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The price of gold exceeded 5,000 USD per ounce for the first time ever. The price has increased by more than 650 USD just in January. Last week's rise of 8.5% was the largest weekly increase ever in USD value. It was also the largest percentage increase since the panic during the COVID pandemic in March 2020. The price of silver also exceeded 100 USD per ounce and has risen by 44% this year.

The flight to safe assets occurs when the market prepares for three threats: increased tariffs between the USA, Canada, and China, possible intervention in the yen, and a greater risk of an American shutdown.

RAIN price has risen nearly 40% over the last 30 days. The price is now just under 0.0104 USD, but that is no longer the main focus.

The active breakout structure indicates a new potential peak above 0.0110 USD, which is more than 10% higher than current levels. The upward trend continues, but decreased momentum may lead sellers to return soon when optimism is at its highest.

New price record is the real goal, and sellers are still waiting.

The current inverse head-and-shoulders structure points towards a new record level just over 10% above today's price, near 0.0110 USD. It is around this level, not the old high, that traders are targeting. The consolidation now is not about taking profits on older peaks, but about whether RAIN can take the next step upward.

A major cryptocurrency scandal has emerged in the USA where John Daghita, known online as 'Lick', is accused of stealing over 40 million USD from government-seized cryptocurrency addresses.

The incident is linked to Daghita's father, who leads CMDSS. CMDSS is an IT company from Virginia that received a contract in 2024 to help the US Marshals Service (USMS) manage and sell seized cryptocurrency assets.

Suspected insider access enables large government cryptocurrency theft.

Daghita had access to private cryptocurrency addresses thanks to her father's role at CMDSS. This made the thefts possible.

The world's markets are very unsettled as the Japanese yen makes its biggest move in six months.

This move makes many believe that Japan, possibly with support from the USA, may intervene to stabilize the currency.

Warning of intervention in the yen

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warns of 'abnormal' yen movements. This causes the USD/yen rate to fall from nearly 160 to 155.6 yen per USD.

It was the yen's strongest level in 2026 and the fastest daily increase since August.

Alleged secret recordings show nearly ten minutes of conversation, providing a clear insight into how Senator Ted Cruz opposes Trump's protectionist trade policy behind the scenes.

These statements, which came during two meetings behind closed doors in 2025, occur at the same time as Trump escalates trade tensions with Canada. He is now threatening a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports due to concerns related to China.

Secret tapes reveal that Cruz secretly goes against Trump on tariffs.

Hedera has decreased more than 10% in the last seven days, and the decline is not just a normal pullback. HBAR's price structure is weakening, capital is leaving, and the sentiment has dropped to the lowest level in several months.

Together, these signals indicate that the risk of a deeper correction is increasing. At the same time, those buying on dips and derivative positions have a small chance of recovery. Whether HBAR breaks down or stabilizes now depends on a few key levels.

Head-and-Shoulders pattern and CMF decline show structural risk

Polymarket shows that the chance of a shutdown before January 31 is around 78%, a significant increase from just 10% three days earlier.

The risks of a new U.S. government shutdown are increasing. Therefore, investors are now seeking safe assets amid the uncertainty. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index now shows 'Extreme Fear'. Less than a week ago, the sentiment was neutral.

Strong disagreements about funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) complicate the situation. The likelihood is increasing as gold and silver rise sharply. This reminds us of what happened during the 43-day shutdown that ended in November 2025.

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

This designation also applies to WhiteBit's parent company W Group and all affiliated businesses, meaning they are not allowed to operate in Russia.

Russia acts against WhiteBit in increasing crackdown on cryptocurrency war

Local media reports that Russian authorities say that WhiteBit's management has transferred about 11 million USD to Ukraine since 2022. Nearly 900,000 USD has gone towards the purchase of drones.

Ethereum has decreased by nearly 1% in the last 24 hours. This decline is not that significant. What matters is what happened before.

In mid-January, Ethereum broke out from a clearly inverted head-and-shoulders pattern. The situation looked promising. The movement increased, large players bought, and the price rose above a key level. Under normal conditions, this usually leads to continued upward movement.

Instead, Ethereum stopped at a critical level and has since decreased by nearly 16%. This was not a coincidence. A supply wall worth about 4 billion USD met the buyers and turned the breakout into a classic bull trap.

MicroStrategy's CEO Michael Saylor warns that the biggest risk to Bitcoin is ambitious opportunists who want to change the protocol.

This comment comes as Coinbase and the Ethereum network are trying to address one of Bitcoin's biggest long-term threats: quantum computers.

