On-chain metrics point to mounting sell pressure on Shiba Inu, with the SHIB exchange reserve at 82 trillion coins and exchange net inflows turning positive, according to CryptoQuant. These readings suggest more tokens are moving to trading venues, raising the risk of sell-offs and potential price weakness.

Dogecoin (DOGE) is stabilising near $0.14 as on-chain data shows whales accumulated 218 million DOGE worth $31 million within 12 hours. Grayscale's Dogecoin Trust ETF recently saw a $7.55 million single-day inflow, and new partnerships in Japan aim to expand DOGE's real-world usage. Price is consolidating between $0.1387 and $0.145, with a close above resistance potentially opening a move toward $0.15–$0.16.

According to Rex on X, major firms are building positions in Solana, with Forward Industry near $1 billion and others in the hundreds of millions. As of January 2026, analyst Senior said Firedancer went live on mainnet, while Western Union integrated SOL and the spot SOL ETF’s net assets exceeded $1 billion.

SharpLink Gaming reported $33 million in income from Ether staking over the past seven months and, on January 8, 2026, said it deployed $170 million in ETH to Linea for restaking incentives. The company holds 864,840 ETH and on January 6, 2026 reiterated that its treasury remains 100% ETH and fully staked.

On-chain data shows A7A5, a ruble-pegged stablecoin, was the fastest-growing stablecoin over the past 12 months and added about $90 billion to circulating supply in 2025. Issued via a Kyrgyz entity on Tron and Ethereum, it surpassed USDT and USDC despite an EU ban on ruble-backed transactions.

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has reiterated his support for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm after Storm was found guilty in August of operating an unlicensed money transmitter business and may still face retrial on two unresolved felony counts. Buterin said he has personally relied on Storm's software to preserve privacy when making purchases and donating to human-rights causes, while Storm maintains his innocence and awaits potential further action from U.S. prosecutors and the courts.

Crypto analyst Lark Davis argues that several higher time-frame indicators now favor a potential relief phase for altcoins, including multi‑year trendline support on total market cap and bullish MACD crossovers on altcoin aggregates. He also points to an improving ETH/BTC ratio near prior cycle lows, while warning that a breakdown in overall market cap support could still turn these signals into bear‑market traps.

The Shiba Inu price has extended its strong start to 2026, gaining 17% over the past week and 21% in the last two weeks despite a recent pullback from local highs. Technical indicators such as its position near the upper Bollinger Band and an RSI around 60 suggest the uptrend may continue, with SHIB potentially retesting the $0.000010 resistance and targeting $0.000020 by Q2. Some traders are also looking at new Ethereum-based token SUBBD, which has raised $1.4 million in its presale and is selling at $0.0574.