Memecoin

Over the past week, FARTCOIN slumped 18.5%, leading losses across major memecoins as risk appetite faded. Technical gauges signaled weakness, while derivatives data showed lower open interest and softer funding, and fellow tokens including DOGE, SHIB, PEPE, BONK, FLOKI, WIF, PENGU, and SPX also ended the week in the red.

Memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has unveiled Pump Fund, a new investment arm introduced alongside a $3 million hackathon initiative. The program will support up to 12 projects with $250,000 each at a $10 million valuation and will include mentorship from the platform's founders.

On Monday, memecoin trading volume briefly climbed to $5.62 billion even as total market capitalization for the sector fell by 6%. Analysts say the pattern points to profit-taking, short-term flipping and a cooling of speculative momentum after a strong start to the year.

A Binance-linked Shiba Inu whale reappeared after six months of inactivity, moving 15,182,013,963 SHIB worth $119,330 to address 0xDB345...fba0. The wallet now holds 61.84 billion SHIB valued at $484,840 and forms the largest position in a $1.67 million portfolio as SHIB slid 6.78% today.

Binance will remove 23 spot trading pairs on January 20, including 1MBABYDOGE/FDUSD, ADX/ETH and ORDI/BTC, while stating the tokens remain tradable via other pairs. ORDI fell approximately 12%, and broader market losses saw BTC briefly at $92,000. On January 19, Binance Australia restarted AUD deposits and withdrawals.

On Jan. 18, 2026, SHIB marketing lead Lucie told holders there is "no panic" and that SHIB and SOU are "moving up together" as SOU NFTs track obligations tied to the late‑2025 Shibarium exploit. The daily burn rate jumped 3,904.47%, with 29,998,516 SHIB sent to dead wallets via two transfers of 28,000,000 and 1,576,200.

Ripple received preliminary approval for an EMI license in Luxembourg after a recent UK authorization. SHIB formed a short-term bullish crossover with a potential 22% path to $0.00001054. XRP saw $45.8 million weekly inflows, up 428%, while Strategy bought 13,627 BTC for about $1.25 billion.

Shiba Inu closed below its 20-day moving average, breaking a key support that had underpinned bullish sentiment after the January 4 peak at $0.00000965. With SHIB trading around $0.00000840, the move exposes downside room toward the lower Bollinger Band near $0.00000718, implying a potential decline of about 14.36% if past patterns repeat. Momentum and volume readings now tilt bearish, as the 20-day average turns into resistance and buyers have yet to show strong defense around current levels.

DOGE slipped nearly 15% over six sessions, then recovered about 9%, with $0.15 acting as firm resistance and $0.13 under scrutiny as support. According to WhaleAlerts, a wallet moved 500 million DOGE to Binance, adding focus on whale behavior. TradingView shows repeated failures at $0.15, including an attempt 10 days ago.

Shiba Inu completed another hourly death cross in 2026 as the 50-hour MA slipped under the 200-hour MA. The token climbed to $0.00001017 in the first days of 2026, then fell six of seven days from Jan. 6–12, touched $0.00000815, and was last up 0.82% at $0.00000853.