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XRP has once again traded directly into a price zone that a few traders have come to recognize as a liquidity pocket. This area has acted as a magnet for price since December 2024, causing repeated tests and reactions that stand out clearly on the price chart. In a recent technical breakdown shared on X, crypto analyst ChartNerd highlighted how XRP has repeatedly made contact with this liquidity pocket over the past year and the cryptocurrency might be approaching a relief bounce.

Liquidity Pocket: Support Or Springboard?

Technical analysis of XRP’s price action shows that the cryptocurrency is now trading within a liquidity zone that has acted as a support range since December 2024. This liquidity zone, which spans the range from $1.90 to $1.75, has acted as a price magnet for many months. Even after reaching its all-time high of $3.65 in July 2025, XRP entered into a multi-month correction that eventually found support at this liquidity zone.

According to the analysis, nearly every prior visit to this zone was followed by some form of relief, especially when momentum indicators aligned. The last time XRP returned to this level, it slowed down its decline and eventually bounced back above $2.4 in early January.

However, the most recent push downwards played out as a 20% decline after a rejection at the $2.40 zone in early January, which has essentially pushed the XRP price action back to trading within this liquidity range and has started to show tentative stabilization. 

To bring further confirmation to the setup, the analyst included the daily Stochastic RSI below the price chart. This momentum indicator, which measures relative strength and conditions of overbought or oversold pressure, is currently sitting in deeply oversold territory according to the chart. These oversold conditions in the Stoch RSI aligned with rebounds off this same liquidity pocket.

XRP Price Chart. Source: @ChartNerdTA On X

What Happens Next?

If history repeats itself, the repeated tests of this liquidity pocket and accompanying oversold signals might be clearing the road for a bounce. If XRP was underneath this pocket and rejecting at this level, that would be bearish. Holding it as support for a long duration points to a strong support strength in this area.

That said, there is another possibility that the reverse could happen. Should XRP break decisively below this zone with strong selling pressure, the technical setup would shift from supportive to bearish and leave the price action trending downwards.

Trading activity hints that recent buyers may be in a tough spot, because the mix of holders now resembles the early 2022 structure when price pressure was high. That means many participants may be below their breakeven cost basis, and this can build selling pressure over time if prices fail to move higher.

Ежедневное число операций с криптовалютными платежными картами достигло почти 60 000 к середине января. Это в 22 раза больше показателей декабря 2024 года, показали данные сервиса Paymentscan.

Американская криптокомпания Galaxy миллиардера Майка Новограца (Mike Novogratz) планирует до конца марта запустить хедж‑фонд объемом $100 млн.

Strategy continues to dominate as the largest Bitcoin treasury company. This time, the company has expanded its holdings, crossing 700,0000 BTC in the process, and currently holds over 3% of the total Bitcoin supply. 

Strategy Now Holds 3.4% Of Bitcoin Supply As Holdings Top 700,000 BTC

Michael Saylor’s Strategy now holds approximately 3.4% of the total Bitcoin supply as the company increased its holdings to over 700,000. In a press release, the company revealed that it acquired 22,305 BTC for $2.13 billion at an average price of $95,284 per Bitcoin last week. It now holds 709,715 BTC, which it acquired for $53.92 billion at an average price of $75,979. 

This purchase was Strategy’s largest weekly announcement since November 2024 and its fifth-largest announcement ever. It also came just a week after the company announced it had acquired 13,627 BTC for $1.25 billion. Meanwhile, this latest purchase has come amid a decline in BTC’s price.  

Bitcoin dropped below $90,000 yesterday for the first time since the start of the year, dragging the Strategy stock with it. MSTR dropped as much as 8% yesterday, falling to around $160. The stock is still up over 3% year-to-date (YTD). However, it is worth noting that Saylor and his company continue to dilute MSTR shares to buy more Bitcoin. The company sold 10.4 million MSTR shares last week to fund most of this latest purchase. 

