On January 20, 2026, analyst Trader Tardigrade highlighted a Dogecoin weekly chart pattern suggesting a slightly lower low could precede a major rally. DOGE is trading near $0.13 after a 30% jump earlier in the month, with oversold weekly RSI and resistance around $0.16, while projections discussed range from a short-term move toward $0.16–$0.175 to a long-term scenario targeting $0.80.

On 20 January 2026, South Korean authorities began reassessing the country's unwritten "one exchange–one bank" model that links cryptocurrency platforms to individual domestic banks. Regulators are concerned that this structure concentrates liquidity, restricts smaller exchanges from accessing Korean won services, and may distort competition as they prepare broader digital asset legislation. The debate is unfolding alongside work on the Digital Asset Basic Act, which also addresses how banks will be involved with won-pegged stablecoins and reserve custody.

On January 20, 2026, SOL Strategies launched STKESOL, a liquid staking token on Solana. Deposits reached 545K SOL (~$70M), and holders can earn staking rewards while keeping liquidity for use across DeFi, including collateral on Kamino and Loopscale. The firm also operates a validator and reports a larger share of staked SOL within its treasury.

On January 20, 2026, Chainlink introduced 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams to deliver stock and ETF market data across more than 40 blockchains. The feeds include bid/ask prices and volumes, mid and last trade, staleness checks, and status flags, enabling DeFi protocols to build equity perps, prediction markets, and other products beyond standard U.S. trading hours.

Tether and Circle expanded the stablecoin float by $1.5 billion within about two hours on January 20, 2026. The mints were executed through several large transactions, indicating a purposeful increase in supply. Such bursts of issuance often align with rising liquidity needs across exchanges and professional counterparties.

One year after Donald Trump's January 20, 2025 inauguration as U.S. President, Bitcoin is down about 15% and trading near $91,000, while Ethereum has slipped roughly 8% to around $3,100. Over the same period, many altcoins have fallen far more sharply, with large caps losing 40% to 60% and mid- to small-cap and meme tokens dropping 70% to about 90%.

BonkFun has introduced a $200,000 weekly "Winners Arc" trading competition on Axiom Exchange starting January 19, 2026, prioritizing profitable traders on supported USD1 pairs. The Solana meme coin launchpad is also experimenting with zero creator fees on BONK Classic and alternative BONKERS launches, while rival Pump.fun keeps refining a creator-centric fee system and continues to lead in new token creation.

At the start of 2026, Galaxy Head of Research Alex Thorn highlighted a death cross on the ETH/BTC daily chart as the 50-day moving average fell below the 200-day moving average. While the signal went largely unnoticed amid early-year optimism, Ethereum has since dropped harder than Bitcoin, with sharper price declines and larger 24-hour liquidations as the market sell-off accelerates.