Between the morning of January 29 and January 30, XRP recorded the steepest relative decline among major cryptocurrencies, falling 7% in 24 hours and 8.41% over the week as its price reached $1.75. Over the same period, its market capitalization slid from $114 billion to $107 billion, erasing about $7 billion in value amid a broader crypto downturn and cross‑market risk‑asset sell‑offs.

After doubling in just over two years and gaining 27% early in 2026, gold fell 7% on January 29, dropping from $5,500 to $5,119. With an estimated 216,265 tonnes above ground, its total value slid from about $38.37 trillion to $35.71 trillion by January 30; crypto and silver also declined.

Across the 24 hours between January 29 and January 30, total crypto market value declined from $2.96 trillion to $2.76 trillion, wiping out $200 billion. Bitcoin’s valuation slid from about $1.76 trillion to roughly $1.65 trillion, with price near $82,301 after slipping below the 100‑day moving average around $85,000.

By January 28, 2026, Robert Kiyosaki said selling part of his Bitcoin and gold holdings was his biggest investing mistake, while stressing he has kept all his silver. He argued there is no need to sell silver because investors can borrow against it to buy more gold, silver, Bitcoin and Ethereum, and urged followers to move away from what he calls "fake dollars." Gold, silver, BTC, ETH and the U.S. Dollar Index have all seen notable price moves since the start of 2026.

On July 12, 2019, Donald Trump wrote that Bitcoin was "based on thin air." By January 27, 2026, the article calculates that a $1,000 purchase made then would be worth $7,730 with BTC at $87,888, a 673% rise and $6,730 profit. It also cites a $4,660 profit by 2021 and notes a recent decline reportedly removed around 25,000 Bitcoin millionaires.

Since early 2026, Bitcoin has traded with sharp swings and a downward tilt, dropping 3% to $86,226 in the last 24 hours before rebounding to $87,882 for a daily loss of 0.32%. According to an analysis based on OpenAI's ChatGPT, BTC is about 30% below its late-2025 high near $125,000 and could retreat further to $50,000 by May 12, 2026. The AI tool links this potential decline to Bitcoin's historical post-halving cycles and its increasing correlation with broader risk assets.

According to blockchain data from Solscan cited by Finbold, a cryptocurrency trader turned roughly $4,000 into more than $1 million in a span of about three hours on January 22, 2026, by trading DisclaimerCoin (DONT), a new token from DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: DFDV). The wallet bought over 29 billion DONT on Solana and began selling within an hour, with later transactions and the account’s prior inactivity raising questions about whether the windfall results from extraordinary luck or possible insider knowledge. The position appears to have been fully closed by early January 23, after which most activity shifted back to SOL and Wrapped Solana.

XRP surged 543% in late 2024 and 60% in summer 2025, then pulled back; on January 6, 2026 it hit $2.35 and was at $1.95 on January 22, up 4.09% year-to-date but down 16.81% from that high. Near-term levels cluster at $1.97 and $2 for resistance and $1.78 for support, while a January 21 release from Evernorth and t54 outlined a $1 billion plan for an XRP treasury and AI on the XRP Ledger.

On January 20, GJL Research analyst Gordon Johnson used X to answer why Bitcoin’s price has been falling while gold has been climbing, arguing that BTC and other cryptocurrencies have "ZERO value." He pointed to Bitcoin’s lack of clear utility, its inability to function as a real currency due to fixed supply, the view that most cryptocurrencies are unregistered securities under the CLARITY Act, and the historical failures of private money. Over the same period, Bitcoin dropped from about $95,000 to roughly $89,000, while gold advanced from around $4,550 to near $4,860, which Johnson contrasted with gold’s long-standing role as a store of value.