According to market data, altcoins extended a broad sell-off over the past 24 hours, with the total crypto market cap excluding Bitcoin sliding to about $1.2 trillion and losing roughly $50 billion in a day. Trading volume hovered near $147 billion, while large-cap tokens such as Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, BNB and Monero posted notable weekly declines.

Bitcoin fell under $90,000 on 21 January and touched $89,162 before stabilizing near $89,368, a 1.9% session drop, per TradingView. According to CoinGlass, crypto liquidations totaled $708.88m in the past 24 hours, with $648.78m from longs and $60.09m from shorts, highlighting a leverage flush skewed against long positions.

On 19 January, the New York Stock Exchange outlined a tokenized securities platform enabling 24/7 trading of U.S.-listed equities and ETFs, pending regulatory approval. The design supports fractional shares, dollar-denominated orders, and stablecoin funding, with near-instant on-chain settlement across blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana.

According to Glassnode, XRP’s on-chain structure now resembles early 2022, with wallets active over the past week to month accumulating below the realized cost basis of six- to twelve-month holders. Total supply in loss has risen to about 26 billion XRP while supply in profit has dropped to roughly 40 billion, underscoring mounting pressure on longer-term participants despite a recent price rebound toward the $2.00–$2.10 range.

On 19 January 2026, PancakeSwap's community approved a proposal to lower CAKE's maximum supply from 450 million to 400 million tokens, following a vote held from 16 to 19 January. The change does not affect the current circulating supply of about 334 million CAKE but removes 50 million tokens from potential future issuance, reinforcing the protocol's deflationary tokenomics.

The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that Bitcoin seized in connection with Samourai Wallet has not been sold and will stay on the federal balance sheet as part of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The clarification, which aligns with recent on-chain data, addresses earlier reports that prosecutors had liquidated the forfeited coins in a manner that could conflict with Executive Order 14233.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs ended the week with $1.81 billion in net inflows, reversing more than $681 million of outflows from the previous week. Total net assets stood near $125.2 billion, and BTC closed around $94,800, up roughly 4.4% over the period. Flows were broad-based across issuers, while price action showed consolidation within a volatile range.

CME Group will launch cash-settled futures for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM) on 9 February 2026, pending regulatory review, according to a CME Group statement. The suite includes standard and micro contracts—100,000/10,000 ADA, 5,000/250 LINK, and 250,000/12,500 XLM—expanding regulated tools for exposure and hedging in large-cap altcoins.

According to the Sui Foundation, on 14 January a rare consensus edge case triggered a safety halt on Sui's mainnet, pausing transactions for about six hours. Validators detected divergent checkpoint digests and stopped progress to avoid inconsistent finalization. The post-mortem outlines faster inconsistency detection, automated cleanup tooling, and expanded testing.