Dogecoin has broken out of an extended downtrend, with its price rising 8.94% to about $0.1315 in the last 24 hours and trading activity picking up. Trading volume has reached $1.55 billion, up 41.53%, while a golden cross between the 9- and 26-period moving averages on the hourly chart points to strengthening bullish momentum.

Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron and NEAR processed the most transactions in 2025, led by Solana's 23.01 billion. BNB Chain handled 3.89 billion, Base 3.29 billion, Tron 3.22 billion and NEAR 1.89 billion, as activity concentrated on high‑throughput, low‑fee networks. Retail‑oriented use cases were the main drivers across these ecosystems.

On Friday, the memecoin sector’s market capitalization climbed 8% to $39.45 billion, adding $3 billion in a single day as PEPE gained 23.6%, BONK rose 10% and DOGE advanced 8%. At the same time, open interest and derivatives volume for leading memecoins expanded sharply, with PEPE’s OI up 77% to $441 million and total daily derivatives trading volume across memecoins reaching $4.75 billion.

A well-known crypto trader argues that 2026 is not the window for a $1,000 XRP price, even as long-term upside remains on the table. The debate followed a widely circulated forecast highlighted by Uphold that envisions $1,000 by 2030. Commentator Pharaoh also ruled out 2025 and 2026, aligning with Don Kwok’s caution against short-term hype.

Dogecoin has surged more than 9% in the past day to reach $0.13, while the broader meme coin market value has climbed about 8% to nearly $40 billion and trading volumes have risen over 32%. At the same time, the meme-focused Maxi Doge token has attracted almost $4.5 million in its ongoing presale, offering 71% APY staking and a token price of $0.000276 as it targets highly leveraged traders.

On January 1, 2026, the Flow Foundation reported it had progressed its $3.9 million exploit recovery into a second phase, including a plan to restore EVM functionality while continuing Cadence fixes. The network resumed block production on January 2, 2026, but scrutiny has intensified over a centralized exchange account that moved about 150 million FLOW and withdrew over $5 million shortly after the attack. FLOW's price has dropped 53.3% in the past week, and the network’s DeFi TVL has declined to around $72.1 million.

Ethereum Foundation co-director Tomasz Stańczak said in a recent interview that 2026 priorities include faster finality and institutional privacy, backed by a 50‑person privacy cluster and a six‑month roadmap launched in 2025. The push builds on tools like Kohaku and protocols such as Railgun, with Vitalik Buterin urging further progress toward private, censorship‑resistant DeFi.

On December 30, Grayscale Investments filed a Form S-1 to convert its over-the-counter Bittensor Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca under ticker GTAO. As of December 31, the trust held $7.97 million in digital assets, traded on OTCQX with 1.88 million shares, a 2.5% fee, and 0.0192 TAO per share.