U.today

During a recentappearance on Bloomberg, Ripple President Monica Long stated that she had no timeline for an initial public offering (IPO).

"Currently, we still plan to remain private. Often, the strategy driving an IPO is to get access to the investors and the liquidity…We are in a really healthy position to continue to fund and invest in our company's growth without going public," she stated.

A major fundraise

Long has stated that Ripple is "very pleased" with the fundraising in the fourth quarter of the year.

In November 2025, Ripple Labs announced a major $500 million strategic funding round. This was the company's first significant capital raise since 2019. The raise was meant to position Ripple as a comprehensive infrastructure partner for institutional finance.

card

The round valued Ripple at approximately $40 billion. This was a significant increase from its previous valuations, including an $11.3 billion valuation implied during a share buyback earlier in the year. The round was backed by heavyweights in both traditional finance and crypto, including Fortress Investment Group, Citadel Securities, Pantera Capital, Galaxy Digital, Brevan Howard, and Marshall Wace.

Integrating businesses

Last year, Ripple deployed nearly $4 billion across a series of aggressive acquisitions to build out its ecosystem. The cornerstone of this strategy was the $1.25 billion purchase of prime broker Hidden Road in April, which was subsequently rebranded as Ripple Prime.

After pulling off multiple major acquisitions, Long now says that Ripple is focused on integrating those businesses and continuing to grow.

As of now, the company is focused on making stablecoins and tokenized assets "actually useful," Long says.

Amid the bullish market conditions that have seen Shiba Inu rocket higher in price, delivering notable gains to its holders, fraudsters have plotted new schemes to rip them off their funds.

On Tuesday, December 6, the Shiba Inu community received serious warnings from Susbarium Shibarium Trustwatch over the discovery of a very tricky new scam quietly targeting SHIB holders through a technique dubbed wallet address spoofing.

Scammers target Shiba Inu daily transactions

The new fraudulent scheme, which appears extremely legitimate, is already catching many crypto users off guard, considering the unique mechanism it operates on.

Unlike regular crypto scams that often involve the use of fake links or phishing websites, this spoofing scam targets daily transaction histories and active SHIB wallets.

According to the warnings issued, scammers monitor active wallets and then send tiny “dust” transactions from addresses that are intentionally designed to look almost identical to real ones the victim has used before.

To deceive crypto users, the scammers ensure that the fake addresses share the same beginning and ending characters as the victim’s actual address, making it extremely easy to confuse the two.

When the victim later checks their transaction history on Etherscan or inside their wallet to copy a previous address for a new transfer, the scammer’s fake address appears nearby.

As such, the scammers expect potential victims to copy the manipulated address without carefully checking the full string. This way, the victims send their funds straight to the scammer, and they are gone for good.

Safety measures provided to SHIB community

While the misleading nature of this scam provides holders with no obvious warning signs, as there are no suspicious links nor compromised devices involved, the scam relies entirely on typical user behavior, targeting holders who have the habit of reusing addresses from their transaction history.

Nonetheless, the Shiba Inu community has been urged to slow down and verify the full wallet address before every transfer, not just the first and last few characters. Holders have also been strongly warned to completely avoid copying addresses from random incoming transactions.

Gemini, the Winklevii-founded cryptocurrency, has used Grok (xAI's chatbot) to showcase the massive price action on XRP.

The popular US trading platform asked the chatbot to identify why the token was experiencing such an impressive pump.

Hey @grok why is XRP pumping? pic.twitter.com/DaeLFdLJCI

— Gemini (@Gemini) January 6, 2026

A major partnership

The "chummy" relationship between Gemini and the XRP community is the result of a formal business partnership that was solidified in late 2025.

In August 2025, Gemini and Ripple officially collaborated to launch the "XRP Edition" of the Gemini Credit Card.

Tyler Winklevoss explicitly marketed this to the community, with Ripple executives joining the campaign.

On top of that, reports surrounding Gemini's IPO plans revealed that Ripple provided Gemini with a $75 million credit line, which is expandable to $150 million.

Earlier, both companies had been engaged in high-profile, expensive legal wars with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Tyler Winklevoss has publicly defended Ripple. He even argued that the Oregon Attorney General had to be impeached for calling XRP a security after a federal judge ruled otherwise.

Gemini was one of the first major exchanges to integrate RLUSD, Ripple's USD stablecoin, as a base currency for trading.

card

Technical caution

In the meantime, as reported by U.Today, legendary trader John Bollinger recently ranked XRP’s technical setup below that of Bitcoin despite the former's stronger percentage gains.