Reactions To The Latest BTC Purchase

Market analyst Rob noted that Strategy no longer highlights BTC yield as a flagship metric. He further stated that even after buying over 35,000 BTC in the first few weeks of this year, the BTC yield achieved is 0.4%, which amounts to an annualized rate of about 6% to 10%. The analyst also remarked that the law of diminishing Bitcoin yield means the ability to deliver a yield decreases as the BTC stack grows. 

With Strategy now holding over 700,000 BTC, Rob explained that it is harder to generate a return. According to him, this means that going forward, the play is more about squeezing the Bitcoin price itself higher rather than increasing the BTC per share. He added that this also explains why MSTR’s mNAV has collapsed to just over 1x. 

Crypto commentator Ran Neuner warned that a company like Strategy buying and holding such a large concentration of a reserve asset is not healthy. He added that right now, Saylor and his company are the only ones really buying Bitcoin. Meanwhile, market expert Bit Paine said it is a market failure that Saylor is allowed to buy this much BTC at prices below $100,000. 

At the time of writing, the BTC price is trading at around $90,000, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Инвестиционная компания Grayscale подала в Комиссию по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC) заявку на запуск привязанного к криптовалюте NEAR биржевого фонда (ETF). В случае одобрения фонд будет торговаться под тикером GNSR на фондовой бирже NYSE Arca.

Ripple President Monica Long says 2026 will be the year institutional crypto usage shifts decisively from pilots to production, as regulated infrastructure and clearer rules pull banks, corporates, and market intermediaries deeper onchain. In a January 20 blog post, Long frames the next leg of adoption around four forces: stablecoins, tokenized assets, custody consolidation, and automation powered by AI.

#1 Stablecoins (Ripple USD) As The Settlement Layer

Long’s central prediction is that stablecoins will stop being treated as an “alternative rail” and become foundational to global settlement. “Within the next five years, stablecoins will become fully integrated into global payment systems—not as an alternative rail, but as the foundational one,” she wrote. “We’re seeing this shift not in theory, but in practice, as heavyweights like Visa and Stripe hard-wire these rails into incumbent flows.”

She ties that trajectory to US policy momentum, arguing the GENIUS Act “inaugurated the digital dollar era,” and positioning “highly compliant, US issued stablecoins, including Ripple USD (RLUSD)” as a standard for programmable, 24/7 payments and collateral use in markets. Long also points to “conditional approval from the OCC to charter the Ripple National Trust Bank” as part of Ripple’s compliance strategy.

The near-term demand driver, in her telling, is B2B, not retail. Long cites research claiming B2B payments became the largest real-world stablecoin use case last year, reaching an annualized $76 billion run-rate—up sharply from early 2023 levels. She argues stablecoins can unlock liquidity and reduce working-capital drag, citing “over $700 billion” of idle cash on S&P 1500 balance sheets and “more than €1.3 trillion across Europe.”

#2 Institutional Exposure And Tokenization

Long argues crypto is increasingly used as financial infrastructure rather than just a speculative asset. “Crypto has evolved from a speculative asset into the operating layer of modern finance,” she wrote. “By the end of 2026, balance sheets will hold over $1 trillion in digital assets, and roughly half of Fortune 500 companies will have formalized digital asset strategies.”

She points to a 2025 Coinbase survey she says found 60% of Fortune 500 companies are working on blockchain initiatives, and notes “more than 200 public companies” holding bitcoin in treasury. She also highlights the rise of “digital asset treasury” firms, claiming they grew from four in 2020 to more than 200 today, with nearly 100 formed in 2025 alone.

On market structure, Long forecasts “collateral mobility” as a key institutional use case, with custodians and clearing houses using tokenization to modernize settlement. Her stated expectation is that “5–10% of capital markets settlement” moves onchain in 2026, supported by regulatory momentum and stablecoin adoption by systemically important institutions.

