Bitcoin climbed more than 5.5% this week, briefly touching $97,000, after U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $840 million in inflows over two days. Despite the surge, derivatives and options data suggest the rally is being driven by capital rotation into macro hedges rather than speculative risk-taking.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has signed a memorandum of understanding with World Liberty Financial’s subsidiary, SC Financial Technologies, to explore integrating the USD1 dollar-backed stablecoin into the country’s regulated payments infrastructure. The move signals growing interest in stablecoins as tools for remittances, cross-border payments, and financial modernization in emerging markets.

Bitcoin rallied sharply after December 2025 U.S. inflation data came in slightly cooler than expected, triggering one of the largest short squeezes of the year. More than $688 million in leveraged positions were liquidated as BTC broke key resistance, signaling improving risk appetite and structurally healthier market conditions.

Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies rallied sharply on Jan. 13, 2026, with Monero, Dash, Zcash, and Horizen outperforming the broader market amid rising regulatory scrutiny and renewed demand for on-chain confidentiality. The surge comes as investors rotate into assets designed to resist transaction surveillance in an increasingly regulated crypto environment.

Bitcoin surged to a two-month high above $96,000 on January 14 after U.S. inflation data met expectations, easing fears of tighter Federal Reserve policy. The CPI-driven rally triggered large short liquidations, strengthened Bitcoin’s technical structure, and sparked broad gains across altcoins, with privacy coins and memecoins leading market rotation.

Story (IP) surged more than 22% in the past 24 hours, driven primarily by heavy spot trading on South Korean exchanges, even as on-chain adoption remains largely unchanged. With IP trading near $3.07 on nearly $314 million in daily volume, the rally highlights strong regional liquidity and speculative momentum, but raises questions about durability if real protocol usage fails to follow.

Gold and silver are surging in early 2026 as investors rotate aggressively into hard assets amid falling real yields, record central-bank buying, and persistent uncertainty around U.S. monetary policy and geopolitics. Gold has broken above $4,600 per ounce for the first time, while silver has accelerated past $83–$85, confirming that the current rally is a structural repricing, not a short-lived reaction to headlines.

Dash (DASH) has surged 22%+ in 24 hours to ~$46.64, emerging as the top-performing major privacy coin as capital rotates aggressively into privacy-focused assets at the start of 2026. The move is being driven by a mix of sector rotation, clean technical breakouts, and rising derivatives participation, rather than thin liquidity.

Commodities opened 2026 with strong momentum, led by record-setting metals, firmer oil prices, and softer agricultural markets. Gold broke above $4,600 on safe-haven demand and central bank buying, silver surged on industrial and defensive use, and copper remained elevated amid structural supply shortages. Oil edged higher on Middle East supply risks, while grains lagged after bearish USDA data. Against this backdrop, crypto platforms like BingX launched TradFi trading, allowing investors to access commodities alongside crypto as volatility and cross-market interest build early in the year.