Market Report: Top 5 Cryptocurrency Gainers on January 2, 2026, led by the coin Story

IP-0,41%
PEPE-9,01%
IMX-4,67%
AERO-7,66%

Gate News Bot Message, January 2, 2026. According to CoinMarketCap market data, the cryptocurrency market continues its upward trend, with high market enthusiasm and strong performance from most mainstream coins. The following are the top five cryptocurrencies by 24-hour gain:

1️⃣ IP (Story) 📈 Current Price: $2.05 | 24H Change: +22.35% 📊 24H High/Low: $2.16 / $1.67 | Market Cap: $701,584,074.42 💡 As a representative of storytelling and narrative tokens, Story has attracted capital attention amid a market risk appetite rebound. The overall recovery of the altcoin sector has driven its leading gains.

2️⃣ PEPE (Pepe) 📈 Current Price: $0.48 | 24H Change: +20.87% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.49 / $0.403 | Market Cap: $2,058,690,927.16 💡 As a popular Meme coin, PEPE benefits from rising market risk appetite and sustained Meme culture heat, attracting retail investors and community efforts to push the price higher.

3️⃣ IMX (Immutable) 📈 Current Price: $0.25 | 24H Change: +15.42% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.25 / $0.21 | Market Cap: $498,037,449.59 💡 Immutable, as a solution for NFT and gaming public chains, has gained market recognition driven by the Web3 ecosystem recovery. Increased attention in gaming tracks has boosted its performance.

4️⃣ AERO (Aerodrome Finance) 📈 Current Price: $0.47 | 24H Change: +14.58% 📊 24H High/Low: $0.47 / $0.39 | Market Cap: $428,837,473.81 💡 As a DEX ecosystem token, Aerodrome Finance benefits from the DeFi sector rebound and increased liquidity mining activity. Growth in ecosystem applications has steadily pushed its price higher.

5️⃣ FIL (Filecoin) 📈 Current Price: $1.47 | 24H Change: +14.37% 📊 24H High/Low: $1.55 / $1.28 | Market Cap: $1,080,476,639.32 💡 As a leading project in the storage sector, Filecoin has attracted institutional and industry capital amid rising AI and data storage demands. Improved fundamentals have driven steady growth.

📊 Market Summary: The overall cryptocurrency market is currently positive, with popular coins generally gaining between 14%-22%. Multi-chain ecosystems, DeFi, and Meme culture sectors are showing strong rotation. Investors should note: although market enthusiasm is rising, some new tokens still carry high risks. It is recommended to focus on project fundamentals and market liquidity.

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