The token experienced an almost vertical ascent with no "firm support base" underneath. Hence, it is vulnerable to a sharp pullback.

After multiple weeks of positive but low performance, the XRP ETFs ecosystem appears to have regained its strength following the bullish momentum spanning across the crypto ecosystem.

While the broad crypto ecosystem has resumed the year with a strong bullish start, it has also reflected in XRP ETF flows, as they recorded the highest daily inflow over the past one month, according to data from SosoValue.

XRP ETFs hit $46,000,000 in inflow

With all crypto ETFs, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, seeing massive capital inflows during the last trading session, XRP was not left behind, as about $46.10 million in inflows were recorded on January 5.

This has pushed the total net assets to about $1.65 billion, highlighting strong demand as XRP continues to gain attention, with its price showing significant gains.

Following these big figures, daily activity across all XRP funds has been impressive since the new year began, as they have continued to see surging adoption.

card

The Canary XRP ETF, which has launched as one of the most notable funds projecting the highest cumulative net inflow of over $383 million, has stunned with unexpectedly muted activity.

Despite the strong performance posted by the broader XRP ETFs market, Canary stayed muted with zero inflow for the day. Daily trading volume, on the other hand, stayed decent at 643,710. Other ETFs, on the other hand, saw impressive daily inflows ranging from $7.01 million to $16.61 million.

XRP nears $2.5 target

XRP has continued to surge higher, and its price appears to be headed for the long-awaited $2.5 mark, reclaiming previous highs.

Earlier today, XRP returned to levels not seen since Q3 2025, reclaiming $2.41 from an intraday low of $2.18.

While the strong ETF performance is a strong indicator of increasing demand from institutional investors, the community is confident that XRP will smash the $2.5 target in no distant time.

After seeing daily gains of over 10% today, the XRP price surge appears to be cooling down, trading at $2.28 as of writing time.

Bulls remain more powerful than bears today, according to CoinMarketCap.

BTC/USD

Bitcoin (BTC) is the exeption to the rule, falling by 0.44% over the last 24 hours.

On the hourly chart, the rate of BTC is on its way to the local support at $93,121. If sellers' pressure continues, one can expect a level breakout, followed by a further drop to the $92,500-$93,000 range.

On the longer time frame, the price of the main crypto has made a false breakout of the formed resistance at $94,652.

card

If the daily bar closes far from that mark, there is a high chance of seeing a test of the $92,000-$93,000 area this week.

From the midterm point of view, traders should focus on the nearest level of $94,652. If bulls can hold the gained initiative, the accumulated energy might be enough for a blast to the $100,000 area.

Bitcoin is trading at $93,724 at press time.

Cardano (ADA) just posted its first real green weekly candle in over two months, as displayed byTradingView. While that alone is not groundbreaking, what matters is what happened to XRP when it was in the same position: trapped below the midline of its weekly Bollinger Bands, ignored and trading flat near the lower band.

This week, however,XRP broke through resistance, printing a 13.8% rally that took it from the brink of market doubt to within reach of $2.43 — the exact level of its weekly midband, which is represented by the 20-week moving average.

By comparison, the Cardano token is just waking up. It is still 28% below its midband, which is near $0.60. However, structurally, the setup is almost identical: a prolonged weekly downtrend, a bounce off the lower band and a move back into the channel.

If ADA follows XRP's trajectory, a reversion to the midband zone could lead to an ascent to $0.5986 — a 40% surge from current levels.

What's missing for Cardano right now?

There is no guarantee that theprice of ADA will perform with the same force, but it is in a position to do so from a structural standpoint. The psychological round number of $0.50 per token is likely to trigger more interest, and reclaiming any level above $0.525 could trigger the next impulse for ADA.

card

If XRP’s move created the roadmap, thenCardano bulls have a window of opportunity that could close quickly. The next two weekly candles will determine if this becomes a rotation trade or another failed attempt to exit the lower range. The opportunity is there — execution is what is missing.

Dogecoin futures activity saw a wild spike as DOGE made a major move on the markets. According to CoinGlass data, Dogecoin futures volume on the Bitmex crypto exchange rose 6,439% in the last 24 hours to reach $176 million.

DOGE hovered near $0.152, following through on its recovery from a low of $0.11722 on Jan. 1. Dogecoin is poised for its sixth day of gains taken from this date and trades up 2.52% in the last 24 hours to $0.1523 and up 22% weekly.

