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The launch of the spot XRP ETFs (exchange-traded funds) in the United States was one of the rare success stories of 2025’s final quarter. The crypto-linked products have helped ensure significant capital influx into the altcoin in recent months.
While the XRP ETFs recorded their first negative outflow day in the past week, the exchange-traded funds also reached a new record in terms of the total value traded in a single week. This milestone reflects the growing maturity of the XRP ETF market in the US.
XRP Funds Post $219M Trading Volume In Past Week According to the latest market data, the spot XRP ETFs posted their highest weekly trading volume since debut at $219 million. This figure is almost double the value traded in the XRP ETF market in the previous week ($117.4 million).
Related Reading: Analyst Outlines The Bull Case For XRP And Why Price Will Hit All-Time High Soon Meanwhile, this new record merely surpasses the previous record of $213.9 million reached in the third week of December 2025.
This feat signals the rising investor demand for the XRP exchange-traded funds despite the waning interest in the broader crypto ETF market. As mentioned earlier, the US-based XRP ETFs registered their first negative performance in the past week, with a net outflow of $40.8 million on Wednesday, January 7.
However, this single-day performance didn’t stop the exchange-traded products from ending the week in the green. Data from SoSoValue reveals that the XRP ETF market saw an additional $38.07 million in value for the week ending January 9.
However, a look at the chart shows that the capital inflow for the crypto-linked products is steadily declining. As of this writing, the spot XRP ETFs have accumulated $1.47 billion in total net assets since launching in mid-November 2025.
Canary Capital’s XRPC tops the list with $375.1 million in net assets under management (AUM), followed by Bitwise’s XRP fund at $300.3 million, and Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ at $279.6 million.
XRP ETFs Shine While Crypto ETF Market Flounders While the XRP ETFs seem to be enduring the market storm, the more-established Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have seen better days. According to recent market data, the crypto funds saw a combined withdrawal of $749.6 million during their first full trading week of the year.
Most notably, the spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest single-day net outflows of $486.1 million on Wednesday, January 7. The BTC exchange-traded funds closed the week with a net outflow of over $681 million.
Meanwhile, the Ethereum ETF market, which started on a positive note with inflows of $168.1 million on January 5 and $114.7 million on January 6, eventually ended the week with net withdrawals of $68.6 million.
Related Reading: Bitcoin Tests $90,000 Support As Netflows Turn Positive — Details Featured image from iStock,chart from TradingView
BitMine Immersion Technologies is the largest Ethereum treasury company by holdings, with over 4 million ETH in its corporate treasury.
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History shows XMR has repeatedly failed near record highs, risking another sharp pullback unless it decisively breaks above $500–$520.
The retail giant said a new Gemini integration reflects a broader shift from search-based shopping to AI systems that can act on a customer’s behalf.
One of the core problems in today’s blockchains is the identity problem. Consensus is permissionless, which makes it impossible for the protocol to know who controls how many nodes (machines).
This allows single entities to mine in parallel using multiple virtual or physical machines, or to dominate using faster hardware, pushing the network towards centralisation. Many ASIC-resistant or staking-based systems attempt to address this, but they fail and reward scale, parallelism, and capital.
If an average individual cannot compete on equal footing within the network, that isn’t decentralisation, it is industrialisation and that is exactly what this work aims to address. r/GrahamBell is a blockchain that operates using a familiar philosophy of signup, login and live miner analytics and activity monitor, enforced decentrally at the protocol level (no KYC, no central authority).
You can think of it like a real-time Google Analytics for blockchain, where the network observes when and how mining is done, not just the final result.
1) Mining activity (online status, rate of computation, and rule compliance) is observed and enforced decentrally by the network 2) Miners must sign up (create an account) before they are allowed to propose blocks. 3) Signing up is computationally difficult, so creating many identities (accounts) is expensive.
After sign up, miners must log in before they can propose blocks. When logged in, the entire network knows which ID is online. So, 1 account = 1 active miner allowed at a time.
4) To propose a block, miners must submit it together with their mining analytic/activity report, showing how computation was performed to reach the final result.
5) The network only accepts the miner’s analytics/activity report if it was observed, signed and validated externally through decentralised public servers (permissionless and run by multiple random nodes). These servers only sign when the report consists of sufficient evidence proving the miner followed protocol rules.
