On January 5, 2026, the global crypto market cap rose 3.4% to $3.25T, with 24-hour trading volume at $92B, per Coingabbar. Bitcoin (BTC) led with a 2.04% gain to $92,982.65, market cap $1.85T, and 57% dominance, per. Ethereum (ETH) added 1.57% to $3,198.92, with $15.23 volume and $386.11 cap, per. XRP surged 6.07% to $2.15, while Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Pepe (PEPE) gained 9.44% and 14.46%, per. The Fear & Greed Index improved to 26 (Fear) from 25, per.
Top Gainers (24h): BONK (+20.52% to $0.00001195), PIPPIN (+15.97% to $0.5195), Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) (+15.69% to $0.9867), per.
Top Losers: Canton (CC) (-5.72% to $0.1483), Midnight (NIGHT) (-3.29% to $0.08991), MemeCore (M) (-3.25% to $1.57), per.
Trending Coins: BTC, XRP, Official Trump (TRUMP), SHIB, PEPE, per CoinMarketCap metrics.
DeFi market cap rose 2.7% to $113.4, with $4B volume and 3.5% dominance, per. Stablecoins gained 0.1% to $313B cap, $71B volume, per. Polkadot and XRP Ledger ecosystems led gains, per. Bitcoin Core developer activity surged 60% in 2025, with its first public security audit finding no critical issues.
