XRP Price Jumps 13% Leading Crypto Market Rally, Charts Turn Bullish

Key Notes XRP price has reclaimed key moving averages, including the 200-day EMA, and is eyeing the next potential move to $2.70. Analysts point to bullish structures on the XRP/BTC pair, including a potential flag breakout. US spot XRP ETFs continued to attract strong inflows through December and early January, with net AUM now hitting $1.65 billion. XRP XRP $2.36 24h volatility: 10.7% Market cap: $143.61 B Vol. 24h: $8.31 B is stealing the limelight with a 13% upside in the last 24 hours and moving to $2.4 levels. Technical…

XRP Price Rips Higher by 15%, Shifting Short-Term Market Structure

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VIRTUAL Rallies 28% as AI Token Sector Leads Crypto Market Recovery

Key Notes VIRTUAL posted weekly gains of 64.56% as traders rotated capital into Base blockchain and AI agent tokens. – Trading volume jumped 172.62% to $427.59 million while the broader ecosystem tokens also rallied alongside the platform’s native asset. – Market liquidations reached $522.26 million with short positions accounting for $438.07 million as sentiment remained in fear territory at 26. VIRTUAL VIRTUAL $1.10 24h volatility: 22.8% Market cap: $722.98 M Vol. 24h: $432.28 M , the native token of AI platform Virtuals Protocol, posted a 27.84% gain over the past…

RENDER Price Surges 74% in 7 Days as AI Token Gains Traders Attention

Key Notes RENDER rallied from $1.28 to $2.23 despite trading well below its March 2024 peak of $13.53, currently ranked 96th by market cap. Trading volume jumped 29.5% to $260.42 million while broader crypto markets showed fear sentiment with liquidations reaching $298.5 million in 24 hours. Analysts highlighted RENDER’s outperformance against AI sector peers, with commercial adoption including GPU rendering for major entertainment productions. RENDER RENDER $2.24 24h volatility: 15.4% Market cap: $1.16 B Vol. 24h: $251.02 M posted a 74% gain over seven days, rising from $1.28 to $2.23…

Infinex Announces Token Sales Changes in TGE Failure; Insider Trading Concerns

Key Notes Infinex removed the $2,500 allocation cap and switched to a bottom-up distribution model after raising just 14% of its $5M goal. Suspicious Polymarket betting activity emerged hours before the announcement, with new accounts placing large bets suggesting potential insider trading. The crypto wallet app supports over 20 blockchains and combines trading, staking, and NFT features in a single interface. Infinex, a crypto wallet super app, started its long-awaited token sales on January 3, with a worse-than-expected first 24 hours. The team now announced some changes to the token…

Ethereum Price Prediction: Vitalik Warns ETH Isn’t Ready Yet – Here’s What Needs to Happen Before the Next Big Rally

In a New Year’s message, Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum made significant progress in 2025 by becoming faster, more stable, and easier to run without compromising decentralization. Scaling tools improved, bottlenecks eased, and infrastructure matured. However, Buterin warned that Ethereum is still far from its end goal. He pushed back against chasing short-term narratives, such as tokenized dollars, political meme coins, or artificially generated activity designed to boost usage metrics. His focus remains on Ethereum functioning as a neutral, durable “world computer” that works without centralized control. Vitalik made it…

Polymarket Partners With Parcl

Key Notes Polymarket and Parcl have ventured into housing markets. Traders can track home price direction without owning property using index data. Initial markets will focus on major US cities, but with planned expansion. Real estate prediction markets are moving into housing as Polymarket and Parcl agree to launch new markets tied to daily home price data. The partnership gives traders a clear way to follow price direction across major United States cities without owning property. Real Estate Prediction Markets Emergence Polymarket and Parcl have confirmed a new partnership aimed…

Crypto Wallet Ledger Responds to Major Security Breach

Key Notes The hacker managed to access users’ contact details without authorization after breaching payment processor Global-e. Crypto wallet Ledger stated that private keys, wallet funds, and payment information were not compromised. It noted that the breach occurred within Global-e’s systems and not Ledger’s core hardware or software. Ledger, the popular hardware crypto wallet provider, suffered a major security breach on Jan. 5. The incident involved its third-party crypto payment service provider Global-e. This is yet another major security incident in the first five days of 2026, after nearly $107,000…

Japan’s Finance Minister Backs Crypto Trading on Exchanges

Key Notes Japan is positioning exchanges and banks as the main gateway for public crypto access. The government plans to cut crypto taxes to a flat 20%, matching stocks and funds. Crypto oversight is moving under securities law, bringing stricter disclosure rules and enforcement. Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said the government supports crypto trading through regulated stock and commodity exchanges. During the New Year opening ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Katayama called 2026 Japan’s “digital year” and added that the goal is to move crypto into existing market…

Ethereum L2 Starknet Faces Downtime, Here Is What We Know

Key Notes Starknet stopped block production and froze transactions for several hours. The issue is linked to a mismatch between block execution and the proving system. No recovery time has been shared, and the issue remains under investigation. Starknet STRK $0.0885 24h volatility: 0.4% Market cap: $446.17 M Vol. 24h: $63.96 M , a scaling network built on Ethereum ETH $3 155 24h volatility: 0.6% Market cap: $380.76 B Vol. 24h: $18.72 B , has been down for several hours with no clear recovery time. The issue began with delayed…