On 10 January 2026, Pump.fun announced a major redesign of its Solana-based platform fee structure, shifting rewards away from automatic creator payouts toward trader-driven distribution. The PUMP token rose close to 11% to around $0.0024 following the news, as the project signaled that future fees will be optionally allocated by creators and administrators through the app rather than shared with the core team. The update aims to prioritize liquidity and market participation after the team acknowledged that the previous creator-focused model had weakened sustained trading and price discovery.

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.

Since launching in November 2025, XRP ETFs have attracted $1.22 billion in cumulative inflows and added another $4.93 million on January 9, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum products saw sizable outflows. XRP is now trading near $2.08 within a tight $2.04–$2.13 range, with technical patterns and strong ETF demand pointing to a possible breakout if key resistance levels are cleared.

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.

Ripple obtained fresh approvals from the UK Financial Conduct Authority to operate a regulated digital‑asset and fiat payment stack, embedding its infrastructure in the country's financial system. Aimed at institutional rails rather than retail speculation, the move saw muted market impact, with XRP activity briefly rising on January 6 before fading in the following sessions.

Ripple Markets UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Ripple, has obtained registration as a cryptoasset firm from the UK Financial Conduct Authority under anti-money laundering regulations. The approval allows the company to offer cryptoasset and e-money services in the UK and strengthen its institutional partnerships. Following this regulatory milestone, XRP is trading around $2.09 with multibillion-dollar daily volume and a large market capitalization.

Memecoin metrics swung from a mid-December slide to an early January rebound. Sector capitalization climbed from around $38 billion to near $48 billion before easing to $44.69 billion, with volume up 17.42% to $4.75 billion. BONK, SHIB, and PEPE posted double-digit weekly gains, while smaller tokens like WIF and FARTCOIN also advanced.

At the start of 2026, GMT sharply reversed its prior downtrend, jumping 40% in a week and climbing to $0.02260 with a 30% intraday move. The token broke out of a multi-week consolidation range, with RSI in overbought territory, CMF turning positive, and 24‑hour volume soaring over 1020% to $326.49 million. Derivatives data show over $1.55 million in shorts liquidated versus $355k in longs and open interest up more than 245% to $55.08 million, supporting expectations that GMT could test resistance near $0.02600 and potentially target $0.0300 to $0.03600 if momentum holds.