Dogecoin institutional interest is rising, as Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated yesterday, that the 2x Dogecoin ETF was among the best-performing ETFs to start the year. The others included 2x Dogecoin ETF and a 2x single-stock semiconductor ETF.

In line with this optimism on the markets, Dogecoin spot ETFs marked a positive turnaround in flows. According to Sosovalue data, Dogecoin ETFs attracted $1.2 million in daily total net inflow on Jan. 5, bringing the cumulative total net inflow to $6.24 million and total net assets to $10.66 million. The reversal marks a renewed pickup in demand, breaking the recent stagnation in flows.

What to watch now?

Dogecoin began to rise from a low of $0.1172 on Jan. 1. The price move has produced a crucial breakout for Dogecoin, now trading above the daily MA 50 (currently at $0.1392), which capped its price action since October. With Dogecoin now trading above this level, the price will be watched to see if it can sustain above it in the coming sessions.

Dogecoin's open interest, which refers to the number of unsettled positions on the derivatives market, has risen in tandem.

According to CoinGlass data, Dogecoin open interest increased 6.23% in the last 24 hours to $1.95 billion, indicating new money entering as well as traders' participation.The next major resistance for Dogecoin lies in the $0.20 range, close to the daily MA 200, while immediate support is expected at the daily MA 50 at $0.1392. If this support fails, Dogecoin might seek support next in the $0.11 range.

After a turbulent experience of massive outflows on the spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market in December 2025, momentum has shifted. The latestFarside Investor data shows that the Bitcoin ETF market recorded a total of $697,200,000 in inflows, with BlackRock’s IBIT leading the charge.

BlackRock IBIT leads Bitcoin ETF inflows

Notably, BlackRock’s IBIT saw a total of $372.5 million in inflows as the asset manager paused its dumping streak from last year. The inflow marks the second consecutive day of registering the highest amount on the ETF market.

On Jan. 2, 2026, IBIT had recorded $287.4 million in inflows, contributing more than half of the total inflows for the entire market. The development signals BlackRock has again taken the leading role, pulling inflows into the sector.

Although the latest figure reveals that all asset managers but two recorded inflows for the second consecutive day. While BlackRock dominated in contributions, it was closely followed by Fidelity’s FBTC, which logged $191.2 million.

These two asset managers remain top leaders and have been known to account for a greater percentage of the spot Bitcoin ETF inflows to the sector. Hence, when BlackRock suffered consistent outflows in December, the ETF market remained in the red for an extended period of time.

Wisdom Tree’s BTCW and Grayscale’s GBTC both registered zero flows; the total inflow might have surpassed $697.2 million recorded.

card

The current inflows suggestresumed institutional interest in Bitcoin, and this could trigger other whales to buy big. Such a development could act as a catalyst for the price of Bitcoin moving forward.

Bitcoin holds steady as volume hints at breakout

As of press time, Bitcoin ischanging hands at $93,617.19, which represents a 0.13% increase in the last 24 hours. The coin had previously reached an intraday peak of $94,762.07 before a slight drop due to volatility.

However, trading volume remains up in the green zone, jumping by 18.79% at $44.2 billion. This signals that market participants are busy and actively transacting as the asset appears poised to reach higher levels.

If the momentum on current trading activity is sustained,Bitcoin is likely to make a breakout for the $100,000 psychological zone. In the last 30 days, Bitcoin has traded below $95,000, unable to make a rebound to its lower highs.

The legendary technical analyst, John Bollinger, is, however, optimistic that the flagship crypto coin might soon target $100,000 and possibly $107,000. He opines that, from there,Bitcoin will have enough momentum for further gains.

XRP rose as much as 14% on Tuesday, reaching an intraday high of $2.41. At press time, XRP was up 12.3% in the last 24 hours to $2.37 and up 27.4% weekly.

XRP is extending its early 2026 rally, poised for its sixth day of gains since Jan. 1. XRP saw a sharp surge on Monday, rising from $2.08 to $2.36, even as U.S. spot ETFs mark recorded volumes since debuting about two months ago.

Monday was a historic day for XRP ETFs, which marked a record $64.44 million in volume. The group of U.S. spot ETFs also attracted $48 million in inflows on Monday, extending a green streak, which has not seen a single day of outflows since their Nov. 13 launch.

XRP sentiment also got a boost after SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw’s exit and continued talk around market structure legislation expected to move in January.

XRP completes four-hour golden cross

The ongoing price move has produced a crucial breakout for XRP, as it gains a footing above the $2 mark.

