Movers of the Day 8-Jan-2026

Tokens and coins that moved the most in the last 24 hours:

☀️ 9:00 – Morning Pulse: Failed Breakout Leaves Market Trapped in Consolidation – Top Movers of the Day

• Amp and aelf: These cryptocurrencies have been the best performers over the past 24 hours, with aelf posting the most significant intraday gain since midnight, soaring 54.42%. 💡ELF’s surge reflects a perfect storm of technical triggers, risk-on altcoin rotation, and incremental progress in cross-chain utility – though thin liquidity exaggerates moves. Key watch: Can ELF hold above $0.124 if Bitcoin resumes its downtrend? Monitor the BTC dominance chart and eBridge usage metrics for directional clues.

Overview: Over the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market attempted to stabilize following yesterday’s sell-off but failed to reclaim constructive structure. While prices bounced off lower levels, the recovery stalled quickly, and the market remains firmly locked inside a broader consolidation range. 🔍 Market Insight: The NWSBCT (Blue Chips Index) continues to trade below its broken rising channel. Price behavior since then is consistent with mean-reversion dynamics rather than renewed accumulation. As long as blue chips fail to regain structure, bullish continuation scenarios remain invalid. 🧭 Strategic Read**:** The session opens with a defensive bias. Tactical rebounds are present, but without blue-chip leadership, they remain counter-trend. The dominant regime remains in consolidation, with downside risk persisting on failed rallies.

1. NWST1100 – Total Market Index: The broad crypto market benchmark.The definitive benchmark for the entire digital asset economy. Tracks the top 1,100 assets by combined rank of market cap, liquidity, and DAOQE quality. It has plummeted by 3.16% over the previous 24 hours.
2. NWSBCT Index for Blue Chips: The real-time tradable benchmark NWSBCT (investable replication of the broad market using a blue-chip subset), commonly referred to as the “Blue Chips.” The daily chart shows a sharp drop. 📍As of 9:00 CET, it is trading around 9.10.
3. The 2100NEWS Indices, which track the performance of various groups of tokens and coins, have reported losses, ranging from -1.23% (NWSL100) to -0.14% (NWSM200) since midnight.
4. Bitcoin and Ether: Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has plummeted by 2.92%, while Ether has significantly underperformed it, plummeting by 3.92%.

This update covers market activity over the past 24 hours, ending at 9:00 a.m. CET. Top Movers include 24h performance, but the primary focus is on the asset with the most significant change since midnight. 2100NEWS Indices show changes from 00:00 to 9:00 CET. 2100NEWS Total Index (NWST1100) and Bitcoin & Ether sections always reflect complete 24-hour changes, regardless of report timing. Please note that conditions may have changed since publication. The classification of performance between Bitcoin and Ether (significant, slight, similar) is based on a statistical analysis of their historical volatility. Supplemental notes detail the criteria for highlighting these specific cryptocurrencies and indices—next update 14:00 CET.

aelf (ELF)

aelf, an AI-enhanced Layer 1 blockchain network, aims to leverage the robust C# programming language for efficiency and scalability across its sophisticated multi-layered architecture. Founded in 2017 with its global hub in Singapore, aelf is a blockchain with AI integration and modular Layer 2 ZK Rollup technology, ensuring an efficient, low-cost, and highly secure platform that is both developer and end-user-friendly. aelf is primarily a multi-chain parallel-computing blockchain network designed to address several limitations of traditional blockchain systems, such as performance bottlenecks and data complexity. aelf’s vision is to be a “Linux Ecosystem” equivalent to a blockchain, incorporating state-of-the-art IT design principles and allowing developers to customise chains to meet their needs.