Meme cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (SHIB) has formed a mini golden cross, with its 23-day simple moving average crossing above the 50-day SMA and price holding near $0.00000810. With SHIB currently around $0.00000870 and the 200-day EMA near $0.00001054, there is about 22% upside that could lift its market cap by roughly $1 billion if the pattern continues. The bullish setup remains intact as long as support near $0.00000810 is not lost.

Binance top-trader data shows 76.16% of leading accounts are long XRP, with a 3.19 long/short account ratio and a 1.97 position-based ratio. The price recently rebounded from the $1.80 area to $2.10 and nearly tested $2.40 in early January. A move toward $2.80–$3 is presented as possible if $2.40 breaks before month-end.

On Jan. 10, 2026, Michael Saylor echoed Hal Finney's Jan. 11, 2009 Running bitcoin tweet by posting the same phrase on X. Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, holds 673,783 BTC acquired at an average price of $75,024, valued at over $61.16 billion with a 20.98% unrealized gain.

Over the weekend, XRP spot ETFs amassed $1.47 billion in assets, representing 1.16% of the token's market capitalization, while a single Shiba Inu address accumulated 1,923,043,775,311 SHIB from Coinbase Prime. At the same time, Vitalik Buterin published a three-point framework targeting decentralized stablecoin design, focusing on alternative indices, resilient oracles and resolving yield competition. These moves highlight shifting liquidity in XRP and SHIB markets alongside renewed debate on how future stablecoins should be structured.

The XRP Ledger community has outlined a 2026 target of 11,557,546 XRP locked in its AMM infrastructure, setting a baseline for further DeFi development and liquidity growth. Current AMM metrics show 24,643 active pools, 21,296 XRP pairs and 15,733 tokens, with about $24.1 million in value representing roughly 2.1% of XRP's 24-hour volume. Planned upgrades include support for single-sided stablecoin liquidity and improved FX-style on-chain routing, although no foundation-backed funding programs have been disclosed.

XRP is currently trading above the monthly Bollinger midband at $1.89 after closing last week over $2.09, even as charts point to a possible 10% short-term decline. Technical readings on both monthly and daily time frames indicate a corrective move toward $1.98 or even $1.66 may occur without necessarily ending the broader bullish structure.

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.