Sygnum Bank has completed the seed phase of its Starboard Sygnum BTC Alpha Fund, raising over 750 BTC from professional and institutional investors in the first four months. The market-neutral arbitrage strategy targets yield in Bitcoin while preserving long-term BTC price exposure and delivered an annualised 8.9% net return in BTC in Q4 2025. The fund, launched in October 2025, offers monthly liquidity, institutional-grade infrastructure, and access to collateralised USD Lombard Loans for select clients.

Bitcoin briefly dropped under $90,000 before recovering toward $89,582 in Thursday afternoon UTC trading, after touching an intraday low near $87,300 and a short-lived high around $90,295. Analysts argue that the delayed US CLARITY Act, shifting institutional use of BTC and a sharp liquidity shock in Japanese government bonds, which pushed long-dated JGB and US Treasury yields higher, are now key forces shaping Bitcoin's price and its role as a non-sovereign asset.

On January 20, 2026, Chainlink introduced 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams to deliver stock and ETF market data across more than 40 blockchains. The feeds include bid/ask prices and volumes, mid and last trade, staleness checks, and status flags, enabling DeFi protocols to build equity perps, prediction markets, and other products beyond standard U.S. trading hours.

On January 19, 2026, Bitcoin fell intraday from $95,467 to $92,263 and traded near $92,973 by Monday afternoon UTC, up 2.6% over the week and 5.4% over the month. Analysts including John Glover, Nic Puckrin, and Samer Hasn say further downside is likely before a potential Wave V advance, with risk-off conditions limiting a stronger recovery.

EDF has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with droppRWA to assess blockchain and tokenisation applications across Saudi Arabia's energy sector. The framework targets streamlined transactions, on-chain energy assets, and carbon credit mechanisms. EDF says it serves 41.5 million customers and reported €118.7 billion in 2024 consolidated sales.

On the morning of Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the total crypto market capitalization rose 1.2% to $3.29 trillion, with 97 of the top 100 coins gaining and trading volume reaching $139 billion. Bitcoin is up 0.8% to $93,583 within an $80,000–$95,000 trading range, while Ethereum has climbed 1.8% to $3,228 and outperformed BTC over the past week. Analysts cite a reflexive bounce after BTC was oversold at the end of 2025 and note continued US spot BTC and ETH ETF inflows, alongside a shift in market sentiment into neutral territory.

Uniform Labs has introduced Multiliquid, an institutional liquidity layer designed for tokenised financial markets that enables atomic swaps between stablecoins and blue-chip tokenised money market funds or other real-world assets. The protocol, live on Ethereum with a Solana deployment planned, currently supports stablecoins such as USDC and USDT alongside tokenised Treasuries and other regulated RWA portfolios.

Market analyst Tony Severino from YouHodler says Bitcoin remains technically in an uptrend but is facing heavy resistance around the $100,000 area, which he views as a potential bull trap. He argues that failure to reclaim and hold above this level and a drop below the $74,000 support could confirm a bear market, with a possible downside target near $53,000. Severino also expects Ethereum to start outperforming Bitcoin and suggests that a shift in the ETH/BTC ratio could set the stage for a new altcoin phase in 2026.

On December 15, 2025, the crypto market opened the week lower, with total capitalization down 0.5% to $3.15 trillion and trading volume at $94.3 billion. Bitcoin slipped 0.5% to $89,627 while Ethereum rose 0.6% to $3,128, as analysts highlighted $74,000 as a key BTC support level to maintain the broader uptrend. Market participants are watching the Bank of Japan’s planned December 19 rate hike, mixed US spot ETF flows, and new SEC custody guidance as potential catalysts for a break from the current consolidation range.