Cardano has recorded a 10,654.62% spike in futures trading volume on BitMEX to $40.04 million, while its open interest hovers around $792.57 million. CME Group plans to launch ADA and Micro ADA futures contracts on Feb. 9, pending regulatory review. ADA is trading near $0.395, with key resistance seen at $0.4378 and $0.50, and support levels around $0.38, $0.33 and $0.27.

Dogecoin's hourly chart has printed a death cross as the 50-period moving average fell below the 200-period one, while higher time frames still show a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern. DOGE trades around $0.1377 after a sharp move at $0.151 on Jan. 13, struggling to hold gains from an early 2025 surge amid cooling risk appetite and a possible range-bound phase.

Shiba Inu completed another hourly death cross in 2026 as the 50-hour MA slipped under the 200-hour MA. The token climbed to $0.00001017 in the first days of 2026, then fell six of seven days from Jan. 6–12, touched $0.00000815, and was last up 0.82% at $0.00000853.

On January 17, 2026, former Ripple CTO David Schwartz cautioned that copy trading can mislead followers by elevating luck as skill. He warned that choosing leaders based on past wins makes it hard to avoid luck-driven records and urged caution when assessing track records.

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.

In episode 8 of Ripple's Onchain Economy series, XRPL Labs and Xaman Wallet COO Robert Kiuru described batch transactions as a potential next frontier for the XRP Ledger ecosystem. He argued that enabling atomic, revenue-generating batch operations on-chain could help wallets and infrastructure providers build sustainable businesses on the ledger. The Batch Transactions (XLS-56) amendment, introduced with rippled v2.5.0, is currently at 67.65% validator consensus, with 23 in favor and 11 against, and must reach 80% support to progress toward activation.

On January 15, 2026, Vet, an XRP Ledger dUNL validator, flagged a jump in XRP cashtag searches on X after Nikita Bier shared a chart of leading queries. Ripple outlined regulatory progress, including preliminary EMI approval in Luxembourg and UK FCA permissions last week. RippleX also set an XRP Community Night for February 18 in Denver.

On January 14, 2026, XRPL developer and Xaman founder Wietse Wind warned XRP users of a broad scam campaign involving fake accounts, impersonated support and fraudulent websites. He stressed there are no giveaways and urged reliance on in‑app support. RippleX says Permissioned Domains is nearing activation, and rippled v3.0 fixes entered a two‑week window.

On Jan. 11, 2026, XRPL validator Vet posted that the XRP community is "keeping it quiet," prompting speculation. XRP surged to $2.41 on Jan. 6 before reversing and, at press time, traded near $2.04. Ripple said it secured FCA approval for an EMI license and Cryptoasset Registration to expand its payments platform in the U.K.