#3 Custody Consolidation Accelerates

Long frames digital asset custody as the institutional on-ramp and predicts consolidation as custody offerings commoditize. “M&A activity in this space is a signal of maturity, not just momentum,” she wrote, citing $8.6 billion in crypto M&A in 2025. She argues regulation will push banks toward multi-custodian setups and predicts “more than half of the world’s top 50 banks” will add at least one new custody relationship in 2026.

She also points to convergence between crypto and traditional finance through deals such as Kraken’s purchase of NinjaTrader and Ripple’s acquisitions of GTreasury and Hidden Road, positioning them as steps toward safer, more integrated institutional workflows.

#4 Blockchain And AI Converge

Long’s final theme is automation: smart contracts paired with AI models running treasury and asset-management processes continuously. “Stablecoins and smart contracts will enable treasuries to manage liquidity, execute margin calls and optimize yield across onchain repo agreements, all in real-time without manual intervention,” she wrote.

She argues privacy tech is critical for regulated deployment, pointing to zero-knowledge proofs as a way for AI to assess risk or creditworthiness without exposing sensitive data.

Long’s overarching claim is that 2026 marks a transition from experimentation to infrastructure: stablecoins as settlement and collateral, tokenization in core market plumbing, custody as a trust anchor, and AI-driven automation as the efficiency layer.

At press time, XRP traded at $1.905.

Биткоин-рынок перешел под контроль новых крупных инвесторов, владевших более 1000 монет каждый на протяжении последних нескольких месяцев. Эти «новые киты» сильнее всего реагируют на колебания курса первой криптовалюты, заявили эксперты платформы CryptoQuant.

Активность сжигания токенов Shiba Inu за последние сутки резко снизилась на 88% — за две транзакции из обращения было изъято 3,24 млн SHIB, говорят данные Shibburn.

Гонконг планирует до конца марта начать выдачу лицензий на эмиссию стейблкоинов. Об этом рассказал финансовый секретарь этого особого региона Китая Пол Чан (Paul Chan) на Всемирном экономическом форуме в Давосе.

Российским электросетевым компаниям необходимо открыть постоянный доступ к госреестру майнеров, считают в комитете Госдумы по энергетике. Доступ позволит быстрее выявлять незаконные случаи добычи криптовалют, заявил глава комитета Николай Шульгинов.

Министерство финансов Вьетнама сообщило о начале приема заявок от компаний, желающих оказывать услуги торговли криптоактивами, и уточнило требования, которые должны соблюсти криптосервисы для легальной работы в стране.

After experiencing a slight upward push a few days ago, the price of XRP has pulled back as volatility slowly takes over the broader cryptocurrency market. However, on-chain data reveals an interesting story about investors, who appear to have entered an accumulation phase, scooping up the altcoin at a rapid rate that rivals past cycles.

A Cycle Déjà Vu For XRP

Buying activity is starting to heat up for XRP, but investors and traders seem to be entering a familiar phase. While these investors continue to accumulate the leading altcoin, their buying patterns on the network closely resemble those seen in the past. 

Glassnode, a popular on-chain data analytics platform, disclosed this pattern after examining the XRP Realized Price by Age (7-day Moving Average) metric. Specifically, the XRP Realized Price by Age is a key metric that determines the average price at which various cohorts of holders, divided by the length of time they have owned their tokens and last moved them.

As the price of XRP fluctuates, the chart shows that short-term holders are steadily building positions. This type of silent accumulation has been seen in the past when conviction-driven capital absorbs supplies before wider market notice, making it a critical period for the altcoin.

According to the data analytics platform, the current market structure for XRP is showing a striking resemblance to that of February 2022. A clear look into the chart reveals that active investors over the weekly to monthly timeframe window are now accumulating strongly, suggesting that bullish sentiment is returning toward the token.

One interesting thing about this accumulation is that it is happening below the cost basis of wallet addresses holding the altcoin between 6 months and 12 months. In the meantime, top purchasers continue to face increased psychological strain as long as this structure remains in place.