Likewise, short-term signals have improved, with golden cross signals appearing on lower time frames.

In the most recent of such, a golden cross has just been completed on the XRP four-hour chart. The 50 MA rose above the moving average 200 on the four-hour chart, confirming a bullish golden cross signal.

Golden cross signals have also appeared on the one-, two- and three-hour charts, as XRP gained traction at the start of 2026.

What do analysts say?

According to crypto analyst "Steph is crypto," XRP is doing something very interesting at the moment. After a long corrective phase, "Steph is crypto" says XRP has completed a clean wave-four structure, formed a falling wedge and is now breaking out.

The analyst likened this move to gold, adding that what stands out is how closely XRP is tracking that same path, just delayed in time. He added that hard assets tend to move first, with higher-beta assets following. Gold already made its move, and XRP is just starting to respond, the analyst said.

XRP’s double-digit weekly gain at the start of 2026 has the holders of the fourth-largest cryptocurrency cheering again. However, anyone flipping bullish at $2.40 is staring at a wall that has rejected price action all year.

That wall is the 20-week Bollinger Band midline, as presented byTradingView, a key moving average that was just tested for the first time since September. Back then,XRP faked a breakout, reaching $3.10 before collapsing 40% in less than five weeks.

Earlier in May, the same level stalled a three-week rally and triggered months of sideways decline. Now it is back, and it has not gotten any easier to overcome.

The latest rally is technical, not narrative-driven. There is no new catalyst — no ETF surprise, no Ripple headline, no large-scale investor activity — just oversold conditions meeting speculative inflows. The bounce started below $1.80, accelerated into a short squeeze, and now sits inside a zone where previous upside was erased.

Sentiment breaker for XRP

The Bollinger Bands are not doing any magic, but the midline has worked as a sentiment breaker for XRP. When theprice of the token trades below the midline, rallies get capped. When the price is above the midline, dips get bought.

This week offers a coin flip against a level that punished latecoming buyers twice last year.

card

If XRP does not quickly clear $2.45, this weekly candle will become bait. It is the kind of move that looks bullish just long enough to allow for exit liquidity, until the next red weekly bar appears and proves current euphoria wrong.

The Coinbase Premium Gap has turned positive, which means Bitcoin is trading at a higher price on Coinbase than on Binance.

Coinbase is typically used by U.S. institutions, hedge funds, and high-net-worth individuals using Coinbase Prime/Pro.

A positive gap confirms that the rally is being driven by spot buying demand from American institutions.card

This is a rather positive signal for the ongoing rally since it is not driven by leveraged bets.

Why the rally stalled

The leading cryptocurrency topped right as the U.S. session closed.

Institutional buying is often algorithmic and tied to standard U.S. stock market hours (9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET).

The moment the U.S. trading day ended (4:00 PM ET), and the aggressive buying pressure from these institutions stopped.

Bitcoin is currently changing hands slightly above the $94,000 level.

On Friday, something changed forBitcoin, and it was not just the price of the cryptocurrency but who was behind the rally. After nearly two weeks of discounted pricing on Coinbase, the U.S. spot market suddenly became aggressive, buying into strength rather than weakness.

For those unfamiliar with it, the Coinbase Premium Gap is a metric that tracks the price difference between the major U.S. exchange and offshore platforms. It went positive for the first time since Christmas. This indicates that U.S.-based buyers were willing to pay more than the global average for exposure. And they were not alone.

The shift occurred asBitcoin finally made it past $93,000 and quickly approached $94,000. The premium flip occurred shortly after the U.S. market opened.

However, shortly after, the local peak for Bitcoin followed. The U.S. bid was real but came at the end of a weeklong rally fueled by non-U.S. flows and derivatives-driven exposure. Friday’s candle was different; it had U.S. fingerprints all over it.

Bitcoin's catch-up play

Maartunn from CryptoQuant was the first to point this out: when the premium flips after a rally, it is rarely a trigger, but rather a result. This kind of flow marks tops, not breakouts. This doe not mean Bitcoin will reverse immediately.

It means the late bid needs help to keep the price elevated. If help does not come, it starts to unwind fast.

card

What happens next depends on the buyers' ability to maintain the price at or above $94,000, which would open the path to$95,800 per BTC. If it slips below $91,000, then $89,400 becomes a magnet. Overall, the next move will depend on whether the new money bought strength or bought the top.

Ethereum (ETH) has seen a massive upsurge in staking interest as more investors are willing to commit their assets for rewards. Ashighlighted by vocal entrepreneur and investor Ted Pillows, Ethereum's entry queue is now 237 times higher than the exit queue.

