Quant (QNT) price surged over 8% in a single session on January 17, 2026, trading near $84.98 and marking its strongest daily advance in months. The rally represents a decisive technical breakout above key moving averages, including the 100-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $82.67, for the first time since October 2025. This shift in short-term momentum is supported by fundamental data showing $569,380 in net spot inflows, reversing a distribution trend from the previous quarter and indicating accumulation behavior as tokens move off exchanges.
The price action follows months of corrective trading within a descending channel since a July 2025 peak near $135. The immediate and most significant technical barrier is now the 200-day EMA at $88.01, a level that has acted as resistance since September. A daily close above this level would signal a potential trend reversal and open a path toward the psychologically important $100 mark, with scope for extension toward $110.
Fundamentally, Quant's enterprise-focused strategy continues to bolster market confidence. The project maintains partnerships with major UK banks like HSBC, Barclays, and Lloyds for tokenized sterling deposit infrastructure and collaborates with Japan's Dentsu Soken on institutional stablecoins. These initiatives are powered by its Overledger OS, which connects over 45 blockchains and maintains ISO 20022 compliance, positioning Quant in the growing interoperability market projected to reach $19.59 billion by 2032.
Key support levels are now at the 100-day EMA ($82.67) and the 50-day EMA ($78.42). Failure to hold above the 100-day EMA could see a pullback toward $76.60, while a deeper breakdown would bring the Supertrend support at $68.05 into focus. The coming sessions will be critical in determining if this breakout evolves into a sustained trend reversal or stalls back into consolidation.
