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Gold broke through $5,000 per ounce for the first time in history. Prices have risen more than $650 just in January. Last week's increase of 8.5% was the largest weekly increase ever measured in dollars. It was also the largest percentage increase since the pandemic panic in March 2020. Silver also surpassed $100 per ounce, up 44% so far this year.

The flight to safe havens comes at the same time as the markets prepare for a triple threat: escalation of US-Canada-China tariffs, possible intervention in the yen market, and increasing likelihood of a US shutdown.

RAIN price has risen nearly 40% in the last 30 days and is still holding onto its breakout pattern. The price is currently trading just below $0.0104, but this level is no longer the main focus.

The active breakout pattern points towards a new expected all-time high above $0.0110, more than 10% above current levels. While there is still upward potential, declining momentum suggests that sellers may return just when optimism is at its highest.

New all-time high is the real goal, and sellers are still waiting.

A major crypto scandal has emerged in the USA, where John Daghita, known online as “Lick,” is implicated in an alleged theft of over $40 million from government seizure addresses.

The incident is linked to Daghita's father, who leads CMDSS, an IT company based in Virginia. The firm received a contract in 2024 to assist the US Marshals Service (USMS) with managing and selling seized and forfeited crypto assets.

Alleged insider access enables large-scale government crypto theft

The theft was allegedly facilitated through Daghita's access to private crypto addresses via his father's position at CMDSS.

Global markets are on high alert after the Japanese yen experienced its largest movement in six months.

This movement raises speculation that Japan, possibly with support from the USA, may intervene to stabilize the currency.

Yen intervention warning

Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, warned against 'abnormal' movements in the yen, which led to the dollar-yen pair falling from nearly 160 to 155.6 per dollar.

This was the strongest level in 2026 and the largest one-day rise since August.

Allegedly secret audio recordings show nearly 10 minutes of conversations that provide one of the clearest insights to date into Senator Ted Cruz's opposition to Trump's protectionist trade policy behind closed doors.

The statements, made during two meetings behind closed doors in 2025, come at the same time as Trump intensifies trade measures against Canada and threatens to impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports, allegedly due to concerns related to China.

Secret audio recordings reveal Cruz's break with Trump over tariffs

Hedera has fallen over 10% in the last seven days, and this is not just a routine pullback. The HBAR price is weakening, capital is flowing out, and sentiment has dropped to the lowest level in several months.

These signals collectively point to an increased risk of a deeper correction. At the same time, dip buyers and derivative positions provide a narrow opportunity for an increase. Whether HBAR breaks down or stabilizes now depends on some key levels.

Head-and-shoulders pattern and CMF breakdown signal structural risk

The prediction markets on Polymarket now price the chance of a shutdown by January 31 at around 78%, a dramatic increase from just 10% three days earlier.

Amid rising risks of yet another shutdown of the American government, investors are flocking to safer assets due to increasing uncertainty. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index now shows 'Extreme Fear'. Sentiment had returned to neutral less than a week ago.

The political deadlock around the funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is intensifying. The increase in probability has occurred simultaneously with sharp rises in gold and silver, reflecting the pattern seen during the record-long 43-day shutdown that ended in November 2025.

The Russian Attorney General has designated the Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBit as an “undesirable organization.” They accuse the exchange of facilitating illegal money transfers out of Russia and of financing Ukraine's armed forces.

The designation also applies to WhiteBit's parent company, W Group, and all affiliated companies, effectively banning their operations in Russia.

Russia targets WhiteBit in intensified crypto war action

Local media reports that, according to Russian authorities, WhiteBit's management has transferred approximately $ 11 million to Ukraine since 2022. This includes nearly $ 900,000 earmarked for drone purchases.

Ethereum is down nearly 1% in the last 24 hours. That movement in itself is not significant. What matters is what happened before it.

In mid-January, Ethereum broke out of a clear inverted head-and-shoulders pattern. The setup looked promising. Momentum improved, whales bought in, and the price moved past an important structure. Normally, this combination lays the groundwork for further gains.

Instead, Ethereum stopped near a critical resistance and has since corrected by nearly 16%. This was not a random defeat. A supply barrier of around $4 billion absorbed the demand quietly and turned the breakout into a classic bull trap.

MicroStrategy leader Michael Saylor warns that the biggest risk for Bitcoin is ambitious opportunists suggesting protocol changes.

The statement comes at the same time as Coinbase and the Ethereum network take steps to address one of Bitcoin's most fundamental long-term threats: quantum computers.

Bitcoin's quantum dilemma puts the protocol debate in focus

The co-founder of MicroStrategy refers to protocol ossification as Bitcoin's most important defense. According to Michael Saylor, internal attempts to 'improve' the network pose a greater danger than external technological threats.