Over 35 million ETH staked as supply tightens

Notably, this signals outrageous demand for the leading altcoin on the cryptocurrency market at the moment. For clarity, the entry queue refers to the list of investors waiting to stake ETH. That is, they are willing to lock up their Ethereum over a period of time to help secure the network while earning staking rewards.

This move is considered a bullish signal, as it suggests that investors are confident in Ethereum’s long-term value and rewards. Generally, it implies that these investors are not bothered by possible price volatility or whether the coin could drop in value.

With the "entry queue" higher than the exit queue, it shows that validators are committing massive capital for the long-term rather than those wishing to pull out their funds.

Ethereum entry queue is now 237x higher than the exit queue.Insane demand for staking $ETH. pic.twitter.com/jQDNVfPWrl

— Ted (@TedPillows) January 6, 2026

As per the chart shared by Pillows, 35.6 million ETH, which represents 29.5% of Ethereum’s total supply, are currently staked. The staked volume will yield a 2.84% annual percentage rate (APR), a strong indicator of the bullish Ethereum sentiment.

It is worth mentioning that with more Ethereum staked, it will result in reduced liquidity, as there is less volume available for trading on exchanges. This development could help support price stability, lower selling pressure and boost the asset’s outlook.

Ethereum's price holds above $3,000 as volume spikes

As of press time, Ethereumexchanged hands at $3,236.61, a 2.14% increase in the last 24 hours. The coin jumped from an opening low of $3,134.09 to a peak of $3,261.25 before registering a slight correction.

Nevertheless, the trading volume remains up by 37.94% at $24.55 billion, helping to push Ethereum into a stable zone above the $3,000 support.

card

The ongoing staking has been building up since the last days of 2025. As U.Today reported, Tom Lee’s Fundstrat-backed company engaged inmassive staking as over 342,560 ETH worth about $1 billion were locked within a 48-hour window.

The staking move is beginning to make sense to observers because, at the time, Ethereum was experiencing bearish pressures.

If predictions by the CEO of SharpLink, Joseph Chalom, are anything to go by,Ethereum will experience more upside in 2026.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has been silent on X, with his last posts on the social media platform on Jan. 1, when he shared a video and commented on it, saying "Happy New Year and Farewell." He wrote, "See you out there" in another X post.

Unlike in the past, Hoskinson often interacted with posts on X, reacting to new developments across different spheres, including the cryptocurrency space. This was not so this time, as the Cardano founder totally kept off X, with no replies or posts since Jan. 1.

In a YouTube clip shared on Jan. 1 with the caption "Happy New Year and Farewell," Hoskinson stated he would be taking a break from X.

The Cardano founder stated his X account will go into "silence mode" for a few weeks to a few months as he has more important things to do. Hoskinson added that he might uninstall the X app and never think of it again, saying he had outgrown the platform.

Charles Hoskinson is leaving X. This is positive news for Cardano.With over 1M followers, Charles' account was the largest related to Cardano. The Cardano Foundation assumes this role with over ~840K followers.I dare say that many OGs became Cardano supporters thanks to… pic.twitter.com/fnP8O9lSxe

— Cardano YOD₳ (@JaromirTesar) January 5, 2026

Hoskinson wrote, "So you look at social media for example, I've outgrown X. So it's my farewell to that platform and I'll turn it over to curators and AI. It'll go into silent mode for probably a few weeks to a few months as we build up that infrastructure because I have more important things to do, but I'm going to uninstall the app and never think of it again. Outgrown it. I just don't have time anymore for that way of interacting with people and I don't have time anymore to endure what they give. There's just no benefit to it. It's noise."

New focus revealed

Hoskinson revealed a new focus for the year 2026. In light of his absence on X, the Cardano founder says he is going to find new and innovative ways to communicate, believing that he has great ideas and a lot to contribute.

The Cardano founder said he will focus instead on long-form writing, AMAs, live streams and new forms of communication, as well as new platforms. Another thing he said he was going to do was "to go into deep focus."

Hoskinson clarified that he was not leaving the crypto space, saying that he was only changing his approach. "The reality is that the more famous you become, you have to become less accessible," he said.

Dogecoin (DOGE) price action is against long traders, as they have suffered more losses in the recent liquidation event recorded by the meme coin on the crypto market.CoinGlass data reveals that, in the last four hours, there was a 2,055% liquidation imbalance, as total losses amounted to $1.14 million.

