Crypto for Monday, January 5, 2026

• Memecoins are back, but one specific wallet metric suggests the $50 billion rally is a dangerous trap
• Best New Meme Coin to Buy Under $0.01 – January 5
• Dogecoin Price Prediction: DOGE Enters Its Most Important Buy Zone – Is This the Start of a 2026 Breakout?
• XRP Price Prediction: Years of Waiting Might Finally Pay Off – Is This the Breakout Everyone’s Been Hoping For?
• Solana Price Prediction: Upcoming Alpenglow Upgrade to Make Solana 100x Faster – Can SOL Price Reach $10,000?
• Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Solved the Blockchain Trilemma
• Coinbase Slams ‘Political’ Banking Rule Used to Pressure Crypto Firms
• Best Crypto to Buy Now 5 January – XRP, PEPE, BONK
• Leading AI Claude Predicts the Price of XRP, Shiba Inu and Solana By the End of 2026
• Elon Musk's xAI Refuses to Rein In Grok as Non-Consensual Deepfakes Run Wild
• Cardano Price Prediction: First Golden Cross of 2026 Appears – Is Smart Money Already Buying the Move?
• Polymarket Rolls Out Real Estate Bets – Crypto Traders Can Now Speculate on Housing Prices
• Goldman Sachs Upgrades Coinbase, Downgrades eToro—Here's Why
• Rapper Drake Faces RICO Lawsuit for Promoting and Using Crypto Casino Stake
• NFT Paris cancels conferences: ‘The market collapse hit us hard‘
• Crypto Stocks Jump as Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Hit Multi-Week Highs
• When Bitcoin Runs, These “AI” Stocks Often Run Too: The Hybrid Crypto-to-AI Trade
• XRP and Solana dethrone Bitcoin and Ethereum as institutional favorites in 2025
• ‘China’s Ethereum’s’ civil war, Japan to embrace Bitcoin ETFs: Asia Express
• Prediction markets move into real estate with Polymarket–Parcl deal
• Polymarket Trader's $400K Bet on Maduro's Ousting Sparks Insider Trading Controversy
• Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Isn’t the Climate Villain Many Think: ESG Expert Says
• Novo Nordisk Launches $149 Wegovy Pill, Expanding Access to GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs
• XRP's 9% surge leads crypto as bitcoin climbs to 6-week high near $95,000
• Bitfinex Hacker Behind $11 Billion Bitcoin Heist Credits Trump for Early Prison Release
• A few Republicans have crypto's destiny in their hands at the SEC, CFTC
• Crypto companies contribute $21M to Trump PAC ahead of US midterms
• Crypto Funds Pull In $47.2B in 2025, But Bitcoin Loses Ground
• Another shady Polymarket account turned $30k into $400k moments before the US captured Maduro
• Bitcoin Close to Breaking Out of Death Cross: Here’s What That Means
• Shiba Inu (SHIB) Surges 15% Weekly: What Are the Next Targets?
• Ethereum Layer-2 Network Starknet Back Online Following Outage
• XRP Price Prediction: XRP Breaks 3-Month Downtrend – $5 in 2026?
• Shiba Inu Price Prediction: 9 Green Candles and a Golden Cross – SHIB is About to Explode
• Price predictions 1/5: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH
• Memecoins Are Rising From the Dead After Hitting Historic Lows, Says CryptoQuant
• Crypto ‘Wrench Attacks’ Are Rising, And Getting More Violent
• Strategy Pads Cash Reserve, Drops Another $116 Million on Bitcoin
• Famed Coinbase backer Fred Wilson predicts 2026 UX pivot for crypto
• Grayscale declares first Ethereum staking payout for US-listed ETF
• Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Confirms Data Breach on Global-e Platform
• Crypto Rallies on January Capital Deployment as Focus Shifts to U.S. Jobs Data: Laser Digital
• Starknet Mainnet Halted Again: Fresh Outage Freezes Ethereum L2 for Over 2 Hours
• Filecoin surges 6%, outperforms wider crypto markets
• Tom Lee calls for new bitcoin record in January, while warning of a volatile 2026
• China’s financial associations reclassify RWAs as ‘risky‘: Report
• Venezuela’s secret $60 billion Bitcoin empire from illicit gold and USDT swap rumors ignite after US “intervention”
• Ethereum's Blockchain Trilemma 'Solved': Vitalik Buterin
• BNB token ticks higher as technical upgrades frame tight price compression
• Crypto is Green! Up 6-9%! Memes outperform! Pepe up 67%! Infinex Founder Interview!
• Is Ethereum (ETH) About to Outperform Bitcoin (BTC) This Cycle?
• Goldman Sachs sees regulation driving next wave of institutional crypto adoption
• Robinhood leaning into advanced traders as crypto volatility reshapes user behavior
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Dev Activity Spikes for the First Time in Years – Big Blockchain Upgrade Coming?
