Bitcoin has slipped into undervaluation versus silver amid metals strength and stretched equities. The BTC-to-silver ratio is nearing a 1,000x floor last seen in 2018 and 2020, and a baseline case points to silver near $50 and Bitcoin around $50,000 in 2026. The setup suggests 2026 could invert dynamics seen in 2021.

According to Onchain Lens, one of Hyperliquid's most aggressive traders has opened a $30,043,987 XRP long with 20x leverage as part of a wider $328 million leveraged portfolio in BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP. The same whale became known for unloading hundreds of BTC in December to fund large Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, which previously boosted profit and loss to over $8.28 million.

Peter Schiff, a well-known Bitcoin critic and financial commentator, has urged investors to "buy the dip" in equities tied to metals production instead of cryptocurrency. He notes that gold and silver have fallen while related mining stocks trade well below spot levels, even as the broader equity market remains flat. At the same time, Bitcoin has dropped, but Schiff has focused his latest comments entirely on metals-linked equities rather than digital assets.

Shiba Inu is approaching a potential golden cross on the daily chart, with the 23-day SMA rising toward the 50-day and price back above both. The next hurdle is the 200-day EMA near $0.0000106; a sustained break above it could weaken resistance toward the five-zero area. This setup follows a late-December low near $0.000007, where sellers failed to push lower.

XRP logged a double-digit weekly rise at the start of 2026 and retested the 20-week Bollinger Band midline near $2.40. Prior interactions in May and September capped upside, including a brief move to $3.10 followed by a 40% decline. If the price fails to clear $2.45, this weekly candle could turn into bait for exit liquidity.

According to Capriole data, Bitcoin has entered a rare double-trigger pattern in which both the Net Institutional Buying indicator and the Bitcoin treasury Buy-Sell Ratio ROC have turned positive, a setup last seen more than a year ago. In past occurrences since 2020, this configuration preceded average gains of about 109%, with prior rallies reaching up to 390%, while the current move is reported to be just above 5%. Capriole's Charles Edwards also notes that Ethereum treasuries show a strongly positive trend, indicating institutional demand is not limited to Bitcoin.

In 2025, XRP-backed investment products attracted $3.697 billion in inflows, up 508% from $608 million the previous year, with a major portion arriving before U.S. spot XRP ETFs launched in mid-November. From Nov. 14 to early January, those ETFs alone accounted for $1.18 billion in net inflows, while Germany shifted from $43 million in outflows to $2.5 billion in inflows and Canada swung from -$603 million to +$1.1 billion. By early 2026, XRP had evolved into a leading component of crypto ETF offerings amid broader capital rotation from Bitcoin to Ethereum and Solana.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is approaching a 26.45% breakout toward $0.0001101 after rebounding from $0.0000699 and holding $0.000087 over the weekend. A push above that level would lift its market cap from $5.13 billion to $6.49 billion, a $1,357,714,000 increase, and potentially elevate SHIB seven ranks into the top 20.

Bitcoin has just logged its first Hash Ribbon buy signal in more than six months as the price moved back into the $93,000 area and the network hashrate climbed above 1.068 billion TH/s. The miner-focused indicator, created by Charles Edwards, is triggering while BTC trades within an $81,000-$107,000 band, with market participants watching $100,000, $107,000 and $124,000 as key upside levels. Historically, such signals have appeared near the start of multi-week rallies, though this time they may serve more as confirmation of an already established uptrend.