XRP has fallen for three sessions and met heavy selling at $2.35, aligned with the 200-day EMA. Over the past 7 days it still gained 10.5%. According to TradingView, holding $1.95 is key for bulls, while a break back above the 200-day EMA would indicate momentum returning.

In 2025, Ripple carried out about $2.45 billion in acquisitions over seven months, which Digital Ascension Group CEO Jake Claver argues are designed to build an "Amazon of financial infrastructure" with XRP and Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin at the settlement core. He links major moves such as the $1.25 billion purchase of prime broker Hidden Road, the roughly $200 million Rail deal, the $1 billion GTreasury buyout and the Palisade acquisition into an end-to-end institutional platform he says Ripple now brands as "Ripple 1." At press time, XRP was trading at $2.10.

On 10 January 2026, on-chain metrics indicated that Bitcoin addresses holding more than 100 BTC climbed to a new all-time high while the spot price hovered around $90,000. Large holders continued to build exposure during this consolidation phase, with daily trading volume near $40 billion and circulating supply just under 20 million BTC, pointing to constrained supply and long-term positioning.

In early January 2026, whale activity around Floki Inu surged 950% on Ethereum, making FLOKI one of the standout meme coins among projects with market caps above $500M. The token has broken out of a six‑month descending wedge, with price action hovering near $0.000062 and technical projections pointing toward $0.00012 if the breakout holds. While traders chase meme coin momentum and watch for a possible move back toward the $0.0003 all‑time high, some capital is also focusing on utility projects such as Bitcoin Hyper, which has raised over $30 million in presale.

In 2025, institutional capital rotated from Bitcoin toward Ethereum, with BTC inflows down 35% year-over-year to $26.98 billion and ETH allocations up 137% to $12.69 billion. Technical signals show ETH forming higher lows from a $2,750 base, with RSI near the 50 line and MACD turning positive, pointing to a potential bullish breakout.

VanEck set a base-case path for Bitcoin to reach $2.9 million per coin by 2050, versus a bear case of $130k and a bull case of $53.4 million. Matthew Sigel linked the target to BTC's potential roles in trade settlement and central bank reserves, while near-term action centers on defending the $90k area.

LiquidChain is building a Layer-3 execution and liquidity coordination layer to reduce fragmentation across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. According to LiquidChain's presale page, the $LIQUID offering has raised over $350,000, with the token used for fees, governance, and network access. Staking is designed to help secure the network and align long-term liquidity incentives.

On January 9, Arkham Intelligence said it will discontinue support for the Linea blockchain on its intelligence platform effective January 11, following a periodic relevance review. The company also plans to remove Blast and Manta on the same date, while continuing to list Arbitrum, Base, Mantle, Optimism, and Polygon zkEVM.