Without valid server signatures or analytics report, the miner’s block, even if valid, is not accepted. The result of this approach enabled us to make a Proof of Work system resistant to multiple sybil identities, easily controlled by a single entity.
The protocol enforces 1 ID = 1 registered user = 1 active miner allowed at a time, where anyone is allowed to compute multiple identities but it is computationally difficult due to the work required to compute an ID.
This also enabled us to make miners only mine at a fixed hash rate of 1 hash/attempt per second per node, anything above that is immediately rejected, meaning Phone = PC = ASIC by design.
You can try the MVP demo (local client) here: https://grahambell.io/mvp/ or watch a short video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znby1BQeHoo&t=61s both currently show that mining above 1 H/s per node is rejected (assuming the miner is already registered).
The demo also exposes miner analytics via Proof of Witness and Witness Chains (servers). I’m looking for community members, builders, researchers, and protocol designers who build when things don’t exist.
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After retreating from late-2025 highs, Bitcoin has spent much of recent trading days fluctuating between the mid-$80,000s and low-$90,000s, with buyers consistently stepping in on dips and sellers defending the same resistance level.
Interestingly, this technical setup resembles the structure Bitcoin formed before its last major rally that eventually pushed it to its price peak above $126,000.
Related Reading: Crypto Market Watches As Clarity Act Enters Senate Debate Next Week: US Senator Bitcoin Revisits A Familiar Consolidation Structure A closer look at BTC price action on the daily candlestick timeframe chart shows that the leading cryptocurrency is tracing a pattern that looks very similar to what played out between March and May 2025.
In that earlier phase, Bitcoin spent weeks trading between roughly $76,000 and $86,000, repeatedly failing to break higher and giving the impression of stagnation.
During that time, the Bitcoin price held above support levels and continued to print lower lows within the range and gave the impression of a lack of immediate upside. That consolidation ultimately proved to be a base.
Once Bitcoin broke above the upper boundary of that range at $86,000, the sentiment changed very quickly and created the stage for a strong upside move that eventually led to Bitcoin. The current structure shows the same characteristics, only at a higher altitude.
This time, Bitcoin is ranging between approximately $84,000 and $94,000, with price compressing in a similar way to early 2025. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @aganstwallst On X Why Bitcoin Might Push To New ATHs The $94,000 level has become the primary area determining Bitcoin’s current upward price action.
Bitcoin’s price action tested this zone during an early January rally, briefly pushing toward $94,500 on January 5 before facing rejection and dropping back into correction. That rejection is now in the past, and the next priority is what Bitcoin might do once it finally secures a decisive break above this resistance.
The previous performance is a good reference point for what could follow a confirmed breakout. After Bitcoin cleared $86,000 during the prior consolidation last year, it pushed up for many months, eventually reaching a peak price of around $126,080. That move represented a gain of about 46% from the breakout level.
No two price movements can play out in exactly the same way, but the similarities between the current setup and last year’s structure suggest that Bitcoin may once again be building energy below resistance.
Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Next Peak Might Ignite ADA’s Rally, Says Cardano Creator If Bitcoin delivers a comparable expansion after breaking above $94,000, the projected upside targets would extend a little above $126,000 and lead to the creation of a new all-time high.
Applying the same percentage move from $94,000 points to a potential advance to as high as $138,000. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
The huge spike in onchain gold signals is that DeFi investors are planning to stay in DeFi, even when the tide turns, argues RAAC founder Kevin Rusher.
Bitcoin power law analysis concluded that price may face a new battle around $65,000 if BTC spends 2026 as a year of consolidation.
Bitget announced the listing of 98 new US stocks and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), opening broader access to traditional markets while advancing its multi-asset trading environment The new assets span short-duration Treasury strategies such as SGOV, leading US companies across technology, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, finance and consumer sectors, as well as international growth names including BILI (Bilibili), PDD (Pinduoduo) and GRAB (Grab).
Commodity-linked instruments such as Gold (GLD), Crude Oil (USO), Copper Miners (COPX) and Rare Earth Metals (REMX) add exposure to resources shaping global supply chains, while index trackers such as VTI and leveraged or inverse ETFs such as TQQQ and SQQQ introduce flexible tools for directional trading and risk positioning. they recently surpassed $2 billion in daily trading volume on Bitget TradFi just days after its public launch on January 5.
