An official Ethereum update on January 19 said adoption by major institutions has accelerated, with 35 firms — including BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Fidelity — launching products on the network. Recent releases span tokenized stocks, money market funds, stablecoins, and bank deposits, alongside activity by JPMorgan, Societe Generale, Stripe, SoFi, and Google.

Delaware Life Insurance Company will offer a BlackRock-built index across three fixed indexed annuities, blending U.S. equities with a risk-managed Bitcoin allocation sourced via the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, so investors do not own BTC directly. The approach targets roughly 12% volatility while preserving principal under annuity terms, and the company reported topping $40 billion in cumulative annuity sales as of November 2025.

Bitcoin is approaching a critical technical phase as Peter Brandt anticipates a potential decline toward the $58,000–$62,000 range based on his chart structure. Michaël van de Poppe also highlights short-term weakness after a rejected move into the mid-$90,000 area and notes that many altcoins have set new cycle lows. Both analysts say a higher low and recovery of key moving averages are needed before bullish momentum can rebuild.

On January 20, 2026, Delaware Life Insurance Company, a Group 1001 subsidiary with $60B in assets under management, introduced BlackRock's U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index into three fixed indexed annuity products. The strategy uses the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF to provide Bitcoin price exposure while maintaining principal protection features and targeting 12% volatility. This move makes Delaware Life the first U.S. insurer to integrate cryptocurrency-linked exposure into its annuity structure.

The combined stablecoin market cap has climbed to a record $307.7 billion, while tokenized funds and other RWAs are also at all-time highs. At the same time, Bitcoin's market cap has dropped faster than stablecoin supply, driving the Stablecoin Supply Ratio sharply lower and signaling unusually large sidelined buying power. This pattern has historically appeared near local market bottoms, with on-chain liquidity waiting for clearer risk conditions before rotating back into volatile assets.

On January 19, 2026, Glassnode warned that XRP's current on-chain cost-basis structure closely resembles the configuration seen ahead of its 60% price decline in 2022, with newer wallets buying below the mid-term cohort's realized price. XRP is trading at $1.91, down 4.74% over the past 24 hours and below its 20-, 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages, while analysts are watching the $2.00 psychological level, $1.80 support, and potential downside toward $1.25 if selling pressure intensifies. Despite $1.37 billion in cumulative ETF inflows since November 2025 and exchange reserves dropping to their lowest since 2018, recent inflows and rising exchange balances show that ETF demand has not fully averted drawdowns.

Bitcoin is consolidating around $89,600 after a near 4% daily drop, with price action hinting at a potential double-bottom near $89,000 and nearby resistance at $91,000 and $92,500–$93,000. CoinShares reported $2.17 billion of crypto ETP inflows last week, including $1.55 billion into Bitcoin, while Coinglass data shows futures open interest up about 13% since January 1.

Bitcoin fell under $90,000 on 21 January and touched $89,162 before stabilizing near $89,368, a 1.9% session drop, per TradingView. According to CoinGlass, crypto liquidations totaled $708.88m in the past 24 hours, with $648.78m from longs and $60.09m from shorts, highlighting a leverage flush skewed against long positions.