According to on-chain data, Binance shifted 17,527,443,126 Shiba Inu tokens from a hot wallet to an internal cold storage address on the Ethereum network, prompting debate among SHIB holders. The transfer involved no ETH and cost less than $0.01 in gas fees, while SHIB was trading around $0.00000788 with stable volumes and no visible spike in selling pressure. Analysts suggest the operation appears to be a storage and reserve management move rather than a signal of imminent liquidation, though any sharp volatility this week could hint at a broader strategic rebalance.

On Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, crypto market cap hovered near $3.1 trillion as Bitcoin traded around $89,200 and Ethereum at $2,930. Dogecoin showed a weekly wedge pattern with a potential target up to $1.10 and a trigger near $0.124, while Solana's Seeker (SKR) jumped about 400% post‑airdrop to above $0.065. U.S. spot XRP ETFs held $1.37 billion as of Jan. 22, raising sell‑side risk if $1.91–$1.90 fails.

On Jan. 22, 2026, former Ripple CTO David Schwartz rejected circulating claims from some Ethereum supporters that the XRP Ledger is centralized because it operates with 134 permissioned validators. He reiterated an earlier explanation from September 2023, stressing that XRPL nodes independently verify transactions and ledger rules, while validators only help resolve conflicting valid transactions rather than control the network or enforce upgrades.

According to U.Today, XRP’s monthly chart against Bitcoin has printed a rare macro golden cross for the first time since January 2018, when a similar signal preceded a surge of about 972% in the XRP/BTC pair. If the current pattern repeats and XRP revisits 0.000228 BTC while Bitcoin trades near $90,000, projections suggest XRP’s price could climb above $17, although this remains speculative and dependent on market behavior.

An address identified as Ethereum whale 0x761F2F reappeared after more than three months of inactivity by withdrawing 5,099 ETH, worth about $15.17 million, from Kraken and immediately staking it through Lido for stETH. The move took place while ETH was trading near a support area around $2,939–$2,943, concentrating almost the wallet's entire balance into staked ETH and signaling a long-term positioning in the staking ecosystem.

A Shiba Inu whale wallet labeled "YFI Whale" on Arkham quietly transferred 15 billion SHIB worth $118,350 via WazirX-related addresses over a three-hour period while holding more than 608.6 billion SHIB in total. The activity, which is part of over $200,000 moved in a week toward WazirX deposit endpoints, coincides with SHIB trading around $0.00000790 in a tightening range between $0.00000899 and $0.00000659, prompting speculation about a strategic portfolio adjustment rather than panic selling.

XRP recorded an unusual hour in which short liquidations were exactly $0 during a price drop, while long positions lost $203,000. The move followed a swift slide from $1.957 to $1.942 and left spot near $1.934. Traders are watching $1.950, $1.975, $1.930 and $1.905 as near-term reference levels.

According to U.Today, XRP slipped to $1.8261, falling below the monthly Bollinger midband at $1.8896 that traders view as critical support, before quickly rebounding back above that level. The price is now up 5.67% for January and printing its first green monthly candle since September, but indicators still point to a long road toward resistance near $3.56 and a possible return of a capitulation setup if it closes under $1.8896 next month.

Crypto trader DonAlt, known for forecasting XRP's 700% surge in 2024, now argues that Bitcoin remains trapped in a "dead zone" between $85,000 and $92,000 that acts as both resistance and a liquidity trap. He suggests that failure to regain the upper band could send BTC toward $60,000 and a bear market, while a bullish scenario would require strength above current levels and could eventually target $104,000 and $150,000.