The XRP price is in a dangerous position. Around $1.89, XRP is trading only 1% above a crucial support level. On the surface, the chart looks calm. Beneath, several signals suggest that risk is quietly building up. What makes this setup unusual is not just the proximity to the support level. It's what did not happen previously.

XRP recently signaled a bullish trend that usually leads to at least a short-term rise. This time, the price barely moved. The lack of reaction is the real warning.

The price of GhostWareOS's native token, GHOST, has risen nearly 60% in the last 24 hours, after traders reacted to the project's announcement of a major expansion of its privacy-focused product suite on Solana.

GhostWareOS is a privacy-based infrastructure project on Solana aimed at providing anonymous payments, hidden transfers, and privacy-preserving liquidity tools on an otherwise completely transparent blockchain.

The launch of GhostSwap places GhostWare at the center of Solana's focus on privacy.

The Axie Infinity price has pulled back, but the big question is why whales are buying now. After the breakout on January 21, the AXS price rose about 41%, but faced resistance near $3.00. The rise was quick and almost unbroken. Now warnings are emerging, the price has fallen over 17% in the last day, even though large holders are quietly increasing their positions.

This creates a clear conflict. Whales are coming back, but several technical signals indicate that the risk of a short-term decline is increasing.

When Kraken announced its acquisition of Breakout in September 2025, it sent a clear signal to the crypto industry: prop trading is here to stay. The deal marked the first time a major crypto exchange directly entered the proprietary trading sector, combining Kraken's institutional infrastructure with Breakout's evaluation-based funding model.

“Breakout allows us to allocate capital based on proven skills rather than access to capital itself,” says Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Kraken. “In a world that is rapidly shifting from who you know to what you can do, we want to build systems that reward documented performance, not background.”

The Seeker price has entered a retracement phase. After a strong 200% increase right after its launch earlier this week, SKR is now down nearly 25% in the last 24 hours. This shift becomes even more important as the buyers behind the movement have changed.

In our previous analysis, we showed how smart money absorbed airdrop sales and helped stabilize the price. That situation no longer applies. Smart money has started to reduce exposure, exchange balances are increasing, but at the same time, whale wallets are quietly filling up. The result is a market pulled in opposite directions, with a 5% drop now in focus.

The Zcash price has made an important move after several weeks of weakness. Since January 19, the ZEC price has risen nearly 15%, from the low level of around $336 to about $362. This movement occurred just days after a confirmed bearish pattern was broken, just as it often catches aggressive sellers off guard.

The structure still looks challenging on the surface. But underneath, accumulation has gradually increased. The focus now shifts to one level. Zcash is about 9% below a key Fib level, which also puts a crucial EMA line in focus. If the price can regain this level, it may determine whether this rise is just a temporary lift or if it develops into something bigger, perhaps a rally.

The major crypto exchanges Binance and OKX are reportedly considering reintroducing tokenized U.S. stocks.

This represents a strategic shift to capture traditional financial returns (TradFi) during a period of stagnant crypto volumes, pushing platforms towards diversification into real-world assets (RWA).

A return to tokenized stocks?

This marks a return to a product that Binance tested and then left in 2021 due to regulatory hurdles. If this happens, exchanges will be able to compete in a rapidly growing, yet still immature market for tokenized stocks.

Nifty Gateway, one of the most well-known platforms that emerged from the NFT wave, has announced that it will officially shut down the marketplace on February 23, 2026.

Gemini acquired Nifty Gateway in 2019. The exchange, led by the Winklevoss twins, also provided the regulatory, management, and security framework that supported both the NFT marketplace and the later development of Nifty Gateway Studio as a Web3 creative division backed by Gemini.

Nifty Gateway will immediately transition to withdrawal-only mode.

Cardano price has risen again, but the outcome looks familiar. Since January 20, ADA has increased by about 7%, but stopped after a brief lift and stabilized near $0.35. This was not a breakthrough. It was yet another rise that failed to create further growth.

Three factors explain why Cardano's price increases continuously fail, and why the same picture still applies.

Reason 1: A weak hidden bullish divergence triggered the rise

The last rise was triggered by a hidden bullish divergence on the 12-hour chart. Between the end of December and January 20, ADA price created a higher low while the RSI showed a very weak lower low.

The gold price has risen past $ 5 000 per ounce and set a historical record for the precious metal.

This development indicates increasing concern among investors about the continued weakening of the US dollar, while Bitcoin and Ethereum remain well below key levels.

Gold rises past $ 5 000 during dollar collapse

As of this writing, gold is trading at $ 4 987 after reaching an intraday high of $ 5 009 on January 24. The precious metal has risen nearly 20% in the last day.

Meanwhile, the US Dollar Index (DXY) has fallen to 97.45, the lowest level in several months, and this level was last tested in September 2025.