On January 7, 2026, Bloomberg Intelligence senior strategist Mike McGlone warned that Bitcoin could revisit its long-term $50,000 support in 2026 if equity volatility returns, citing gold outperformance in 2025 as a cautionary signal. At press time, BTC traded at $92,136.48, down 1.76% on the day, with volume up 24.96% to $55.96 billion.

Ethereum has seen a sharp rise in staking demand, with its validator entry queue reported to be 237 times larger than the exit queue and 35.6 million ETH, or 29.5% of supply, already locked. The staked coins are earning a 2.84% APR while ETH trades around $3,236.61, and analysts suggest the resulting liquidity squeeze could support price stability and a more positive outlook for 2026.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has reiterated that the network's primary goal is resilience and user sovereignty rather than speed, low fees or higher yields. In a January 5, 2026 post on X, he emphasized that Ethereum is designed to keep functioning under censorship, infrastructure failures and broader crises, serving as a decentralized, permissionless block space that protects personal and collective freedom.

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.

In the last 24 hours, Shiba Inu has seen open interest in its futures market climb by 5.17%, with 12.9 trillion SHIB committed and a notional value of $104.05 million. The token's price has risen 3.84% to $0.000007884, while trading volume surged 66.55% to $218.92 million and a large whale withdrew 39.92 billion SHIB from Coinbase.

In the last 24 hours, Ripple Labs' treasury has minted a total of 68,000,000 RLUSD stablecoins across three separate transactions, including a single batch of 39,000,000 tokens. The newly created RLUSD strengthens Ripple's dollar-pegged stablecoin presence, with reserves now at $1.33 billion and recent trading volume rising to $95.9 million. RLUSD has also climbed to the 55th spot by market capitalization, and Ripple continues to manage supply through mechanisms such as token burns.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) climbed 11%, lifting its market cap to $4.54 billion and putting it ahead of Toncoin at $4.16 billion. According to CoinMarketCap, SHIB traded at $0.000007661 with 24-hour volume up 64.18% to $156.39 million, while over 173 million SHIB were burned in the last 24 hours.

Dogecoin open interest jumped about 7% in the last 24 hours to $1.52 billion, with 12.25 billion DOGE tied up in futures positions. At the same time, the spot price slipped 0.8% to $0.1227 and daily trading volume dropped 28.18% to $651.63 million. Analysts warn that if sell pressure intensifies around the $0.128 support, DOGE could fall toward $0.09.

In the past 60 minutes, Solana moved against short sellers, with CoinGlass indicating a 19,138% liquidation imbalance and $300,110 in short liquidations. Over the last 24 hours, SOL rose 1.63% to $126.01 after trading between $123.50 and $126.57, while volume increased 12.47% to $3.13 billion.