The global crypto market cap held at $3.16 trillion, up 1.5%. Majors are trading higher across the board — Bitcoin at $93K, Ethereum at $3,175, BNB at $906, Solana at $135.
Meme coins are the story this cycle. Pepe jumped 67%. Virtuals added 24%. Render, BTT, and FET all posted double-digit gains.
Institutional money keeps flowing. Bitcoin ETFs saw $471 million in net inflows on the first trading day of 2026 — the highest single-day total since November 11. That’s not nothing.
SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw officially left the agency on January 2, leaving an all-Republican commission. That changes the regulatory calculus in a big way.
Big 4 firm PwC announced it’s going deeper into crypto, with a focus on stablecoins and payments. When one of the four largest accounting firms in the world says that, people pay attention.
