On 27 January 2026, Russia’s policy push centered on enforcement, as a State Duma committee backed a bill this week to enable freezing and confiscation of digital assets. The draft treats cryptocurrencies as property under criminal law, while a separate market framework proposes capped retail access and a ban on domestic payments.

A severe US winter storm over the weekend prompted miners to voluntarily cut loads, briefly weakening Bitcoin network capacity. Hashrate slid to about 663 EH/s before recovering toward 854 EH/s, while crews addressed outages and demand spikes. Price hovered near $88,300, and BTCUSD was seen at 87,866 during the turbulence.

Former SEC attorney Teresa Goody Guillen filed a public comment on the SEC Crypto Task Force page supporting Ripple's contention that speculation alone should not trigger securities laws. She also circulated a discussion draft for the Digital Markets Restructure Act of 2026 proposing a new Digital Value Instruments category for assets that do not fit as securities or commodities.

HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid DEX, has surged 23% in the last 24 hours to trade above $27, with intraday levels around $27.4. The move follows a sharp rise in commodities and other real-world asset trading on Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets, where open interest recently hit $790 million and daily volume reached $1.29 billion. Technical indicators on the HYPE/USD 4H chart remain bullish, but the token is now approaching key resistance near $28.4.

PUMP, the native token of Pump.fun, jumped 25% in the last 24 hours and is up about 60% over the past month, even as Pump.fun and the Solana Foundation confront a class action lawsuit. Pump.fun buybacks have removed more than 20% of PUMP's supply in three months and no unlocks are due until July, while Solana's price has pulled back amid legal and reputational concerns.

River (RIVER) exploded nearly 1,200% in a month, briefly reaching a $1B+ market cap, driven by $12M in high-profile strategic backing, rapid listings on exchanges like HTX and Coinone, and rising attention around its cross-chain stablecoin infrastructure and satUSD growth. The rally was amplified by a very small circulating supply, but it also became heavily leverage-driven, with futures volume vastly outweighing spot activity, making the move fragile. A sharp pullback of over 25% has followed as profit-taking and liquidations set in, leaving RIVER still massively up on the month but now at a critical point where sustaining gains depends on real spot demand replacing speculative leverage.

On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, Humana's stock dropped 13.49% in premarket trading to $228.00 after U.S. officials proposed a nearly flat 0.09% net average payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans in 2027. The move, far below prior expectations for a higher hike, pressured Humana and other major health insurers as investors reassessed profit outlooks tied to the Medicare Advantage business.

On Jan. 26, CoinGlass data showed its Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index turning sharply negative, signaling that BTC began trading at a growing discount on Coinbase versus Binance. The divergence has emerged alongside more than $1.3 billion in recent US spot Bitcoin ETF outflows, shifting USDT/USD mechanics and tighter derivatives and arbitrage conditions.