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.

According to Santiment on January 25, 2026, wallets holding at least 1,000 BTC accumulated 104,340 BTC in recent weeks, pushing their combined stash to 7.17 million BTC, the highest since September 15, 2025. Mid-sized holders added about $3.21 billion between January 10 and 19, while $1 million-plus transfers reached a two-month high and small retail wallets sold roughly 132 BTC worth around $11.66 million.

World Liberty Financial, a crypto project linked to US President Donald Trump, shifted part of its treasury from wrapped Bitcoin to Ether in a swap tracked on-chain. The WLFI-associated wallet sold 93.77 WBTC for roughly $8 million and acquired about 2,868 ETH at an average price of $2,813. This move occurred while Ethereum prices were slightly lower and trading in relatively calm ranges.

On January 23, 2026, a large address moved $1.53 million USDC into Hyperliquid to buy XAUT after earlier accumulating about 481 XAUT worth roughly $2.38 million. Bitcoin hovered near $88,653 with a daily dip of about 1%, while reports cited spot gold prints near $4,988 per ounce and silver above $100 amid a move toward traditional hedges.

After a long stretch of sideways trading, XRP has inched higher over the past day but remains negative on the weekly chart. Analyst DonWedge shared a half-day TradingView chart on January 21, 2026, pointing to a descending channel and suggesting XRP could climb toward $4 if it breaks above a multi-month trendline around $2.10 with strong volume. Another analyst, ChartNerd, describes 2026 as a decisive year for XRP following a macro breakout in late 2024 and a largely trendless 2025.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire outlined a scenario in which autonomous AI agents begin using stablecoins for routine payments over the next three to five years. He argued that these agents will require a monetary system that is stable, fast, and programmable, positioning tokenized dollars like stablecoins as a logical fit. Allaire also suggested that billions of AI agents could eventually conduct continuous economic activity on behalf of users, raising new questions for regulators and infrastructure builders.

Bitcoin saw a steep pullback this week, wiping out its 2026 gains as the price fell under the $88,000 mark on major exchanges. Data cited from CoinGlass shows that in the last 24 hours, 167,513 traders were liquidated and total positions worth $857 million were closed, mostly from leveraged longs. The sell-off unfolded alongside heightened tariff threats, bond market stress and a broader shift toward safe-haven assets.

US President Donald Trump unveiled a punitive tariff plan targeting eight European countries, with a 10% levy starting on February 1, 2026 and potentially rising to 25% by June. Bitcoin fell about 3% into the low-$90,000 range as investors rotated to havens, while reports indicated $750 million–$875 million in crypto long liquidations.

Global crypto exchange-traded products recorded about $2.2 billion in net inflows over the latest week, marking the strongest weekly increase since October last year. Bitcoin funds absorbed most of the new capital, while Ether products and a smaller group of altcoin ETPs also attracted fresh investor interest.