Market Report: Top 5 Cryptocurrency Gainers on January 18, 2026, with CHZ leading the gains

CHZ2,82%
LIT1,44%
ZRO-3,27%
TRX0,96%

Gate News Bot Message, January 18, 2026. According to CoinMarketCap market data, the overall performance of the cryptocurrency market remains stable, with active rotation of hot coins and highlights across multiple sectors. The following are the top five cryptocurrencies by percentage increase in the past 24 hours:

1️⃣ CHZ (Chiliz) 📈 Current Price: $0.62 | Change: +8.18% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.63 / $0.57 | Market Cap: $641,453,796.97 💡 Chiliz is once again entering the World Cup year. The CEO announced that the SportFi strategy will be launched within 2026, along with major upcoming announcements. The price continues to break through the key resistance level of $0.05, with market supply and demand significantly improving, and buyers beginning to take the lead.

2️⃣ LIT (Lighter) 📈 Current Price: $1.96 | Change: +5.72% 📊 24H High/Low: $2.05 / $1.82 | Market Cap: $490,764,888.00 💡 Lighter has launched the LIT staking feature and mobile app. Users can stake LIT to participate in liquidity pools for rewards and enjoy market maker fee discounts. The ecosystem features are continuously improving, increasing market participation.

3️⃣ ZRO (LayerZero) 📈 Current Price: $1.73 | Change: +4.49% 📊 24H High/Low: $1.78 / $1.64 | Market Cap: $476,412,341.82 💡 LayerZero is set to unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens on January 20, valued at about $37.53 million. The market has expectations for subsequent liquidity supply, providing short-term support and stability.

4️⃣ TRX (TRON) 📈 Current Price: $0.31 | Change: +2.68% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.31 / $0.309 | Market Cap: $30,113,582,783.10 💡 MetaMask has officially integrated native support for the TRON network, allowing users to directly manage TRON assets and interact with DApps. JustLend DAO’s TVL has surpassed $7.08 billion. The ecosystem remains active, with frequent large TRON transfers indicating high market activity.

5️⃣ QNT (Quant) 📈 Current Price: $81.42 | Change: +2.33% 📊 24H High/Low: $86.42 / $79.06 | Market Cap: $982,986,608.41 💡 As an enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure project, Quant maintains moderate gains during stable market periods, supported by ongoing institutional demand.

📊 Market Summary — The current market shows a pattern of individual coin rotation and dispersed hotspots. Chiliz, driven by its strategic layout for the World Cup year, leads the rally, while DeFi ecosystem project Lighter and the leading public chain TRON also perform steadily, reflecting market attention to ecosystem application deployment and mainstream public chains. Investors should monitor the upcoming token unlock of LayerZero and assess subsequent trends cautiously.

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