Movers of the Day 18-May-2026

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

🌙 00:00 CET – Daily Wrap-Up: Market Attempts Late-Session Recovery After Volatile Correction – Top Movers of the Day

  • OriginTrail and Block Street: Since 7 pm OriginTrail has increased by 3.12%, Block Street by 0.58%.

Overview: The market narrative for the daily session was defined by high volatility and a significant corrective move followed by a late-night stabilization effort. After a sharp early-morning breakdown, price action remained heavy for most of the day, ultimately flushing to new daily lows during the late afternoon. However, the final hours were characterized by a resilient V-shaped bounce, as buyers moved in to reclaim lost horizontal ground, signaling a defensive stance at lower valuation levels.

🔍 Market Insight: Despite the recovery observed in the final session, the broader market remains deep in negative territory on a 24-hour basis. Bitcoin’s relatively smaller decline compared to Ether suggests a continued flight toward quality among the major assets during this period of price discovery. While the final bounce may signal stabilization, historical patterns warn that such quiet phases—or rapid intraday recoveries—often precede sharp moves. With the market ending the day on an upward trajectory but still below morning highs, the focus remains on whether this momentum can translate into a sustained trend reversal.

NWSBCT (Blue Chips Index): The NWSBCT index highlights a turbulent technical session. After losing its early-morning support and consolidating at lower levels, the index experienced a final sharp flush to a daily low near 5.98. The chart shows a decisive recovery from this bottom, with the index trending upward to finish the session near 6.07. Despite the bounce, the index remains under the major resistance levels established early in the day.

This closing update covers the day’s final session, which ran from 7:00 p.m. to midnight CET. Top Movers include 24h performance, but the primary focus is on the asset with the most significant change since the 7:00 p.m. report. 2100NEWS Indices show changes from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. 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 performance classification for Bitcoin and Ether (significant, slight, or similar) is based on a statistical analysis of their historical volatility. Supplemental notes detail the criteria for highlighting these specific cryptocurrencies and indices.

 

TRAC

OriginTrail (TRAC)

2100NEWS ranking: 170, Mid-cap Ethereum-based Token, Index member: NWST1100, NWSM200, NWSET100, NWSDM100
2100NEWS DA Orderbook Quality Evaluation Grade: Extremely Weak, Score: 3, (Average for Ethereum-based Tokens: 13.8)

OriginTrail is an ecosystem building a Verifiable Internet for AI, aiming to combat misinformation worsened by AI adoption. It ensures the trustworthiness of information by allowing its origins to be tracked verifiably, promoting discoverability and integrity of knowledge for reliable AI. OriginTrail has applications in real-world assets (RWAs), search engines, question-answering systems, and generally knowledge-dependent applications (such as AI systems). Initially adopted in global supply chains to provide a trusted data sharing hub, OriginTrail now also supports the creation of a trusted AI knowledge ecosystem. It enhances the discoverability of crucial knowledge and verifies information provenance, crucial in the age of misinformation. OriginTrail’s technology is increasingly vital across sectors such as asset tokenization, construction, healthcare, and the metaverse, thanks to its ability to authenticate and secure information. Supported by world-class organizations, OriginTrail is enhancing its trusted knowledge network. These partnerships extend their impact across multiple industries, underscoring their role in advancing a verifiable knowledge web and supporting the RWAs’ economy.

 

🌇 19:00 CET – Evening Report: Market Faces Broad Correction as Major Assets Test Lower Support – Top Movers of the Day

  • Block Street and Centrifuge which has increased by 7.34% since 2 pm. Block Street is 2.94% higher.

Overview: The market entered a deep corrective phase today, reversing early session gains with significant selling pressure. After a sharp morning breakdown, the index attempted a midday recovery which ultimately proved unsustainable. The afternoon was marked by high volatility and a secondary breakdown, pushing the market to test primary horizontal support levels as the evening approached. The narrative is currently dominated by bearish momentum as buyers struggle to establish a stable floor.

🔍 Market Insight: Today’s decline is widespread across all sectors, with large-cap coins (NWSCo100) leading the losses. Ether has seen a significantly deeper retracement than Bitcoin, indicating a shift in capital away from altcoin majors during this period of instability. While this may signal stabilization, historical patterns warn that such quiet phases often precede sharp moves. With upside progress completely rejected at the afternoon peaks, the market remains vulnerable to a potential downside break if the current support levels fail to hold.

NWSBCT (Blue Chips Index): The NWSBCT index highlights a clear bearish reversal. After failing to hold the 6.20 resistance level early in the day, the index collapsed toward 6.05. A technical bounce in the early afternoon briefly tested the 6.10 resistance level, but was met with aggressive selling that sent the index down to test the 6.00 psychological support area.

