At the start of 2026, Ripple’s XRP climbed above $1.90 and $2.00, reclaiming the fourth spot by market cap before stalling at $2.40. It has since pulled back but is holding near $2.10. Focus now is on whether $2.00–$2.05 can firm up as support while $2.35–$2.40 remains the key ceiling.

According to CryptoPotato, Bitcoin steadied around $90,500 on Friday with minimal movement over the past 12 hours after expectations for heightened volatility did not materialize. Altcoins were mixed: POL rose 17% toward $0.17, while ZEC fell 12% to $380; ETH hovered below $3,100 and XRP near $2.10. The total crypto market cap added roughly $20 billion to reach about $3.180 trillion.

On January 7, spot XRP ETFs recorded $40.80 million in net outflows, breaking their longest daily inflow streak. Despite Wednesday's setback, weekly net inflows totaled $38.07 million, with positive days on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. XRP rallied nearly 30% after January 2, hit $2.41 on Tuesday, and hovers near $2.10, with supports at $2.00 and $1.90.

According to a blog post published on Friday, the Pi Network Core Team released a developer library that enables Pi payment integration in under ten minutes. PI has stalled, with recent upside capped below $0.22 and trading just under $0.21, while upcoming unlocks average under 4.5 million coins per day with spikes near 5.5 million.

Bitcoin's price swung sharply on a Friday afternoon after Donald Trump posted unreleased U.S. jobs figures and the Supreme Court delayed a key tariffs ruling. BTC moved from about $90,000 to $92,000 before easing to just above $91,000, reflecting fast market reaction to the political and economic headlines.

Spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded their first net outflow on January 7, ending an almost two-month run of positive daily flows since November 13, 2025. Investors withdrew $40.80 million, trimming cumulative net inflows to $1.20 billion, while XRP itself has fallen by over 13% from a recent peak after a 30% rally to $2.41. Despite the pullback and the broken streak, some analysts still expect the asset's momentum to improve over the longer term.

Bitcoin's new-year advance stalled after the price fell back under $90,000 following a rejection near $95,000, while its market capitalization slipped to $1.8 trillion and dominance hovered around 57%. Major altcoins also declined, with XRP dropping by more than 6% and Zcash losing over 20% after a developer announced their departure, as the total crypto market cap contracted by roughly $100 billion to $3.170 trillion.

On January 5, 2026, Michael Saylor said NASDAQ-listed Strategy made its first 2026 bitcoin purchase of 1,287 BTC, taking its reserve to 673,783 BTC. He also noted a $62 million increase in USD reserves to $2.25 billion. Separately, Walter Bloomberg reported a $17.44 billion Q4 2025 unrealized loss and a near-70% share decline since the 2024 peak.

Bitcoin briefly moved above $93,000 earlier today and is trading just below that mark. Since January 1, total crypto market value has risen by $200 billion, while BTC's market cap is above $1.850 trillion and dominance is slightly over 57%. Ethereum is nearing $3,200; XRP is above $2.10, and RENDER jumped 18%.