According to Santiment, Shiba Inu recorded a 111% rise in transactions above $100,000, signaling renewed whale participation over the recent week. On January 4, SHIB advanced 13% alongside increased activity from larger private holders and institutional desks. The token’s multibillion-dollar market cap was cited as enabling sizable orders with limited slippage.

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a plan to bar large firms from buying single-family homes and urged Congress to make it law. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent detailed a "No Tax on American Car Loan Interest" policy allowing up to $10,000 in annual interest deductions on U.S.-assembled vehicles for 2025–2028, a mix analysts say could redirect capital toward Bitcoin.

According to The Shib Daily, blue‑chip meme coins led by Shiba Inu rallied on Thursday, with SHIB up 28.7% over seven days. Traders rotated from Bitcoin's $87,000–$94,000 range into higher‑beta plays as derivatives open interest rose while retail indicators stayed muted. Solana moved toward $141 amid the risk‑on shift.

On Thursday, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said Bitcoin's big capital inflows have waned and forecast several months of sideways movement, rejecting fears of a 50% drawdown. In the first week of 2026, Glassnode reported a breakout from around $87,000 to $94,400, up 8.5%, and highlighted $99,100 as the Short‑Term Holder cost basis to reclaim for a bull regime.

Bone ShibaSwap (BONE), the governance and gas token within the Shiba Inu and Shibarium ecosystem, rallied about 9% over the past week to trade near $0.09031. Technical indicators such as a bullish MACD crossover and an RSI around 57 suggest building upside momentum, while on-chain liquidity on ShibaSwap, with a $1.98 million BONE/WETH pool, now anchors price discovery amid relatively thin centralized exchange order books.

According to forensic analysis, Venezuela's former administration allegedly accumulated around 600,000 BTC, valued at over $56 billion, forming a shadow reserve. On January 3, the reported capture of Nicolás Maduro shifted attention to securing private keys. Public data from Arkham and court disclosures indicate the U.S. controls about 328,372 BTC.

On Monday, Shiba Inu introduced "Shib Owes You", a restructuring plan that tokenizes exploit-related losses as transferable NFTs on Ethereum. The framework lets affected users hold, split, or sell claims while ecosystem revenues are redirected to a repayment pool. The infrastructure has been audited, and the interface is not yet live.

Bitget reported that cumulative spot trading in its tokenized stock products has exceeded $500 million, with activity concentrated in major U.S. technology names such as Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, and Meta. In the first week of December, the exchange handled over $88 million in Ondo-issued tokenized stocks, accounting for around 73% of that segment's market flow, and has committed to zero-fee trading on these products through January 16, 2026.

MoonPay President Keith Grossman has challenged claims that the meme coin era has ended, arguing that falling trading volumes signal structural maturation rather than the death of attention-based assets. On Solana DEXs, meme coin volume has slipped below 15%, while sector dominance in altcoin markets has dropped from 0.109 in November 2024 to 0.034, alongside market value declines of more than 65% for major tokens. Other analysts attribute the downturn to oversaturation, pump-and-dump activity, and eroding investor trust, even as proponents insist that tokenized attention will persist in a more selective form.