Bitwise registered a Delaware trust tied to a potential Uniswap ETF, signaling groundwork without an active SEC review or a disclosed timeline. Around the filing, UNI rose to $4.82, up 3.83% in 24 hours, while altcoin ETP flows split: ETH logged $63.53 million outflows, and XRP, SOL, and LINK posted smaller inflows.

ETH trades near $3,000 as leverage on Binance's ETH futures holds around a record 0.632, raising the market's sensitivity to liquidation shocks. On January 25, the Taker Buy Sell Ratio fell to 0.86 before rebounding to 1.16, while price sits below the 50- and 100-day MAs and continues to range between $2,800 and $3,400.

Polkadot's native smart contracts hub went live via a major runtime upgrade that also set a fixed 2.1 billion DOT supply and outlined lower long-term inflation. While the upgrade aims to speed up transactions and simplify development, DOT traded near $1.87 with muted price action, neutral RSI, modest inflows, and largely steady open interest.

As of January 28, 2026, XRP held a narrow $1.88–$1.93 range after an hourly breakout and retest near $1.88. On January 27, 2026, Bird (@Bird_XRPL) flagged a potential move above $2, while positioning tilted bullish with a 3.16 long/short ratio on Binance. CoinGecko records that $2 has not been reclaimed since January 18, 2026.

Circle has launched USDCx, a USDC-backed stablecoin on the privacy-first Aleo blockchain, targeting demand for confidential transfers. Over the past 24 months, institutional stablecoin settlements reached $1.22 trillion, while private settlement flows remained below 1%, highlighting what some see as a large upside for privacy-oriented infrastructure.

Members of the XRP Ledger community are debating what truly represents XRP's "golden ticket," contrasting US market-structure legislation such as the CLARITY Act with Ripple's own payments and institutional products built on XRPL. Some participants argue that regulated liquidity sourcing from the on-chain XRPL DEX, Ripple Prime's post-trade settlement on-ledger, and upcoming features like Permissioned Domains and enhanced privacy are the real unlocks for institutional adoption. At the time of reporting, XRP was trading at $1.9256.

Following the Federal Reserve's latest decision to keep interest rates unchanged, most large-cap cryptocurrencies traded sideways or dipped, while Hyperliquid's HYPE token jumped sharply. HYPE gained nearly 7% on the day and over 50% in a week, diverging from Bitcoin, Ethereum and other majors as traders focused on selective, narrative-driven assets. A recent addition of HYPE to Coinbase's asset roadmap added a token-specific catalyst to its move.

According to Alibaba’s KIMI AI model, structured prompts yielded price paths for XRP, Solana and Dogecoin over the next eleven months. The scenarios place XRP at $25 by end-2026, SOL at $650 by 2027, and DOGE at $1.50 in 2026, contingent on a prolonged bull market and clearer U.S. regulation.