Dogecoin price rebound stalls

Notably, traders betting long on Dogecoin saw $1,090,000 of their capital wiped out in the liquidation as prices shifted on the market. The investors were anticipating a continued rapid bullish climb for the meme coin, particularly as DOGE recovered quickly after dropping to $0.1495 within the last 24 hours.

However, following the quick recovery to reclaim the $0.15 support, the meme coin has evened out and refused to continue its upward momentum. Even with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), which rose to 79.67, dropping to 56.93, upward price movement has not resumed.

This surprise neutrality has left few long-term traders in losses due to their higher exposure. The price is continuing its sideways movement, with no sign of upward mobility.

As of press time, Dogecoinchanged hands at $0.1505, which represents a 2.45% increase in the last 24 hours. Although the meme coin previously soared to $0.1535, it quickly witnessed a slight correction, a development that further increased the losses investors recorded.

Stability above $0.1535 might have provided some sort of relief on the liquidations market. It is worth mentioning that short-position traders also registered mild losses to the tune of $50,590.

card

Meanwhile, it appears the recent uptick in price might not linger for long as trading volume has slipped into the red zone. It is down by 0.52% to $1.87 billion, suggesting that market participants might have begun profit-taking moves following a slight price increase.

Dogecoin trading volume outlook

This marks a significant shift from how Dogecoin opened 2026, with a huge surge and up to a 57.3% spike in volume. Increased traders’ engagement had sparked hopes of a bullish start to the year.

With the current outlook, the ability of the leading meme coin to stay above $0.15 might determine if further spikes will be registered.

Dogecoin’s technical setup indicates a golden cross formation, which might be the catalyst topropel DOGE to the $0.20 level. However, this needs the support of the community to actively engage and push volume to a staggering level to validate the bullish potential of the asset.

As on-chain data reveals a sharp rise in tokens moving onto exchanges, Shiba Inu is once again under increasing downside pressure. Concerns that sellers are taking over the short-term market structure have been strengthened by the deposit of about 324 billion SHIB in the last 24 hours.

Shiba Inu not passive

Although there have been brief attempts at a price recovery, the underlying token flow indicates that distribution is still the dominant behavior. Exchange reserves and net inflows provide the clearest indication. More SHIB is moving from private wallets to trading platforms, where assets are usually ready for sale rather than long-term storage, according to rising exchange reserves. The most recent spike in this trend, which has been steadily increasing, shows that selling pressure is not abating.

This view is further supported by the exchange netflow turning positive, which indicates that inflows are exceeding withdrawals. Although there has been a slight increase in the number of transactions and active addresses, this growth does not always indicate bullish engagement.

Rising exchange flows and increased activity

In the current environment, a spike in exchange flows typically indicate repositioning and risk reduction rather than accumulation. It seems that traders are taking advantage of short-term price strength to close positions rather than open new ones.

card

Technically speaking, the price action of SHIB is consistent with the on-chain data. The asset recently made an effort to recover important moving averages, but it was unable to stay above them for very long. Strong supply has responded to every upward push, swiftly halting momentum. This behavior implies that buyers lack the conviction necessary to accept incoming sell orders and that overhead resistance is still strong.

The speed at which tokens move, known as velocity, has continued to be high. Growing adoption may occasionally be accompanied by rising velocity, but it may also indicate more speculative activity. Higher velocity in conjunction with exchange inflows, in SHIB's case, suggests quick turnover rather than sustained holding. Investors should exercise caution given the current setup.

The market is still susceptible to more declines as long as exchange inflows keep increasing. A noticeable slowdown in deposits and a change toward steady outflows would be necessary for any significant recovery, indicating that holders are prepared to remove SHIB from exchanges and lower the risk of an immediate sale.

In a recent tweet, XRP treasury company Evernorth spotlighted the leadership team shaping its vision and momentum.

Accompanying the tweet was a release that delved further into the details of Evernorth's leadership and governance, its transaction details and advisors.

Meet the Evernorth team!✨We’re excited to spotlight our leadership team shaping our vision and momentum.Scroll below ⬇️ and learn more here: https://t.co/seHMpTJ4yh pic.twitter.com/YqkA9eBllY

— evernorthxrp (@evernorthxrp) January 5, 2026

As Ripple remains a strategic investor in the firm, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is named a strategic advisor to Evernorth alongside Ripple executives Stuart Alderoty and David Schwartz, supporting alignment with the XRP ecosystem while ensuring operational independence.

