On January 5, 2026, Starknet's mainnet suffered an outage linked to slow block production, with the team investigating and working on technical fixes. Despite the disruption and absence of detailed leadership commentary, the STRK token's market performance and trading activity showed limited immediate impact. The event follows a prior incident in September 2025, underscoring ongoing operational reliability concerns for the network.

XRP rose to around $2.14 as a technical rebound aligned with renewed institutional demand, highlighted by $1.18 billion in cumulative ETF inflows. With a confirmed triple-bottom near $1.77 and improving momentum, XRP is holding key support above $1.95, keeping the path open toward the $2.70–$3.00 zone if resistance levels give way.

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) climbed 22.3% today, trading around $1.00–$1.05 as markets price in its January 15 launch of a decentralized AI agent marketplace. On-chain activity shows roughly 3,700 active DEX users and about $26,000 in daily revenue, while bullish positioning and technical signals are supporting near-term momentum.

According to Finbold, Solana advanced above $132 with a bullish trendline near $135, its highest level since December 12. The MACD histogram turned positive at 1.87 and the 7-day RSI hit 74.7, while AI models projected an average $139.05 by January 31, implying a 2.9% upside.

On January 5, 2026, Peter Brandt said Bitcoin Cash is leading a crypto breakout, citing falling-wedge dynamics in BCH and a breakout view on $BABA. BCH rose 3.66% from $637.10 to $665.66; it was $662.80 (+3.1% 24h) with volume up 15.04% to $667.89 million and RSI at 64.98.

The Brevis airdrop registration ran from December 29 to January 3, allowing eligible wallets and community contributors to secure an allocation of $BREV, the native token powering Brevis’ verifiable computing network. This guide explains how the Brevis airdrop works, what to expect next, and how to trade BREV on the BingX spot market after claiming your tokens.

Track the biggest crypto token unlocks in January 2026, including HYPE, SUI, ENA, and other major projects set to release new supply into the market. This guide breaks down key unlock dates, volumes, and why these events matter for price action, volatility, and trading strategies.

On January 5, 2026, XRP spot ETFs amassed $1.37 billion in total net assets and $1.18 billion in cumulative net inflows, with weekly flows sharply split among issuers. Franklin's XRPZ and Bitwise's XRP led the week with inflows of $21.76 million and $17.27 million, while Canary's XRPC saw a $1.18 million outflow despite remaining the largest fund by assets. Roughly $27.51 million in XRP ETF shares traded in the last session as prices climbed about 8% across several products, underscoring the growing impact of ETF flows on XRP price action.