On January 7, 2026, Fireblocks said it acquired Israel-based TRES Finance in a cash-and-equity transaction valued at about $130 million. The deal is its second in three months, following the October 2025 purchase of wallet startup Dynamic for around $90 million. In December, Fireblocks also partnered with Zepz to help scale stablecoin-powered remittances.

In early January 2026, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee came under pressure to decide whether the CLARITY Act crypto bill can move forward with bipartisan support. Lawmakers have been negotiating for months on market structure rules, and a bipartisan meeting was scheduled for January 6 to address regulatory issues before the Martin Luther King Jr Day recess. Senator Cynthia Lummis urged Democrats to join the markup, arguing that the bill would clarify jurisdiction, strengthen protections, and help keep crypto businesses in the United States.

Morgan Stanley filed paperwork on Tuesday to list exchange-traded funds tied to Solana and Bitcoin, marking its first products of this kind in the U.S. SOL funds have drawn $801 million within six months, while Bitwise's BSOL leads with $730 million and a 6.75% staking yield. According to TradingView, SOL rose 9% over the past week to $138, with $5.5 billion in volume.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to mark up its long-awaited market structure bill next week, reopening debate on whether stablecoin issuers may offer rewards, an issue previously addressed in the GENIUS Act. The discussion centers on how rewards could affect competition in payments, community bank deposits, and the role of the U.S. dollar in onchain commerce, with industry research and geopolitical considerations shaping lawmakers' positions.

In early 2026, Solana gained momentum as Morgan Stanley submitted an S-1 to register the "Morgan Stanley Solana ETF Trust" with the SEC. While Bitcoin ETFs recently posted about $240 million in net outflows and Ethereum and Solana ETFs saw inflows of $115 million and $9.2 million, Solana's TVL rose roughly 9% this week versus about 6% for Ethereum. The SOL/ETH ratio has climbed around 3% from key support, reviving debate over whether institutional flows are tilting Solana's way compared with Ethereum.

On Jan. 6, MSCI decided to keep Digital Asset Treasury Companies like Strategy in its global equity indices for the February 2026 review but froze key share-count metrics for these stocks. The move removes the risk of forced passive sell-offs yet severs the automatic buying mechanism that previously supported Strategy's large-scale Bitcoin-funded equity issuance model.

Perplexity’s AI model has outlined new price projections for XRP, Sui Network and Shiba Inu for the end of 2026, suggesting all three altcoins could register fresh all-time highs in an expected bull market. The bot sees XRP potentially reaching $9 from around $2.19, SUI climbing from $1.85 to about $9.26, and SHIB surging toward $0.00009 if key resistance levels are broken. These scenarios are based on recent momentum, technical indicators and ecosystem developments, and do not constitute investment advice.

During Monday's session, Shiba Inu briefly moved back above $0.00001 for the first time in 56 days before slipping to around $0.0000087. The bounce, driven by short-term speculation, coincided with a bullish flip in the 50-day SMA, while analysts now monitor a possible breakout from a 21-month falling wedge that could imply upside scenarios of roughly 270% to 430%.