On January 10, 2026, the House of Doge, the corporate arm of the Dogecoin Foundation, detailed an expansion roadmap built around new partnerships with Japan's abc Co., Ltd. and ReYuu Japan Inc. The collaboration focuses on regulated tokenization, payment integrations, and real-world asset initiatives tailored to the Japanese market, including gold-backed stablecoins under the country's green list program. While timelines and specific pilot merchants were not disclosed, the initiative aims to shift Dogecoin's emphasis from meme culture toward practical utility amid declining ETF inflows and reduced futures open interest.

On 10 January 2026, Solana urged immediate adoption of v3.0.14 across all Mainnet-Beta validators, stating the release is mandatory and focused on stability during its v3 transition. The patch targets low-level fixes and coordinated upgrades while SOL trades around the mid-$130s, with RSI near 50 and a flattened MACD signaling neutral momentum.

CryptoQuant data shows exchange reserves for Shiba Inu have climbed to about 82 trillion SHIB, up from 81 trillion at the beginning of 2026. According to CoinCodex, SHIB trades near $0.00000864, down 0.53% over 24 hours, while positive net flows and softer derivatives activity point to building, near-term selling pressure even as some whales stay active.

An inactive Solana whale address has transferred 80,000 SOL, valued at about $10.87 million, from Binance to a private wallet after a year of no activity. The move, tracked by Lookonchain, is being interpreted by market observers as a potential long-term accumulation signal even as SOL trades around $136 and struggles below key support levels.

Pi Network released its first update of 2026 this week, introducing a bundled developer library and SDKs designed to let apps add Pi payment functions in under ten minutes. The upgrade supports JavaScript, React, Next.js and Ruby on Rails stacks, aiming to cut integration complexity and reduce developer friction. It comes as the PI token trades far below its $2.98 all‑time high and faces large token unlocks and weak social metrics, alongside relatively low but recently rising trading volumes.

Shiba Inu rallied across Jan. 1–5, 2026, peaking at $0.00001017 on Jan. 5 before momentum faded and four down days followed from Jan. 6, hitting $0.00000846. On Jan. 9, SHIB team member Lucie urged the community to stay resilient. At writing, SHIB was $0.000008658, down 0.8% daily but up 9.58% weekly.

Tether has registered a trademark in the Russian Federation for its Hadron tokenization platform. According to a review by RIA Novosti of Rospatent records, the application was filed in October 2025 and approved in January 2026, granting rights through October 3, 2035. The move aligns with Russia planning comprehensive crypto rules in the first half of 2026.

On 8 January 2026, Grayscale registered Delaware statutory trusts linked to prospective BNB and Hyperliquid HYPE exchange-traded fund products. These entities form an initial legal step before any formal ETF registration with the U.S. SEC, while BNB traded near $892 and HYPE around $26 on that date.