Cardano's ADA trades around $0.39 after a 24‑hour drop of just over 3%, with one analyst favoring an ABC wave‑(2) correction while price holds below $0.438. Ali Martinez also notes a cup‑and‑handle with a $0.423 neckline and a $0.517 objective. CME Group expects ADA futures to begin trading on February 9, pending approval.

On January 16, Shiba Inu futures open interest slipped 0.93% in 24 hours but still totaled about 13.07 trillion SHIB, valued near $108.89 million. Over the same period, SHIB price dropped 3.08% to $0.000008182 and trading volume declined to roughly $93.49 million, while Gate.io led the derivatives market with the largest share of positions.

CME Group will launch cash-settled futures for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (XLM) on 9 February 2026, pending regulatory review, according to a CME Group statement. The suite includes standard and micro contracts—100,000/10,000 ADA, 5,000/250 LINK, and 250,000/12,500 XLM—expanding regulated tools for exposure and hedging in large-cap altcoins.

On January 16, XRP traded around $2.0462 after a 2% decline day over day. Intraday support is near $2.0530; a break below could prompt a move toward $2.03–$2.04, while a daily close under $2.0450 risks continuation toward the $2 area. Seller momentum was stronger late in the week, according to CoinStats.

Upbit reported that in 2025 XRP became the most actively traded cryptocurrency on its South Korean platform, generating more than $1 trillion in volume and outpacing both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The exchange said XRP reached 13.26 million users, about one in four residents, and at times accounted for up to 22% of daily trading with a single-day peak of $1.22 billion in July 2025, even as its price later retreated and ETFs and on-chain metrics showed mixed signals.

The XRP Ledger Permissioned Domains amendment has reportedly gained 79.41% validator backing and is just 0.59% below the 80% threshold needed to start its activation timer. Once it holds above 80% support for two weeks, the feature could enable a permissioned DEX and institutional payment flows, with community events such as XRP Community Day set for February 11 and 12.

XRP traded between $2.06 and $2.13 over the last 24 hours while slipping more than 2%, but it continues to hold above the key $2 support level. Bollinger Bands on the XRP chart are tightening near $2.05–$2.08, hinting at a possible breakout if price can close above $2.09 and trading volume recovers from its current decline.

On January 15, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded about $164 million in net inflows and XRP spot ETFs added $17.06 million, even as both assets faced price pressure. Ethereum flows were largely concentrated in a few major U.S. products, while XRP ETFs reached roughly $1.51 billion in total net assets and about $22 million in daily trading volume.