U.S. spot XRP ETFs have swung back to inflows, adding $4.9 million after the record $40.8 million outflow on January 8, while XRP trades near the $2 mark. If the $2 psychological support area holds, chart analysts suggest an inverse head-and-shoulders setup could drive a move toward $2.50–$2.70 and potentially $3. Ripple's UK regulatory approvals and rising trading volumes are seen as additional factors supporting the bullish scenario.

Pi Network has launched a developer library that enables apps to plug in PI payment functionality in under ten minutes, aiming to simplify configuration and speed up DApp deployment. The move is seen as a push to improve real-world utility and adoption while price analysts watch a 3‑month symmetrical triangle on the PI/USDT chart, with key levels around $0.265, $0.40 and $0.65. At the same time, daily PI token unlocks of about $900,000 continue to weigh on liquidity and volatility, and some traders are also turning to meme coin Maxi Doge, whose presale has raised almost $4.35 million with staking rewards up to 71% APY.

On January 12, 2026, World Liberty Financial launched World Liberty Markets, a web-based lending and borrowing platform centered on its USD1 stablecoin, according to the company. The rollout comes as USD1's circulating supply climbed past $3.5 billion, with market capitalization around $3.48 billion and deployments spanning BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, and other networks.

On January 12, 2026, SlowMist released an audit report on the Truebit Protocol exploit that drained about $26 million in ETH. The report attributes the incident to an unchecked addition operation in the Purchase contract's price calculation, compiled with Solidity 0.6.10 without SafeMath overflow protection. The attack briefly pushed Uniswap's daily trading fee capture revenue above $1.4 million, largely driven by TRU-related trading.

According to the company's Monday announcement, Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought 24,266 ETH over the past week, raising its treasury to about 4.17 million ETH, or roughly 3.4% of circulating supply. Chair Tom Lee is urging shareholder approval to increase authorized shares ahead of Thursday's annual meeting in Las Vegas to support a 5% supply target.

On January 12, 2026, automated trading bot platform Trojan introduced a Solana-based trading terminal that integrates MetaMask as its native wallet. The new terminal, branded as the Trojan on Solana Bot, targets millions of existing users with features like lightning-fast execution, custom routing, copy trading, and auto-selling. With support for Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin via MetaMask, the platform aims to enhance the trading experience and draw in users from multiple blockchains.

On January 12, 2026, World Liberty Financial launched World Liberty Markets, a digital asset lending platform on Ethereum linked to the Trump family. The service supports stablecoins, ETH, USD1 and WLFI to expand utility and liquidity, with plans for mobile apps and tokenized assets to broaden access.

ETH’s estimated leverage ratio eased from 0.79 on Jan. 2 to 0.67 by Jan. 11 while open interest climbed, and spot-led buying strengthened. Aggregated futures OI has rebounded toward pre-Q4 2025 drawdown levels, yet ETH trades about 27% below its Oct. 10, 2025 opening price. Staking inflows and macro signals add potential tailwinds for a push toward $4,000.