensitive to large whale transfers with elevated slippage risk during volatility, source: Santiment wallet concentration data. For execution and risk management, monitoring top-holder flows and transfer spikes is critical while the memecoin frenzy persists, source: Santiment on-chain metrics.

According to @santimentfeed, the meme coin market cap has risen above $45.3M, up 20.8% over the past week. According to @santimentfeed, notable 7-day gainers are $PEPE +54%, $USELESS +54%, $MOG +38%, $DOG +36%, $BONK +34%, and $FLOKI +33%. According to @santimentfeed, the bounce began shortly after retail FUD peaked a few days after Christmas, indicating sentiment-driven momentum. According to @santimentfeed, traders should track the Santiment meme coin watchlist and focus on assets most written off by retail.

According to @santimentfeed, the latest top 10 AI and Big Data crypto projects by development activity are 1) Filecoin (FIL), 2) Chainlink (LINK), 3) Dfinity Internet Computer (ICP), 4) NEAR Protocol (NEAR), 5) Oasis Network (ROSE), 6) Livepeer (LPT), 7) Bittensor (TAO), 8) The Graph (GRT), 9) Injective (INJ), and 10) RecallNet (RECALL), based on its GitHub repository analysis, source: Santiment on X, Jan 2, 2026. According to @santimentfeed, ranking momentum since the previous update shows upticks for TAO and INJ, declines for ICP, NEAR, ROSE, and RECALL, and no change for LINK, LPT, and GRT, which Santiment displays with directional indicators, source: Santiment on X, Jan 2, 2026. According to @santimentfeed, the rankings use a methodology that filters notable GitHub activity from project repositories and are presented as useful for crypto trading, with details provided in its methodology explainer and a dedicated AI and Big Data watchlist for ongoing monitoring, source: Santiment on X and Santiment Medium methodology article linked in the post, Jan 2, 2026.

According to @santimentfeed, Santiment will host its first This Week in Crypto YouTube live stream at the top of the hour on Jan 2, 2026, to examine whether crypto metrics signal a bullish start to the new year, with the event announced on X and linked on YouTube, source: @santimentfeed.

According to @CoinMarketCap, multiple Solana whale wallets repeatedly executed 10+ SOL purchase transactions as 2026 began, indicating continued SOL accumulation; source: CoinMarketCap on Twitter Jan 1, 2026 - https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2006797113112318381. According to @CoinMarketCap, Santiment labeled SOL accumulation a top crypto trend on New Year’s Day, underscoring elevated whale activity focus; source: CoinMarketCap on Twitter Jan 1, 2026 - https://twitter.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2006797113112318381.

According to @santimentfeed, social data shows heavy buying across SOL-related tokens with repeated 10+ SOL whale purchases, broad liquidity, and BH scores near 70%, indicating sustained large-holder interest and moderate confidence (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, New York City’s leadership change with Zohran Mamdani sworn in on the Quran has energized local sentiment as crypto community voices optimism for 2026 momentum (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, New Year chatter reflects mixed emotions but improving engagement via events and giveaways, aligning with signs of market recovery as holders report profits (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, Warren Buffett has stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after 60 years, the S&P 500 ended 2025 up nearly 18%, and the incoming CEO is reportedly more bullish on Bitcoin, a potential tailwind for BTC-sensitive narratives (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, MicroStrategy expanded its Bitcoin holdings from 70,470 BTC in 2020 to a projected 672,497 BTC by 2025 while MSTR fell nearly 50% in 2025 versus BTC down about 6%, underscoring the divergence between corporate BTC accumulation and equity performance heading into 2026 (source: @santimentfeed). According to @santimentfeed, traders are focusing on SOL whale accumulation strength, BTC institutional narrative shifts, and the MSTR-BTC performance spread as key watchpoints for early 2026 positioning (source: @santimentfeed).

According to the source, BTC has declined about 20% since early November, while gold gained roughly 9% and the S&P 500 added around 1% over the same period. According to the source citing market intelligence firm Santiment, 2026 will offer opportunities for crypto to catch up following this relative underperformance.

According to @simplykashif, Santiment data shows retail Bitcoin wallets increased BTC holdings by 3.31% since July, while whale wallets added only 0.36% (Santiment via @simplykashif). Traders tracking on-chain supply distribution can note that retail accumulation has outpaced whales over this period based on the same dataset (Santiment via @simplykashif).