During Wednesday's Asia session, Shiba Inu's 24-hour trading volume fell 53.33% to $194.67 million as the token dipped 4.96% to $0.00000896, while remaining 26.69% higher week over week. SHIB had surged for four days into a Jan. 5 peak at $0.00001017 before cooling. Glassnode notes spot volumes across Bitcoin and altcoins are at their lowest since November 2023.

During Wednesday's Asia and U.S. trading sessions in early 2026, the crypto market saw a sharp sell-off that wiped out over $465 million in positions and pushed Stellar (XLM) down nearly 5%. XLM's futures open interest dropped 11.79% in the last 24 hours to $142.74 million, while its price pulled back after an earlier rally above the daily MA 50 at $0.232. Although XLM faces profit taking after rising from $0.229 to $0.254, overall crypto futures open interest still sits above $143 billion with slightly positive funding rates.

XRP extended its early 2026 advance and confirmed a golden cross on the 4‑hour chart as the 50 MA rose above the 200 MA. On Monday it climbed from $2.08 to $2.36, and on Tuesday it touched $2.41; at press time it was $2.37, up 12.3% over 24 hours and 27.4% weekly, according to U.Today.

On Jan. 5, 2026, Evernorth highlighted its leadership team and confirmed Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse as a strategic advisor, alongside Ripple executives Stuart Alderoty and David Schwartz. Evernorth, which launched in October through a $1 billion transaction backed by $200 million from SBI and further capital from Ripple, Rippleworks, Pantera Capital, Kraken, GSR and Chris Larsen, uses the proceeds to acquire XRP on the open market and cover corporate needs. RippleX has also urged XRP Ledger validators and node operators to upgrade to XRPL Version 3.0.0, while XRP recently climbed above $2.40 amid strong trading volumes and $48 million of U.S. spot ETF inflows.

In early 2026, XRP formed a golden cross against Bitcoin on multiple short-term charts after the 50 MA moved above the 200 MA and price broke key resistance. XRP is trading around $2.14 with nearly 15% weekly gains, while traders watch the 0.00002391 BTC level and $2.56 as pivotal hurdles before any potential push toward $3.

Bitcoin pushed past $91,000, recording an intraday high of $91,764 on Sunday. At the time of writing it traded near $91,192, up 1.72% over 24 hours and 3.8% on the week. Traders are watching the next hours into Sunday's close amid signs of compressed volatility and nearby resistance and support levels.

At the start of 2026, Shiba Inu's price broke above key resistance, with SHIB climbing 13.48% in 24 hours to $0.000008932 and 22.09% over the week. A golden cross emerged on SHIB's hourly and two-hour charts as it extended a rally from $0.00000688 on Jan. 1, moving above the daily 50 MA at $0.000008 and eyeing the next resistance at $0.000011 and $0.000013.

On Jan. 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin genesis block, officially launching the network as open‑source software. Seventeen years later, the community marked the anniversary, with Coinbase sharing a hash‑themed post and birthday message. Bitcoin has since become a trillion‑dollar asset, with spot ETFs recently registering hundreds of millions in net inflows and the BTC price holding above $90,000.

At the beginning of 2026, an early Ethereum holder identified as "0x4553" shifted a large share of his ETH into Bitcoin by swapping 14,146 ETH worth $44.3 million for 492 WBTC at a ratio of 0.03479. This move followed earlier purchases totaling 21,000 ETH for $61.4 million between 2019 and 2023, while broader market activity showed other whales and institutions accumulating ETH and spot Ethereum ETFs recording net inflows.