Crypto Market News Today, January 22: No War? Gold Consolidates, US Stocks Run, and Bitcoin Rally Can Finally Start

Ben Graham · 6 horas atrás

After weeks of ugly positioning, or days, last night delivered something we were hoping for. A relief. A preferable geopolitical condition flipped the script, sending US stocks sprinting while cooling an overheated gold rally, and giving the long-awaited Bitcoin and crypto a green light. Or is it a green light?

Yes, all three showed up early this AM. Bitcoin rally caught a bid, US stocks ripped, and gold politely stepped back a little bit.

Trump’s Davos speech did most of the pushing. By ruling out force over Greenland and floating a NATO-based framework instead, he unplugged a geopolitical jump scare. Trump has also doubled down on making the US the global hub for digital assets and teasing a fast-tracked crypto legislation.

But that’s not all, tariffs are being scrapped too, at least for now.

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Somewhere between praising US economic dominance and mixing up Greenland with “Iceland”, Trump leaned into optimism. Dips were “minor,” markets were going to “double,” and America was open for business.

Was it effective?

Bitcoin climbed toward $90,000, Ethereum pushed above $3,000, and sentiment flipped from cautious to neutral in a matter of hours. Liquidations hit $606 million, nearly evenly split between longs and shorts, because crypto loves punishing everyone equally this cycle.

(source – Coinglass)

Behind the scenes, the CFTC rolled out its “Future-Proof” plan, nudging Congress to finally modernize digital asset rules. Trump’s AI and crypto czar floated the idea of banks and stablecoins playing nicer together. Even the American Bankers Association jumped in, waving red flags about yields in a nervous way. I think Brian Armstrong has a strong argument here.

JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calls out French Central Bank Governor's misunderstanding of Bitcoin.

"Bitcoin is a decentralized protocol…Bitcoin is more independent." pic.twitter.com/k7WNsBrgAP

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) January 21, 2026

Meanwhile, US stocks did what US stocks do when there is no planned apocalypse. The Dow jumped 588 points, the S&P 500 gained 1.16%, and the Nasdaq added 1.18%, erasing more than half of recent losses in a single session.

Supply chains breathed easier, multinationals caught a bid, and risk assets across the board followed equities higher. Bitcoin is having its rally, as the bottom might already be priced in. We can just hope that crypto joins the US stocks sprint.

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Gold and Maybe Some Important Random News

The gold rally, which had been acting like WW3 was really coming, finally started to consolidate. Its price was tagged $4,891 per ounce before slipping to around $4,772 as uncertainty cooled. Silver did the same, pulling back after punching $95. Gold enjoyers took profits, volatility eased, and crypto could finally have its time as capital deployment rotates.

BREAKING: GOLD,SILVER DUMP AFTER TRUMP CANCELS EU TARIFFS pic.twitter.com/jlD1FrvNjR

— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) January 22, 2026

Moving to the other news, Iran reportedly stockpiled over $500 million in Tether USDT to protect its currency, reminding us how important stablecoins are. BlackRock, on the other hand, doubled down on crypto and tokenization as long-term drivers, while Solana dominated DEX volumes with a stable price, and XRP recorded bad outflow numbers.

The headline is now “no war”, no World War 3 yet. US stocks are running. The gold rally is cooling off as we wait for Bitcoin.

“Bitcoin is a decentralized protocol. There’s actually no issuer of it. So in the sense that central banks have independence, Bitcoin is even more independent. There’s no country or company or individual who controls it in the world.” – Brian Armstrong during Davos

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Every Bitcoin in circulation is secured by a set of private keys that prove ownership. If these keys are lost, there is no way to regain access to the underlying asset; a remarkably expensive mistake. Unfortunately, billions of dollars worth of Ethereum, Bitcoin, and even top Solana meme coins are currently unrecoverable; they are, for lack of a better word, “lost,” floating in the digital ether.

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Surprisingly, this positive reception did not immediately move the Bitcoin price. Currently, BTC USD is changing hands at around $90,000, swinging within a tight but precarious range.