Bitcoin's quantum dilemma brings the discussion of protocol change into focus again

MicroStrategy's founder states that the protocol's immutability is Bitcoin's most important protection. Michael Saylor argues that internal attempts to 'improve' the network are more dangerous than external technical threats.

The XRP price is at a dangerous level. The price is around $1.89. XRP is only 1% above a key support level. On the surface, the chart looks calm. But several signals indicate that risks are increasing. What is unusual now is not only the proximity to the support but also what did not happen earlier.

XRP recently showed a positive signal that usually leads to a short-term rise. This time, the price barely moved at all. That is the real warning sign.

Hidden Bullish Divergence failed — is it a warning sign?

The price of GhostWareOS's own token, GHOST, rose nearly 60% in the last 24 hours. Traders reacted to the project's announcement of a significant expansion of privacy-focused products on Solana.

GhostWareOS is a project on Solana that aims to create payments without trace, concealed transfers, and tools for private liquidity on an otherwise completely open blockchain.

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

As of the time of writing, GHOST was trading at 0.003692 USD, marking a 58.3% increase in the last 24 hours.

The Axie Infinity price has fallen, but the biggest question is why the whales are buying now. Since a breakthrough on January 21, the AXS price has risen by about 41%. The price faced resistance near $3.00. The rise was swift and almost uninterrupted. Now we are seeing warning signs as the price has fallen by over 17% in a day, but large holders are quietly buying more tokens.

This creates a clear conflict. Whales are buying again, but several charts indicate that the risk of a pullback is high.

A bearish harami showed that buyers became tired after the rise

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

'Breakout gives us a chance to allocate capital based on proven skill rather than just access to capital,' said Arjun Sethi, Kraken's co-CEO. 'In a world where the focus is shifting rapidly from who you know to what you can do, we want to build systems that reward performance, not background.'

Seeker price has started to fall back. After a sharp rise of 200% following the launch earlier this week, SKR is now down nearly 25% in the last 24 hours. This is especially important now as the buyers who drove the rise have been replaced.

We previously showed that smart money bought when others sold their airdrops and stabilized the price. But that situation no longer applies. Smart money is now selling, exchange balances are increasing, but whales are buying quietly. Therefore, the market is being pulled in different directions and a drop of 5% may come soon.

Zcash's price has done something significant after several weeks of weakness. Since January 19, ZEC's price has increased by nearly 15%, from a low of around 336 USD to around 362 USD. This movement came just a few days after a confirmed negative trend, which often traps those who are selling aggressively.

The structure still looks uncertain at first glance. But beneath the surface, accumulation is quietly increasing. Now we are focusing on one level. Zcash is about 9% below an important Fib level, which also puts a key EMA in the spotlight. If the price can reclaim this level, it will determine whether the recovery is just a short bounce or if it can become larger, perhaps a rally.

Major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance and OKX are exploring the reintroduction of tokenized American stocks.

This step is a strategic way to gain access to traditional financial returns when cryptocurrency trading volumes are stagnant. Therefore, the platforms want to expand with real assets.

A return to tokenized stocks?

This means taking up a product that Binance tested and then stopped offering in 2021 due to regulatory issues. But it gives exchanges the opportunity to compete in the rapidly growing yet still young market for tokenized stocks.

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

Gemini acquired Nifty Gateway in 2019. The exchange, led by Winklevoss, also provided regulation, custody, and security that established both the NFT marketplace and then Nifty Gateway Studio as a creative part of Gemini within Web3.

Nifty Gateway is going directly into withdrawal-only mode.

As of now, the platform is in 'withdrawal-only mode.' They are urging users to withdraw their funds and digital assets before the shutdown.

The Cardano price has bounced up again, but the result is as usual. Since January 20, ADA has increased by about 7%, reaching briefly upward before stopping around 0.35 USD. There was no breakout. It was yet another bounce that did not lead to any real rise.

Three things explain why the Cardano price continues to bounce but never breaks through, and why the same pattern remains.

Reason 1: A weak hidden positive divergence initiated the rise.

The latest bounce occurred due to a hidden positive divergence on the 12-hour chart. Between the end of December and January 20, the ADA price made a higher low while the RSI showed a much weaker lower low.

The price of gold has risen above 5,000 USD per ounce and has reached a historic level for this precious metal.

This shows that investors are more concerned about the continued decline of the US dollar, while Bitcoin and Ethereum still remain far below key levels.

Gold rises above 5,000 USD as the dollar collapses

When this article is written, gold is trading at 4,987 USD after reaching an intraday high of 5,009 USD on January 24. The price of gold has increased by almost 20% in the last 24 hours.