Morgan Stanley filed S-1 registration statements with the U.S. SEC on Tuesday to create two passive cryptocurrency trusts tied to Bitcoin and Solana. The products intend to list shares via later 19b-4 filings, with most private keys kept in cold storage. If approved, they could reach over 19 million wealth clients, alongside $1.1B Bitcoin ETF inflows early in 2026.

On January 5, 2026, Microchip Technology said fiscal third‑quarter revenue is now expected to be about $1.185 billion, above its prior $1.109–$1.149 billion range. At 7:17:56 AM EST on January 6, the stock traded at $69.80 premarket, up $2.74 or 4.09% from a $67.06 close that had already gained 3.12% during regular hours.

During the first week of 2026, BlackRock's clients accumulated 3,948 BTC valued at $371.89 million and 31,737 ETH worth $100.23 million. On January 5, Bitcoin ETFs saw $697.2 million of inflows, with IBIT taking $372.5 million and ETHA $102.9 million, as BTC reached $93,700.64 and ETH $3,234.78.

On the morning of Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the total crypto market capitalization rose 1.2% to $3.29 trillion, with 97 of the top 100 coins gaining and trading volume reaching $139 billion. Bitcoin is up 0.8% to $93,583 within an $80,000–$95,000 trading range, while Ethereum has climbed 1.8% to $3,228 and outperformed BTC over the past week. Analysts cite a reflexive bounce after BTC was oversold at the end of 2025 and note continued US spot BTC and ETH ETF inflows, alongside a shift in market sentiment into neutral territory.

On January 6, 2026, Vistra Corp.'s stock gained 4.63% in premarket trading to $170.56 after it disclosed a roughly $4 billion agreement to buy Cogentrix Energy. The deal adds about 5,500 megawatts of modern natural gas capacity and is structured with cash, stock, assumed debt, and expected tax benefits, with closing targeted for mid-to-late 2026.

American banking group Morgan Stanley has submitted documents for a Solana ETF that will hold SOL via third‑party custodians and add staking rewards to the fund's NAV. The firm has also lodged a separate filing for a Bitcoin ETF, positioning itself alongside other major asset managers pursuing spot crypto products.

On January 5, 2026, global credit markets saw $61 billion in dollar-denominated bond issuance, the biggest one-day corporate borrowing volume since January 6, 2025. Around twenty issuers, led by major Asian financial institutions such as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Resona Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China, tapped investors as high-grade dollar corporate bond yields hovered near 4.8%.

Singapore is undergoing a deliberate strategic reset, tightening crypto regulation while its luxury sector is forecast to expand 7‑9% in 2025 to S$13.9 billion. The city-state has doubled assets under management to USD 4 trillion since 2019, is reducing new foreign millionaire admissions and raising property taxes, while resident millionaires now drive most prime real estate transactions.