Evernorth launched last October in a $1 billion transaction, with $200 million in support from SBI and additional investments from Ripple, independent charitable foundation Rippleworks, Pantera Capital, Kraken and GSR, with participation from Ripple Cofounder Chris Larsen, among others.

The net proceeds were used to fund open-market purchases of XRP, with a portion allocated to working capital, general corporate purposes and transaction expenses.

XRP news

In a tweet, RippleX issued an upgrade alert to the XRP Ledger ecosystem about XRPL Version 3.0.0, which was released last December. RippleX urges validators and node operators to upgrade at their earliest convenience to ensure service continuity.

This latest version of rippled, XRPL Version 3.0.0, includes several fix amendments, including a fix for TokenEscrow.

During internal testing of the original Token Escrow amendment (which was never enabled on mainnet), a bug was discovered in how escrows involving MPTs with transfer fees were handled. The TokenEscrowV1 amendment resolves this issue and restores correct accounting behavior.

XRP jumped past $2.40 on Tuesday, extending its early 2026 rally. The token rose as much as 11% over 24 hours to $2.41. The move came on one of XRP’s strongest volume bursts since mid-December. Spot XRP ETFs in the U.S. saw $48 million in inflows on Monday, with a handful posting their largest single-day trading volumes.

This morning’s action on the crypto market sits in that narrow zone where price, rankings and perception collide, with Shiba Inu being not just up but literally taking someone’s seat on the market-cap ladder, DOGE sending near nine-figure blocks across the chain at fees that look like typos and COIN stock trying to bounce off the floor while the CEO reminds everyone he is not allowed to trade it like a normal investor.

TL;DR

Shiba Inu (SHIB) surges 26% weekly, dethroning Canton (CC), a so-called "XRP killer," in market cap.CEO of Coinbase Armstrong explains the legal block on buyingCOIN directly.Over 874 millionDOGE shuffles between wallets, with no explanation at first.Shiba Inu (SHIB) torches so-called "XRP killer" in 26% run

SHIB just erased Canton Coin (CC) from theCoinMarketCap leaderboard. After weeks of moving sideways under the surface, the Shiba crowd finally got the volume it needed. A 26% rally in seven days put the token at $5.48 billion in market cap, comfortably above CC’s $5.15 billion and enough to kick the so-called XRP alternative back down a notch.

Canton’s entire pitch was that it could outpaceXRP with cleaner rails, stronger backing and a network that played nicer with institutions. What it did not have — and what SHIB always does — is a price chart people want to look at.

The breakout was not driven by news or new listings. It was flow-driven and technically triggered. SHIB cracked above the 0.000009 level, confirmed support at that line and started pushing toward the 0.000011 zone, where things get more congested. That zone has not held since mid-Q3, and a move through it could shift the meme coin pecking order again.

For now, the flip is clean. CC is down -2.57% over 24 hours,SHIB is up +7.98% and the distance between them is growing. Market cap rankings do not lie, and market participants are not choosing based on utility this week — they are chasing strength.

card

Brian Armstrong explains why he cannot buy the dip in COIN stock

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently went on record explaining why he is not buying COIN stock at current levels; it is not because he is bearish but because he legally cannot. As a Section 16 officer, he is bound to a 10b5‑1 trading plan. That means no live orders, no dip buys, no timing plays. Every trade has to be scheduled and filed ahead of time.

Still, his explanation reads more like a soft pitch than an apology. Armstrong listed what COIN represents inside the Coinbase app: one account, millions of tokens, stocks, futures, loans, DeFi, stablecoins, prediction markets — everything tradable under one roof.

Buying Coinbase through Coinbase feels good(at least that is what people tell me - i sadly cannot, as a section 16 officer, i use a 10b5-1 plan - but i imagine it feels great!) https://t.co/FM0407HALm

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) January 6, 2026

The post hit just as COIN started showing signs of life after months of bleeding. The stock is up +7.77% this week, trading around $254, snapping out of the $230 zone that defined December. The chart still looks bruised, but nonetheless it is printing a bottom attempt.

The CEO cannot press buy, but retail can. Whether the thread brings new flows or just social engagement remains to be seen — but the timing was not random.

Nearly 1,000,000,000 Dogecoin mysteriously vanishes, but where to?

Dogecoin watchers caught something big as, in less than four hours, 874 million DOGE — worth over $131 million — moved across unknown wallets in two massive chunks: one worth $60.9 million, the other $70.4 million, as perWhale Alert.

