XRP has climbed 14% in the last 7 days and recently broke above a key trend line and the $1.95 resistance area, signaling a potential shift to a bullish structure. Trading volume has risen 21% in the past 24 hours and XRP ETFs in the U.S. now hold $1.2 billion in assets, supporting expectations of a move toward $3 if the new support zone holds.

When Bitcoin makes a major move, a cluster of crypto-related equities, especially mining firms repositioning as AI and HPC infrastructure providers, often accelerates in the same direction. These stocks market themselves on megawatt capacity, long-term hosting contracts, and data-center style leases, yet they still tend to behave like leveraged Bitcoin proxies during sharp crypto volatility. NVIDIA, widely viewed as the core AI compute bellwether, and hybrid names such as MARA, RIOT, HUT, CIFR, CORZ, and IREN are central to this trade, where investors must scrutinize power commitments, counterparties, and contract terms rather than headlines alone.

In January 2026, Solana’s real-world asset ecosystem climbed to a record $873.3 million in value after expanding 325% over 2025, giving the network a 4.57% share of global tokenized assets. Stablecoins account for 91% of tokenized value on Solana, while SOL is consolidating above $129 support with bulls eyeing resistance levels around $135 to $140 in early Q1 2026.

On Friday, Tom Lee, chairman of BitMine Immersion Technologies, asked shareholders to lift the company’s authorized share cap from 500 million to 50 billion to enable potential future stock splits. BitMine stock rose about 14% to around $30.93, and shareholders are set to vote on the proposal by Jan. 14.

Bitcoin pushed back above $90,000 on Friday, trading near $90,742 (+3.2%) during New York hours after persistent Q4 2025 selling. Buying accelerated around 09:30 ET, and U.S. spot proxies also firmed. The shift follows year-end tax-loss dynamics that pressured BTC through Q4.

As 2026 begins, Bitcoin is holding near $88,228.47, with on-chain indicators showing balance rather than conviction. SOPR sits at 0.994 and the Coinbase Premium Index at -0.09, while Coinglass reported 2,949.67 BTC net outflows on December 22, 2025. XWIN Research Japan projects a likely $80,000–$140,000 trading band through much of 2026.

On December 31, 2025, Coinbase's head of investment research David Duong posted a year-end outlook on X saying ETFs, stablecoins, and tokenization will mutually reinforce and speed crypto adoption in 2026. He highlighted progress on the U.S. GENIUS Act and Europe’s MiCA, and cited adoption data ranging from 10.3% in Q1 2023 to 9.9% in Q1 2025.

The US Senate Banking Committee aims to hold a January 15 markup for the CLARITY Act, a wide‑ranging digital asset bill that stalled in 2025 amid disputes over DeFi, token definitions, and stablecoin yield treatment. Ahead of the session, traders are repositioning around ETH and SOL, while prediction markets and institutional staking flows reflect rising expectations that lawmakers could finally advance a federal framework for crypto assets.

On Tuesday, Bitcoin traded around $88,224, up 1.12%, while Ethereum hovered near $2,967 as major altcoin volumes slid to their lowest levels of 2025. Over the weekend, BitMine Immersion Technologies staked 342,560 ETH, worth about $1 billion, tightening Ethereum's validator entry queue. At the same time, a proposed 5% annual tax on net wealth above $1 billion in California, including unrealized crypto gains, has raised concerns about capital outflows from the state's digital asset sector.