Why You Should Be A Patient Holder Of The Asset

Should this accumulation persist, the action is likely to lay the groundwork for another push higher. However, some investors remain skeptical about another upward move, especially to a new all-time high.

Crypto expert Bird has outlined the potential for XRP to experience a rally to a new all-time high, attributing it to the token’s design and growing role in the financial sector. The analyst stated that XRP is emerging as the foundation of the new financial system, not just another speculative asset.

Currently, the token has become a means for liquidity, payments, tokenization, and real-world use. “You don’t accidentally end up with something like this. Ripple has created something special and world-changing,” the expert added.

Bird stated that these kinds of assets only occur once in a lifetime, while encouraging investors to seek more insights about the token. This is because most people only become aware of them after the shift has already taken place.

Специалисты платформы Derive заявили, что к концу июня курс биткоина может рухнуть до $80 000 и вероятность такого сценария составляет примерно 30%.

House of Doge, the Dogecoin Foundation’s official corporate arm, says it is building a new mobile app called “Such” that aims to make it easier for users to hold and spend DOGE while giving small merchants and independent sellers tools to accept it in day-to-day commerce.

In a post on X and a January 20 press release, House of Doge said Such is expected to launch in the first half of 2026 and will pair a self-custodial wallet with transaction tracking and a commerce feature branded “Hustles,” positioned as a simple on-ramp for people looking to sell products and services for DOGE.

Dogecoin Foundation Arm, Brag House Tease ‘Such’

House of Doge framed Such as its “first product,” with additional launches planned in the first half of 2026. The company described the app as an attempt to reduce friction on both sides of a DOGE transaction: helping holders spend more easily and helping sellers add Dogecoin payments in a way that fits routine retail activity.

Timothy Stebbing, CTO of House of Doge and a Dogecoin Foundation director, tied the product thesis directly to the DOGE community’s informal commerce culture. “I’ve seen so many people in the Dogecoin Community try to start something themselves. Be it an artist selling prints or a person offering lawn care services, everyone has a side hustle these days,” Stebbing said. “We want to enable anyone to start their hustle with Dogecoin through the Such app. We’re planning to enable anyone to start selling their hustle in as few clicks as possible.”

The DOGE Foundation account echoed that positioning on X, describing Such as “coming in the first half of 2026” and highlighting a launch scope centered on self-custodial wallets, real-time transaction tracking, and merchant tools for selling goods and services.

The dev team at @DogecoinFdn and @Houseofdoge is proud to announce the Such app, coming in the first half of 2026. The Such app brings new ways to interact with and bring further utility to Dogecoin.

At launch Such will have: – Self-custodial Dogecoin wallets – Real-time…

— Dogecoin Foundation (@DogecoinFdn) January 20, 2026

According to the press release, Such is being developed by a team of twenty headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, led by Stebbing. House of Doge said development began in March 2025, using open-source technology developed by the Foundation, with an initial launch targeted for the first half of 2026.

House of Doge CEO Marco Margiotta argued the app is intended to be more than another on-ramp-plus-wallet bundle. “We’re planning to offer more by going beyond another wallet app that lets you buy Dogecoin. We have unique features we’re expecting to release, all with the quality and ease of use through the wealth of experience our development team brings,” Margiotta said. “We want to see Dogecoin become a widely used global decentralized currency. By building our own solution, we’re able to bring people on that journey together with our many strategic partnerships.”

The Such app account on X introduced a character named “Kubo” as a guide and leaned into the same pitch, saying Such is “more than just a wallet” and is designed to let users “start a side-hustle and sell your products and services for Dogecoin” by the time it launches.