No tags and no explanations were attached to initial reports as the raw data showed classic “unknown to unknown” labeling, but a deeper trace reveals that both transactions were internal Binance cold wallet shuffles. The main wallets involved — DU8gP and DTSop — simply swapped sides, rotating hundreds of millions in DOGE for what appears to be storage balance adjustments.

🚨 🚨 🚨 469,574,570 #DOGE (70,479,248 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallethttps://t.co/4V6kIgr19v

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) January 6, 2026

One transaction alone moved over 511 million DOGE, with a total fee under $0.09. For perspective, that is $76.79 million sent across the chain with the cost of a gas station coffee.

So, what “disappeared” here is not DOGE, it is labeling, because the alert feed framed it as unknown while the chain view framed it as Binance-to-Binance. That gap matters for how traders interpret flow.

If you think an unknown whale is moving $131 million in DOGE, you start building stories about selling, about custody, about OTC, about something brewing. If you see Binance cold wallets swapping sides, you file it under housekeeping, wallet management, maybe balance distribution and you move on.

Crypto market outlook

The coins that moved were the ones people still care about. SHIB, DOGE, COIN — each had a reason to be watched, and each pulled in real volume. Meanwhile, large-cap alts like AVAX and HBAR had solid seven-day runs, but without the same magnetism. WLFI and TON posted double-digit gains too but did not break into top narratives.

Levels to watch next:

SHIB needs to push above $0.00001009 to retest the weekly high and flip the $0.00001203 zone from late Q3. A move back under $0.000009 puts the whole breakout at risk.DOGE holds bullish structure above $0.149. A daily close above $0.1545 reopens $0.162 as the next target.COIN just closed the week at $254.92 after bouncing off $246.50. It needs to stay above $247-250 to maintain the base. A break above $259 puts $275 back in play, but the earnings season will decide how far it goes.

card

XRP Ledger has seen a significant increase in activity, with payment volume momentarily surpassing the 1,000,000,000 XRP threshold. Compared to the muted levels usually observed during periods of low activity, particularly on weekends, this move represents an almost tenfold increase. Even though the spike is striking, a closer look is necessary because its implications extend beyond a single data point.

Calm before the storm

According to on-chain metrics, the increase was mostly caused by a significant increase in the volume of payments made between accounts. Historically, when institutional and cross-border settlement flows slow down on weekends, XRP Ledger activity tends to compress. Delayed transactions frequently hit the network simultaneously at the start of the new trading week, resulting in abrupt volume expansions.

This pattern explains why payment volume may increase significantly in a brief period of time without necessarily indicating long-term organic growth. The quantity of active users on the ledger is an additional supporting metric.

Whales are here

Although the number of active addresses has slightly increased, growth is not commensurate with the increase in the volume of payments. This implies that rather than widespread retail participation, the surge is concentrated among fewer, bigger transactions.

To put it another way, capital is moving more quickly, but not among a larger user base. From a market standpoint, XRP's price movement is more indicative of cautious optimism than clear confirmation. The asset's momentum improved as a result of the recent rebound, which lifted it above short-term moving averages and out of a declining price channel.

card

But XRP continues to encounter strong resistance in the vicinity of longer-term averages that served as support in the past. Upside potential is still technically constrained until those levels are recovered. From this point on, a number of scenarios may occur. A bullish narrative based on increased utility and settlement demand may be strengthened if elevated ledger activity continues past the usual Monday volume reset.

The likelihood of XRP maintaining its current levels and attempting a more extensive trend reversal would rise as a result. On the other hand, the recent spike might turn out to be a statistical distortion rather than a structural change if payment volume rapidly returns to normal.

American multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley hasfiled for a Solana exchange-traded fund.

The fund seeks to track the performance of SOL, the native digital asset of the Solana blockchain, as measured by a specific Pricing Benchmark, adjusted for expenses and liabilities.

The Trust will utilize third-party SOL custodians to hold the Trust's SOL.

The trust will engage in staking to earn rewards, which are expected to accrete to the product's net asset value (NAV).

card

On top of that, Morgan Stanley has also filed for a Bitcoin ETF, joining BlackRock and a slew of other issuers.

No longer just a middleman

This is yet another development that shows how mainstream crypto has become. Until now, Morgan Stanley has only allowed its clients to invest in other crypto ETFs instead of creating its own products and actively managing them.

It is worth noting that Morgan Stanley is known as a bellwether for institutional crypto adoption. It became the first major Wall Street brokerage to officially allow its 15,000 financial advisors to solicit eligible clients to buy spot Bitcoin ETFs. In October, it expanded access to all wealth management clients.