Morgan Stanley filed for Solana and Bitcoin ETFs, with the SOL trust set to use custodians and staking rewards accruing to NAV. SHIB briefly hit $0.00001 after crossing its 100‑day EMA but reversed. John Bollinger cautioned on XRP, saying BTC > ETH > XRP, noting structure lags despite a roughly 32% gain since Jan. 1.

On Jan. 5, Ripple executed a 300 million XRP transfer identified by Whale Alert, with XRP posting over 6% daily gains as Bitcoin rose 3.24% and Ethereum 2.38%. SHIB's setup points to a 26.45% upside toward $0.0001101 after reclaiming $0.000087, while John Bollinger highlighted a "near perfect base" and targets at $100,000 and $107,000 for BTC.

Bitcoin reached an intraday high of $91,764 on Sunday and was $91,192 at press time, up 1.72% daily and 3.8% weekly. Shiba Inu broke higher at the 2026 start, hitting $0.00000899 as golden crosses formed on short-term charts. XRP traded near $2.11, with monthly Bollinger Bands outlining a 75% path toward $3.57.

Shiba Inu, the meme cryptocurrency launched in 2020, entered 2026 with renewed momentum after a prolonged downtrend and a difficult 2025. The project saw a major Shibarium bridge exploit in September 2025 and a $19 billion October market wipe-out, but also a sharp rise in SHIB burn rate and signs of seller exhaustion. Technical signals now point to a potential local bottom, with some scenarios targeting a return to the November 2024 price range if SHIB can remove a zero from its quote.

On Saturday, Jan. 3, XRP rose to $2.01 with a 6% daily gain, lifting its market capitalization to $122.05 billion and making it the fourth-largest cryptocurrency. Trading volume over 24 hours jumped 162.02% to $4.21 billion and open interest reached $1.3 billion, while inflows into XRP ETFs and a bullish long-term forecast from Standard Chartered highlighted growing institutional focus on the token.

Dogecoin has entered a strong rally, with its price rising 9.01% to $0.1405 and market cap reaching $23.63 billion as trading volume surged to $3.41 billion. At the start of 2026, DOGE also saw an 11.96% increase in futures open interest and a short-term moving average crossing above a longer one on the hourly chart. Other major meme coins, including Shiba Inu, Bonk and Floki, also recorded notable gains.

On Jan. 1, 2026, Shibburn reported SHIB's 24-hour burn rate jumping 10,728.80%, with about $172 million sent to burn addresses. Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP in three tranches at the start of January 2026, per Whale Alert. The digest also notes Bitcoin's first post-halving red year, diverging from the prior four-year cycle.

Between Dec. 22 and 26, XRP drew $64 million of ETF inflows while Bitcoin spot products saw $782 million in outflows and Ethereum lost $102 million, with Solana up $13.14 million. In the last hour, Bitcoin posted a 3,436% short‑liquidation imbalance as totals hit $4.93 million, according to CoinGlass, and SHIB formed an hourly golden cross.

On December 23, Ripple moved 65 million XRP worth over $121 million to an unknown address, drawing speculation about potential liquidity or sell-off motives. At the same time, Shiba Inu's futures open interest climbed 3.42% to 11.03 trillion SHIB with over $80 million in positions, while Cardano's Midnight (NIGHT) token saw 24-hour trading volume surge to $4 billion. Cardano and Solana founders also agreed to pursue a cross-chain bridge that would allow ADA to be used on the Solana network.