On 21 January 2026, Bitcoin fell below $90,000 as broad crypto selling accelerated. According to market data, it reached about $88,200, nearly 4% lower on the day and more than 6% down for the week, while total market capitalization slipped to roughly $3.02 trillion. Altcoins, including Ethereum and Solana, posted sharper weekly declines.

On 20 January 2026, South Korean authorities began reassessing the country's unwritten "one exchange–one bank" model that links cryptocurrency platforms to individual domestic banks. Regulators are concerned that this structure concentrates liquidity, restricts smaller exchanges from accessing Korean won services, and may distort competition as they prepare broader digital asset legislation. The debate is unfolding alongside work on the Digital Asset Basic Act, which also addresses how banks will be involved with won-pegged stablecoins and reserve custody.

On Jan 19, 2026, crypto-linked investment products logged roughly $2.17 billion in weekly inflows, the largest of 2026 to date and the biggest since October, lifting assets under management above $193 billion. Bitcoin-focused vehicles drew about $1.55 billion and Ether nearly $500 million, while a Friday pullback saw nearly $378 million in outflows as geopolitical and policy headlines weighed.

Vanguard Group has reported, via regulatory filings, an approximately $505 million position in Strategy, a public company whose balance sheet is dominated by Bitcoin. The $12 trillion asset manager issued no formal announcement, opting to access Bitcoin's upside through listed equity rather than direct holdings.

On January 18, 2025, XRP reserves on Binance were valued at about $10.16 billion and fell to roughly $5.55 billion by mid-January 2026, a decline of around 45% according to CryptoQuant data. Over the same period, more than 25,000 XRP wallets moved into higher balance tiers and the total wallet count surpassed 7.5 million, while price action has remained range-bound despite tighter exchange supply.

Vanguard Group, overseeing about $12 trillion in assets, disclosed via routine filings a new position of roughly $505 million in shares of Strategy. The move offers indirect Bitcoin exposure through a public equity and marks Vanguard's first known allocation to a Bitcoin treasury company as of January 18, 2026.

On 18 January 2026 at 19:49, data from Santiment indicated that Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake deposit contract holds about 77.85 million ETH, valued at just over $256 billion. That equals roughly 46.6% of supply, with withdrawals gated by protocol exit limits. The scale has intensified debate over long-term supply stability versus potential exit-driven pressures.

On 18 January 2026, Michael Saylor shared fresh data indicating that Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, holds about 687,000 BTC valued near $65.3 billion. The figures show an average entry price around $75,000 per Bitcoin, leaving the firm with sizeable unrealized gains as the asset trades close to $95,000.

On 18 January 2026, analysis by Joao Wedson found Ethereum's correlation with the Russell 2000 has weakened after several cycles of alignment. Despite the index's positive year-over-year performance, ETH's reactions are muted. The split may reflect a shifting risk regime or crypto pricing future conditions ahead of traditional finance.