• Bitcoin rally masks fragile liquidity as spot volumes hit year-long lows
• Bitcoin price hits $94K as crypto volume dives to lowest since late 2023
• Bitcoin eyes $94,000 as crypto prices manage early U.S. gains for second straight session
• Tom Lee Predicts $250K Ethereum Price as BitMine Adds to $13 Billion Stash
• Japan’s finance minister says she supports crypto trading at stock exchanges
• Bitcoin (BTC) Rally Isn’t Over Yet, But Downside Isn’t Done
• Bitcoin enters 'strength' phase, but $100K debate heats up between traders
• CME Group Posts Record Trading Volumes in 2025 as Crypto and Rates Drive Activity
• Crypto traders can now speculate on housing prices through Polymarket
• Starknet back online after four-hour outage, warns some transactions may be affected
• QCP: Options Markets Signal Bullish Shift After Crypto Breakout
• Altcoin Season Index Signals SOL and XRP Ready to Outpace Bitcoin
• Bitcoin miners continue to face dwindling profits despite lower competition, JPMorgan says
• Bitmine Immersion adds 33,000 ETH, bringing total crypto and cash holdings above $14 billion
• Ledger Hit by Another Data Breach — Customer Names and Contact Details Exposed
• CME Group’s average crypto derivatives volume hit record $12 billion in 2025
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Cronos (CRO) Rises 9% as Index Gains Over Weekend
• We Asked 4 AIs if Pi Network (PI) Will Hit $1 in Q1: The Answers Are Surprising
• Taisu Ventures and Keio FinTEK Center Launch Keio ChainHack 2026 Focused on Web3 Innovation
• TermMax Advances Institutional DeFi Use with Tokenized Stock Financing Integration
• Bitcoin's $92K Breakout Spurs Whale Activity, But Analysts Temper 2026 Expectations
• Strategy kickstarts 2026 with $116M Bitcoin buy as Q4 paper loss hits $17B
• Goldman Sachs upgrades Coinbase to buy, cuts eToro to neutral
• Bitcoin crash imminent? Price spike makes two new CME gaps and closing one carries a punishing cost
• Morning Minute: Bitcoin Grinds Up Amidst Venezuela Conflict
• Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Bullish Reversal Hinges on Reclaiming This One Key Level
• Crypto Wallets Can ‘Directly Compete With Neobanks'
• Saylor’s Strategy Announces New Bitcoin Acquisition and Increases USD Reserves
• Ethereum can move beyond Bitcoin-style limits as new scaling tools mature: Vitalik Buterin
• Ledger says Global-e incident did not compromise crypto wallets
• Memecoin comeback talk builds as DOGE, SHIB, BONK rally in early 2026
• How ZachXBT exposed a Coinbase impersonation scam using onchain clues
• Three bullish XRP charts to watch as price gains over 18% in 2026
• Ripple’s XRP Faces Key Test at $2.5: Will History Repeat?
• Strategy boosted bitcoin holdings and cash reserve last week
• Privacy Coins Slip Amid Broader Crypto Market Recovery
• Starknet mainnet hit by fresh downtime as team probes cause
• Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces customer data breach through payment processor Global-e
• Vitalik Buterin declares Ethereum solved crypto Trilemma, yet his 2030 roadmap exposes a massive ideological risk
• Coinbase drops peso-based services in Argentina less than a year after market entry
• U.S. jobs report, Ethereum upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead
• U.S. could gain massive bitcoin stash if Venezuela's $60 billion reserve rumors are true
• Japan’s finance minister backs exchanges as gateway for digital assets
• Fake MetaMask 2FA security checks lure users into sharing recovery phrases
• Digital Asset Funds Draw in $47.2B Over 2025, as Altcoins Surge Past Bitcoin
• Crypto Markets Add $200 Billion Since New Year’s Eve as BTC Taps $93K: Market Watch
• Bank of America lets wealth advisers recommend Bitcoin ETFs
• Bitcoin’s (BTC) Time? Gold Cooldown Signals Crypto Window
• Crypto funds pulled $47B inflows in 2025, shy of 2024 record as altcoins led
• Oil prices just did the unthinkable after the Venezuela raid, and it hands Bitcoin a rare advantage
• Can BTC avoid bull trap at $93K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
• Could More Geopolitical Tension Drive BTC Back to Six Figures? 
• TRUMP, ONDO, BGB, HYPE lead $5.5B in token unlocks in January
• XRP Analyst Sees 60% Chance for Major Rally as Ripple Price Reclaims $2
• 4 Things That Could Impact Crypto Markets This Week
• Nine myths about Bitcoin energy use challenged by data, ESG expert says
• PwC expanded crypto business after US regulatory shift, CEO says
• Visa crypto card spending soars 525% in 2025
• BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Sees Biggest Inflow in Three Months as Crypto Prices Rise
• Whales move crypto to Binance, but buyers are missing: Analyst
• Trump floats Colombia action as Bitcoin climbs toward $93K
• Meme Coins Swell as Sector Outstrips Broader Crypto Market
• Ethereum powers $8T in stablecoin transfers in Q4, smashing record
• US Strike on Venezuela Puts Bitcoin in Focus as Oil Slides
• Ethereum ready to solve blockchain trilemma: Vitalik Buterin
• Memecoins rip into 2026 with 23% market cap pump
• Bitcoin devs flocked back to work amid a big year for crypto
• Asia Morning Briefing: Data shows legacy media took a more balanced view of bitcoin in 2025
• Bitcoin advocate Machado in running to replace Venezuela's Maduro