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The announcement from Strive was met with its share price closing yesterday’s trading session up +0.8% at $0.89. There is still more work to do, as the ASST stock is down -79% over the past 6 months, according to Yahoo Finance.

https://twitter.com/matthew_sigel/status/2014087602383519832

The news landed as Bitcoin USD climbed nearly +1% overnight and is trading just below $90,000. Zoom out, and this fits a broader trend: institutions racing to secure BTC before new coins enter the market.

Broader crypto sentiment has increased since yesterday, following news that President Trump has de-escalated the situation with Europe regarding Greenland.

He announced a framework of a future deal had been worked out and that “This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations”. This has led to increased sentiment across the crypto markets, with around $75Bn value added onto the combined market cap overnight.

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Tokenization means turning real-world assets such as U.S. Treasuries or investment funds into digital tokens that live on a blockchain, and BlackRock’s Ethereum tokenization has become a central theme in this shift. In its report, BlackRock said Ethereum supports about 65% of all tokenized assets. That dominance helps explain why firms, and not only BlackRock, racing into tokenized stocks and funds keep choosing Ethereum instead of starting from scratch on new chains.

The network’s recent surge in activity further underscores this shift, with daily transactions reaching an all-time high of 2.885 million on January 16, 2026. This record-breaking volume, up from averages around 1.2 million in 2025, reflects growing on-chain demand from stablecoins, layer-2 solutions, and tokenized products, even as some activity was linked to address poisoning scams.

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2 hours ago

Ethereum Price Funding Rate Turns Negative: Is ETH USD Sub-$3K a Real Discount?

By Akiyama Felix

The Ethereum price has been bleeding profusely for the past 10 days or so. At one point, ETH USDT changed hands above $3,300. Every trader though the second most valuable coin in the world would not only breakout, easing past $3,500, but soar to as high as $4,000.

Unfortunately, the hopium quickly faded with the Ethereum price chopped for a few days before tanking January 19. By the end of the day, not only was the ETH USD price trading below $3,200, but hundreds of millions worth of Ethereum leveraged longs had been wiped out. Market data shows that over $131M of longs were liquidated on January 19, and another $330M the following day.

(Source: Coinglass)

Since falling ETH USD prices tend to heap pressure on some of the best meme coins to buy, traders are watching whether bulls will find support at $3,000. Yesterday, the Ethereum price fell below $3,000, sinking to as low as $2,900 before snapping back. The quick reversal was more fundamental than technical. Rapidly falling ETH USD prices forced funding rates to negative, setting up traders for easy profits.

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3 hours ago

Ripple CEO Says Crypto Will Hit New Highs: What Next for BTC USD and XRP Price?

By Akiyama Felix

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said crypto markets will reach new all-time highs this year, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Bitcoin has already cooled from its October peak near $126,000 to around $89,000, while the XRP price dropped from its Summer 2025 all-time high of $3.65 to $1.95.

These sharp pullbacks show how quickly prices can swing even in a bull cycle. This call from Garlinghouse lands as governments and big financial firms now treat crypto less like a gamble and more like traditional investment vehicles.

The Ripple CEO’s comments came yesterday (January 21), during a talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the same location where President Trump cooled talks of further escalation with NATO and Europe over Denmark.

This de-escalation led to the crypto market pumping by +2.7%, back over $3.15 trillion, as traders took Trump’s words as a signal to return to risk-on assets like crypto.

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3 hours ago

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By Akiyama Felix

The Bitcoin price, for lack of a better word, is all over the place. Yes, there were expectations that the BTC USDT price would easily squeeze past $95,000, and even surge to $100,000 today. However, from the look of things, bears are not budging, which is not good news for digital gold.

The current state of crypto prices means some of the top cryptos to buy are swinging both ways, mincing traders. During Trump’s speech at Davos, the Bitcoin price breached $90,000, only to break lower.

JUST IN: President Trump said live at Davos that he wants #Bitcoin market structure to pass immediately. pic.twitter.com/jK57vMHiv4

— Bitcoin Library (@BTC_Library21) January 21, 2026

This high volatility, which at one point saw the BTC USD price sink below $88,000, triggered massive liquidations. Fundamentally, the move came at a tense macro moment, with US policy headlines and bond market stress prompting traders to make quick decisions.

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