This growth shows strong interest from crypto traders looking to access traditional markets during volatile conditions. Within a 72-hour timeframe, the most actively traded pairs include Gold (XAU/USD), the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq 100, Silver (XAG/USD), and the Euro FX (EUR/USD).
Since launch, Gold (XAUUSD) has been the most traded asset on Bitget TradFi by volume, reflecting its role as both a safe haven and a short-term trading tool during uncertain markets.
The surge in activity highlights the growing relevance of Bitget TradFi, which allows users to trade traditional assets through a crypto-native interface. The platform forms a core part of Bitget’s UEX vision.
It provides access to over 2 million assets, including on-chain tokens, tokenized stocks, indices, forex, commodities, and precious metals such as gold. With daily TradFi volume now exceeding $2 billion, Bitget is positioning itself as a unified gateway for global asset access.
“The fundamental shift in wealth management is happening right now,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget.
As market volatility drives investor behavior, Bitget’s growing TradFi offerings show the increasing overlap between crypto and traditional finance, all on one integrated platform. submitted by /u/Green_Candler [link] [comments]
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The Ethereum co-founder argues that price benchmarks, oracle security and staking incentives remain unresolved challenges for decentralized stablecoins.
According to TradingView data, big holders on Bitfinex have been trimming long positions after a late-December peak of 73,000 BTC. The move follows a broader drop in whale holdings of roughly 220,000 BTC during 2025, a change that has analysts and traders parsing what comes next.
Related Reading: Crypto Market Watches As Clarity Act Enters Senate Debate Next Week: US Senator Price action has been steady. Bitcoin has been moving inside a tight range around $88,000 to $92,000 while the market seeks direction.
Whale Moves And Historical Patterns Based on reports, some traders see this as a classic unwind pattern that precedes price gains. In early 2025, a similar fall in long positions coincided with Bitcoin slipping under $74k then staging a sharp rebound.
That past recovery climbed to about $112k in 43 days after positions were flushed. MartyParty, a commentator on X, pointed to that episode when noting Bitfinex whales were “aggressively closing $BTC longs,” a behavior that has in the past been followed by big swings.
Bitfinex whales are aggressively closing $BTC longs, a signal that historically precedes massive volatility. Last time this “unwind” happened in early 2025, Bitcoin was stalling at $74k. This precedes the Wyckoff Spring. See charts below.
The flush cleared leverage and ignited… pic.twitter.com/2qfmH2eliJ — MartyParty (@martypartymusic) January 10, 2026 Market Breadth And Investor Mix Reports have disclosed that on-chain tracker CryptoQuant finds overall whale holdings fell by over 200,000 BTC across the year, while smaller investors have increased exposure.
This shift is being read by some as a sign that ownership is broadening. If more participants hold coins, price moves can be supported by a wider base of buyers. That does not guarantee higher prices, but it does change the way risk spreads through the market.
Price Range And Resistance Levels Traders are watching a near-term ceiling around $94,000 that has capped several rallies. Bitcoin currently sits near $91.5k. A sustained break above that $94,000 level with volume would be a stronger confirmation for bulls.
On the flip side, a failure to move higher could see the range widen to the downside, especially if funding costs rise or if liquidations pick up. Fractal Targets And Caution Some analysts are using past patterns to project targets.
Based on reports, one scenario maps a repeat of the spring-and-rally sequence, aiming at $135k or more if history repeats closely enough. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Next Peak Might Ignite ADA’s Rally, Says Cardano Creator That view depends on similar market conditions lining up, which is not certain.
Whales are not a single, unified actor; different groups can close positions for different reasons, and some trades are used as hedges rather than bets on price direction. Volume, funding rates, and net positioning on major derivatives platforms will matter.
A clean breakout above $94,000 with rising spot demand would support the bullish case. Conversely, rising selling pressure at that level could keep Bitcoin confined to the $88,000–$92,000 band until a new catalyst appears.
The current action looks like a setup in progress — one that could lead to sharp moves once traders decide on direction. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
In a recent interview with CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum’s midterm roadmap, pointing to “many amazing breakthroughs” in the past one to two years.
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Crypto-related questions about pension payments are reaching Russia’s Social Fund hotline, suggesting digital assets are entering mainstream financial concerns.
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