 

CFG

Centrifuge (CFG)

2100NEWS ranking: 150, Mid-cap Non-Ethereum-based Coin, Index member: NWST1100, NWSM200, NWSCo100, NWSDM100
2100NEWS DA Orderbook Quality Evaluation Grade: Poor, Score: 13.5 (Average for Coins: 14.8)

Centrifuge is a decentralized asset financing agreement, which can connect real-world assets to defi, so as to reduce the capital cost of small and medium-sized enterprises and provide a stable source of income for defi investors. The yield is independent of the volatility of encrypted assets. With centrifuge, companies can tag real-world assets and use them as collateral for financing through DAPP tinlake, an asset-backed loan.

 

14:00 – Midday Report: Total Market Stabilizes as Blue Chips Rebound Below Lost Support – Top Movers of the Day

  • Block Street and OriginTrail have been the best performers over the past 24 hours,
  • Unibase has increased by 7.08% since the morning update. 💡Cautiously Bullish Momentum The price rise is primarily a technical squeeze in a low-liquidity environment, not a fundamental re-rating. Key watch: Whether Bitcoin finds stability above $77,000, as renewed market-wide stress could quickly drain liquidity from smaller alts like UB.

Overview: Over the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market has remained under pressure at midday, with a late rebound from the lower range, but this has not yet reversed the defensive structure. 🔍 Market Insight: The key midday message is fragile stabilization under broad negative breadth. NWSBCT has bounced from lower levels, but sector indices remain uniformly negative, NWST1100 is down, and both major assets are under pressure. This is not yet a recovery phase. It is a lower-range support reaction after a sharp decline. 🧭 Strategic Read: What is happening now? Lower-range consolidation rebound inside a defensive structure. The most likely scenario is continued consolidation near the lower range, with the market testing whether buyers can stabilize after the recent downside continuation.
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 dropped 1.84% over the previous 24 hours. NWSBCT Index for Blue Chips: The real-time tradable benchmark (investable replication of the broad market using a blue-chip subset), commonly referred to as the “Blue Chips.”  The daily chart shows NWSBCT tested the lower area near 7.01–7.04, then rebounded. This is a support reaction, not a confirmed reversal.📍 As of 14:00 CET, the index is trading around 7.08. 2100NEWS Indices, which track the performance of various groups of tokens and coins, have reported losses, ranging from -2.86% (NWSCo100) to -1.65% (NWSBE) since midnight. Bitcoin and Ether: Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has fallen by 1.44%, while Ether has dropped 2.64%, significantly underperforming Bitcoin.

 

UB

Unibase (UB)

2100NEWS ranking: 220, Mid-cap Ethereum-based Token, Index member: NWST1100, NWSM200
2100NEWS DA Orderbook Quality Evaluation Grade: Poor, Score: 6.6 (Average for Mid-caps: 11.9)

Unibase is a high-performance decentralized AI memory layer that empowers AI agents with long-term memory and cross-platform interoperability, enabling them to remember, collaborate, and self-evolve. Unibase aims to build the Open Agent Internet, enabling seamless collaboration among intelligent agents across ecosystems and empowering developers to create next-gen AI applications.

 

☀️ 9:00 – Morning Pulse: Blue Chips Break Lower as Sector Breadth Turns Fully Negative – Top Movers of the Day 

  • Block Street and OriginTrail have been the best performers over the past 24 hours, with OriginTrail  posting the crypto market’s most significant intraday gain since midnight, leaping 84.00%. 💡Bullish Catalyst-Driven The explosive move is a direct reaction to enhanced market structure via the Upbit listing, overshadowing broader market weakness. Key watch: Monitor TRAC/KRW trading volume on Upbit after listing goes live to gauge genuine new demand versus speculative froth.

Overview: Over the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market has not stabilized above former support; instead, it extended lower and remains below the key recovery levels. This keeps the broader market in a corrective phase rather than a repair phase. 🔍 Market Insight: The key morning message is broad market pressure. The wider market picture is defensive: NWST1100 is lower, all sector indices are negative, and NWSBCT has extended below its former support. This is not a constructive but a corrective breadth setup. 🧭 Strategic Read:  Current phase, downside continuation after support failure. The most likely scenario is continued fragile trading near the lower visible range while the market tests whether buyers can form a new base after the latest breakdown.

  1. NWST1100 – Total Market Index: The broad crypto market benchmark and 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 dropped 1.85% 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 NWSBCT broke lower again and only attempted a shallow stabilization. 📍 As of 9:00 CET, it is trading around 7.04.
  3. The 2100NEWS Indices, which track the performance of various token and coin groups, have reported losses, ranging from -2.87% (NWSCo100) to -2.15% (NWSBE) since midnight.
  4. Bitcoin and Ether: Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has fallen by 1.49%, while Ether has dropped 2.99%, significantly underperforming Bitcoin.

 

TRAC

OriginTrail (TRAC)


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