On January 8, 2026, Morgan Stanley was reported to be preparing an expansion of its digital asset offerings, including spot BTC and Solana ETFs and a new proprietary wallet. The bank's wealth management head outlined plans to enable BTC, ETH, and SOL trading on its E*TRADE platform in the first half of 2026, alongside infrastructure for broader tokenized asset support.

In 2026, Morgan Stanley plans to introduce bitcoin, ether, and solana trading on its E-Trade platform and launch a proprietary digital wallet, according to its head of wealth management. The firm has also filed for BTC, ETH, and SOL-based ETFs and progressively opened spot bitcoin ETF access from select high-net-worth clients to all client accounts, including retirement plans. These moves build on prior infrastructure investments and reflect a broader shift among major Wall Street banks toward digital assets.

The state of Florida is advancing SB 1038, a bill to establish a Bitcoin-focused strategic reserve targeted for 2026, after narrowing the scope of an earlier, stalled proposal. The measure would create a standalone reserve under the state's finance department, limited to cryptocurrencies with an average market capitalization of at least $500 billion over the past two years, a threshold currently met only by Bitcoin. Florida's legislative process is still in early stages and trails other states, some of which have already approved or funded similar reserves.

According to VanEck's long-term capital study, Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million per coin by 2050 on a projected 15% CAGR from about $88,000. The framework spans a "Settlement Pivot", where BTC processes 5–10% of cross‑border trade and 5% of domestic activity, and a "Reserve Pivot" tied to G7 debt concerns, with outcomes from a $130,000 bear case to a $53.4 million bull case.

On January 8, 2026, India's stock market saw its steepest single-day decline in four months as benchmark indices fell sharply alongside heavyweight Reliance Industries. The Sensex dropped about 0.93% and the Nifty 50 lost around 1.04%, extending weekly losses while exporters and sector indices also recorded notable declines amid rising concerns over potential U.S. tariff hikes.

On January 8, 2026, analyst Ali Martinez shared UTXO Realized Price Distribution charts indicating Dogecoin faces scarce on-chain support near $0.14, with the next major accumulation area around $0.073. As the crypto market enters its first significant 2026 drawdown, DOGE risks losing $0.10 and momentum above $0.12.

On Jan. 7, the full developer team at Electric Coin Company, which leads work on the Zcash protocol, resigned following a conflict with its parent nonprofit board and said it will launch a new firm and wallet. U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded their first daily net outflows on Wednesday, with $47.3 million leaving 21Shares' TOXR and contributing to a 5% XRP price drop to about $2.13, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, prediction markets, stablecoins, and onchain crime trends also moved markets.

Investment bank B. Riley forecasts a move by 2026 in which digital assets shift from speculation to utility within financial infrastructure. Key drivers include stablecoin regulation and tokenization of real-world assets. Per CoinMarketCap, BTC stood at $91,132.33 with $1.82 trillion market cap as of January 8, 2026.