👻 Government shutdown spooks markets

Odds of a US shutdown skyrocket, BIRB TGE date is released, and Nifty Gateway is shutting down

January 26, 2026

BTC $87,677 (-1.1%) | ETH $2,897 (-1.3%) | SOL $122 (-3.5%)

Silver hits new ATH over $110 — Gold sets new high over $5100
A busy week ahead includes multiple major earnings calls and the January FOMC decision (99% odds of no rate change)
Crypto pulls back on Sunday with over $130M of liquidations during the draw down
The Ethereum foundation forms the Post Quantum team
Binance launches tokenized Tesla futures
Odds of a US government shutdown by this week surge to over 80% on Polymarket after Democrats move to block DHS funding
Canada backs out of free trade deal with China after Trump threatens tariffs
Coinbase completes Solana DEX integration
Coinbase releases post-quantum roadmap
SEC dismisses lawsuit against Winklevoss twins
The PENGUIN memecoin spikes to a $170M market cap over the weekend before pulling back 50% — Whitehouse and D.O.G.E X accounts tweet meme
US housing inventory hits record highs — 30 year mortgage rate spikes to local highs
Ethereum DAT ETHZilla purchases 2 jet engines for $12.2M
Tether accounts for 41% of total 2025 crypto protocol revenue
Tokenized funds hit new ATH of $14.4B
Grayscale files for BNB ETF
World Liberty Financial swaps $8M BTC to ETH
Clawd AI bot gains traction across CT and a CLAWD memecoin crosses $10M market cap
Moonbirds’ BIRB token will launch this Wednesday — Currently trading pre-market at a $220M FDV — Coinbase adds DOOD and BIRB to assets listing roadmap
Nifty Gateway announces shut down and 1-month NFT withdrawal period
Rekt Drinks collab with X Games drops today at 1PM EST

These accounts have gained substantial amounts of crypto followers over the last 24 hours