The announcement also ties Such to Brag House Holdings Inc., described as House of Doge’s merger partner and identified in the release as Nasdaq-listed under ticker TBH. Brag House CEO Lavell Juan Malloy II positioned the app as a bridge from community engagement to monetization. “The Such app represents the next frontier for how communities connect, create, and transact in a digital-first economy,” he said. “This gives users the freedom to build, earn, and engage using Dogecoin, not as a concept, but as a real, usable currency. This is more than just innovation; it’s about democratizing access to opportunity for everyone through digital technology.”

At press time, DOGE traded at $0.12522.

Сооснователь Fundstrat Global Advisors и председатель компании BitMine Immersion Technologies Том Ли (Tom Lee) заявил, что в первой половине года возможна коррекция крипторынка на 15-20%, а его восстановление начнется в четвертом квартале.

Директор департамента национальной платежной системы Банка России Алла Бакина заявила, что благодаря цифровому рублю население перестанет зависеть от ограничений и тарифной политики банковских структур.

Гендиректор американской криптобиржи Coinbase Брайан Армстронг (Brian Armstrong) назвал причины, по которым курс биткоина может достичь $1 млн за монету в ближайшие пять лет.

Президент компании Ripple Моника Лонг (Monica Long) заявила, что этот год станет переломным для индустрии — криптовалюты окончательно встроятся в глобальную финансовую систему и перестанут восприниматься в качестве альтернативы традиционным финансам.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has unveiled a new $2.13 billion BTC acquisition, its largest spend since July 2025’s $2.46 billion purchase.

Strategy Has Expanded Its Bitcoin Reserves By 22,305 BTC

As announced by Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor in an X post, the company has completed another Bitcoin acquisition, this one involving 22,305 BTC.

According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the purchase occurred in the period between January 12th and 19th, and cost Strategy $95,284 per token or $2.13 billion in total. The firm sold shares of its STRK, STRC, and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings to fund the buy.

Usually, Strategy reveals new acquisitions on Mondays, but this time the announcement has come on a Tuesday. The routine Sunday Saylor post foreshadowing the buy, however, did come on time.

This time, the Strategy chairman made the post with the caption “₿igger Orange.” Many in the community speculated that the caption was a hint at the next purchase from the company being bigger than the last, which already involved a significant sum of 13,627 BTC.

And indeed, not only has the buy been larger, it has in fact been the largest Bitcoin acquisition made by the firm since November 2024 in terms of the number of tokens involved. The larger purchase in that month expanded Strategy’s treasury by a whopping 55,500 BTC.

When considering the USD value, though, the latest acquisition falls short of a purchase from late July 2025, costing the company about $2.46 billion. BTC was trading at a higher value back then, so the larger USD sum got the company a lower amount of coins (21,021 BTC).

Following the latest purchase, Saylor’s firm has crossed the 700,000 BTC milestone, as its holdings have now risen to 709,715 BTC. Strategy spent a total of $53.92 billion on this stack and its current value stands at $63.55 billion, putting it in a profit of nearly 18%.

As Strategy continues to accumulate, it’s solidifying its already dominant position as by far the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, as rankings from BitcoinTreasuries.net indicate.

Strategy’s closest digital asset treasury competitor isn’t a Bitcoin company, but rather an Ethereum one: Bitmine. Originally a mining-focused firm, Bitmine adopted an ETH treasury strategy in mid-2025 and has quickly established itself in the space, becoming the number one corporate holder of Ethereum and number two in overall rankings behind Strategy.

According to a Tuesday press release, Bitmine has also added to its reserves over the past week, purchasing 35,268 ETH. This has taken the company’s total holdings to 4,203,036 ETH, equivalent to nearly 3.5% of the cryptocurrency’s entire circulating supply.

BTC Price

Bitcoin has been showing bearish momentum recently as its price has declined to the $89,300 level.

Министр финансов США Скотт Бессент (Scott Bessent) заявил на пресс-конференции в Давосе, что американские власти не станут продавать конфискованные в ходе уголовных дел биткоины, которые были внесены в стратегический резерв страны.