The euro-denominated stablecoin market is experiencing rapid growth against the trend, with its total market capitalization recently surpassing $400 million, representing a growth rate of over 170% since the beginning of the year. This growth is primarily driven by regulatory impetus from the EU's Crypto Asset Markets Act (MiCA) and the demand for market diversification.

Frontier investors doled out another $313 million for 16 crypto startups this week, bringing total investment into industry players to $25.4 billion this year, DefiLlama data shows.That’s over 160% more than what was raised in 2024 and far above analysts’ expectations for 2025.

Two House members seeks to overhaul key aspects of crypto taxation by introducing a safe harbor for small stablecoin transactions and offering a compromise approach to taxing rewards from blockchain validation activities.The framework, developed by Representatives Max Miller and Steven Horsford, proposes exempting regulated, dollar-pegged stablecoin transactions below $200 from capital gains taxes, while leaving other crypto trades subject to existing rules.

After a new governance alignment proposal was moved to a Snapshot vote, the Aave DAO is once again experiencing tension. The shift provoked resistance from major players in the ecosystem and coincided with a drastic drop in the price of its native token.The price of AAVE dropped due to a rushed governance vote which is currently dividing the DAO.

Bitget has doubled its Bitcoin reserves over the past year, now holding 34,055 BTC worth around $3 billion as of December 2025. The 114% year-over-year increase underscores the exchange’s push to fortify its balance sheet amid rising institutional interest.From 28,022 BTC in August, Bitget grew its holdings to 30,300 BTC by October, and added another 4,000 BTC by December, marking a steep rise in accumulation momentum.

Reports have disclosed that longer windows look better for bulls. When hashrate contracted and stayed low, the odds of a recovery improved over wider horizons. Negative 90-day hashrate growth was followed by positive 180-day Bitcoin returns 77% of the time, with an average gain of 72%.

Steph noted that the last time this signal appeared, the XRP price entered a long accumulation phase before the next major move higher. As such, the analyst claimed that this again suggests that the downside risk is structurally limited and that long-term holders are absorbing supply rather than distributing. He further remarked that these signals tend to mark cycle lows rather than short-term trades.

Popular crypto analyst PlanD has drawn attention to a key development on the Bitcoin price chart, and identifies a pivotal development around $90,650 price level. Notably, the premier cryptocurrency has struggled to break past the $90,000 price region since crashing below the price zone in mid-December.

The relevant indicator here is the Open Interest, which tracks the total value of all outstanding XRP derivatives contracts (on Binance) that have yet to be closed, settled, or liquidated at a given time.

Axel Adler also shared a forward-looking forecast chart tracking the convergence between the 30-day and 90-day moving averages of Bitcoin’s Supply in Profit metric, offering a potential roadmap for the next structural shift. The model extrapolates current rates of change to estimate when a bullish configuration—defined by SMA 30 crossing above SMA 90—could emerge.

The Dogecoin price rallied alongside other meme coins, with PEPE leading the way with a daily gain of as much as 35%. With DOGE now back above $0.13, a new all-time high could be on the cards, as BALO predicted. His accompanying chart showed that the meme coin could reach a yearly high of around $0.44 this year, then rally to a new ATH of $0.74 in 2027.

XRP price started a decent upward move above $2.00 and $2.020, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price gained pace for a clear move above the $2.10 resistance.The bulls even pumped the price above the $2.150 zone. A high was formed at $2.165 and the price started a consolidation phase above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $1.983 swing low to the $2.165 high.

Apart from whale accumulation, Bitcoin supply on exchanges has fallen to around 13.7%, one of the lowest levels since 2018. On Binance, exchange balances are even tighter, close to 3.2%.

In the last seven days alone, 21,400 BTC left exchanges. Over the past few months, more than 200,000 BTC, valued at nearly $18 billion, has moved off exchanges into long-term storage.

The initial January trend for the crypto market seemed to have run out of steam as the Bitcoin price slid below the level of $90,000. The U.S. spot BTC ETFs also recorded the largest outflow this year.U.S. spot BTC ETFs also recorded over $486 million in net outflows.

The Bitcoin price still has a chance to escape the snares of its historical woes. For this to happen, the world’s leading cryptocurrency would have to reclaim the 50-week moving average and hold above it for prolonged periods. The price of Bitcoin stands at around $90,352, reflecting no movement in the past day.

Solana recovered back to $144 on Sunday, but the coin has retraced to open the week as its price is back at $139.

Part 1 is marked from a March 2020 low of $0.114, with higher lows forming until late 2024. Part 2, according to the charts, began in November 2024 when the token jumped from around $0.5 and peaked near $3.4 in January 2025.

According to the analyst, this same area previously preceded powerful upside moves in the XRP/gold ratio. Each prior visit to this zone was followed by a sharp reversal higher, as highlighted by the circled lows and steep advances that followed. The chart shows rallies of more than 800% in 2020, over 120% in 2022, and about 530% in 2024.

Bitcoin has gone down since its high above $97,000 earlier in the week as its price is now trading around $94,600.

Bitcoin is now trading below $78,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. If the price remains stable above $75,000, it could attempt a fresh increase. Immediate resistance is near the $78,500 level. The first key resistance is near the $79,200 level or the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $90,440 swing high to the $75,665 low.