AscendEX Web3 Weekly | January 12–18, 2026

Jan 19,2026

1. Editor's Note 【Personal View: Institutions Are Here, The Storm Is Coming】 This week (Jan 12–18), the crypto market demonstrated remarkable resilience and maturity. Driven by the macroeconomic tailwind of US CPI cooling to 2.6%, Bitcoin (BTC) successfully reclaimed the $95,000 mark, while Ethereum (ETH) staged a strong catch-up rally fueled by an explosion in on-chain activity. This is not a retail frenzy, but a precise sniper operation by institutional capital buying the dip—evidenced by the

AscendEX Web3 Weekly: The 2026 Opening — The Great Decoupling, RWA Hegemony & The Privacy Renaissance

Jan 05,2026

To: AscendEX Community, Institutional Partners, and Global Investors From: Bin Huang, Head of AscendEX Research Institute Date: January 4, 2026 Reporting Period: December 29, 2025 – January 4, 2026 === 1. Introduction: Rationality Amidst "Extreme Fear" and the Undercurrents of Capital Happy New Year to the global AscendEX community and blockchain believers worldwide. As we stand at the threshold of 2026, looking back at 2025 reveals a year of profound duality that has etched itself into crypto

AscendEX Web3 Weekly: The Great Decoupling & The Institutional Floor

Dec 29,2025

Table of Contents Executive Summary: The Quiet Accumulation Amidst Retail Apathy Market Overview: The Macro-Crypto Divergence Headlines: Security Failures & Corporate Treasuries Hot Sectors: Decentralized Storage & The Stablecoin Standard On-Chain Data: Liquidation Heatmaps & The $90k Wall Chart Interpretation: Technical Structures in a Low-Liquidity Environment Fundraising: The Capital Engine Shifts to Utility Regulation: The GENIUS Act & Global Compliance Institutional Analysi

AscendEX Web3 Weekly: The Winter's Verdict & The Great Capital Migration

Dec 22,2025

1. Opening: What Do We See When the Tide Goes Out? Greetings to all AscendEX readers, industry builders, and traders on the front lines: I am Bin Huang. If you are reading this report, congratulations—you are living through one of the most brutal yet truthful moments of "purification" in cryptocurrency history. This week (December 15–21, 2025), the global cryptocurrency market underwent a suffocating stress test. If the market was previously oscillating ambiguously between a "bull market correc

AscendEX Web3 Weekly: Flagship Weekly Report: The Macro "Fake-Out," Liquidity Shifts, and the Great Whale Migration

Dec 15,2025

1. Opening Remarks: Undercurrents Beneath the Deep Freeze To our loyal AscendEX users, industry colleagues, and believers in the crypto universe: On the surface, this week was defined by an "Extreme Deep Freeze." Bitcoin (BTC), after a failed attempt to breach the $94,000 high, faced resistance and spent most of the week in a lackluster defensive battle around the $90,000 threshold. The Fear & Greed Index plummeted to 21 (Extreme Fear) this week, hitting its coldest point since Q4 began. 1