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Although Dogecoin (DOGE 0.42%) doesn't have much going for it as an investment, it has been one of the most successful cryptocurrencies. It's worth about $21 billion (as of Jan. 22), making it one of the 10 largest coins by market cap.

This meme coin has also delivered staggering returns to those who got in early. Here's how much it has grown in the last five years.

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A wild ride for Dogecoin fans Over the last five years, Dogecoin's value has increased by 1,380%. If you'd invested $1,000 in Dogecoin on Jan. 22, 2021, and held on until Jan. 21, 2026, your DOGE tokens would be worth $14,750. That's better than the return you would've gotten from Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and even tech giant Nvidia.

Despite that, you might still be disappointed in the results. Why? Because for a brief period in 2021 (around the time Dogecoin fan Elon Musk appeared on Saturday Night Live), your Dogecoin position would've been worth over $75,000. And after the 2024 presidential election, it would've been worth about $50,000. You'd still be sitting on sizable profits today, but probably wishing you had taken the big money when you had the chance.

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Cryptocurrencies in general are extremely volatile, and that's especially true with meme coins. Because their growth comes from hype rather than fundamental value, meme coins tend to have very short-lived peaks, if any. The peak is usually followed by a sell-off and a steep drop.

For that reason, it's important to be ready to sell at a moment's notice if you buy meme coins. Otherwise, you could miss your opportunity -- and most crypto trades do. Dogecoin is now down over 80% from its all-time high of $0.74 in 2021 and has never come close to that price since then. Some people like to buy meme coins for fun or as a sort of digital lottery ticket.

The better option, though, is to stick to cryptocurrencies with legitimate use cases, as buying meme coins is much closer to gambling than investing.

Lyle Daly has positions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin, Ethereum, Nvidia, and XRP. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Bitcoin’s recent price action had a familiar signature: leverage built on the bounce, funding turned supportive for longs, then the market ran the nearest pockets of fragility until forced selling took over.

BTC bouncing up and down in the $80,000 range is a result of futures positioning. Data showed roughly $794 million in Bitcoin long liquidations this week as it touched ~$87,800, with liquidation “hot zones” extending down toward $80,000.

Graph showing total Bitcoin liquidations from Jan. 1 to Jan. 23, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass)Framing this around derivatives shows perpetual futures aren't a side show anymore. Kaiko estimates BTC perps represented around 68% of Bitcoin trading volume in 2025, while derivatives overall made up more than 75% of crypto trading activity.

So, when the dominant venue for price discovery is a leveraged instrument designed for frequent repositioning, short-term price action no longer depends on marginal spot demand, but on how risk is warehoused, funded, and then forcibly unwound.

How perpetual futures create a liquidation treadmillPerpetual futures track spot through a funding mechanism. When perp prices trade above the spot index, funding goes positive, and longs pay shorts; when perp prices trade below spot, funding flips negative and shorts pay longs. This “funding” is essentially a periodic payment between long and short traders based on the difference between the perpetual contract’s market price and the spot index, recalculated multiple times per day with an eight-hour cadence on its platform.

But funding does more than just keep prices aligned. The mechanism creates a steady incentive gradient that goes on to shape positioning. In a green market, traders chase the upward momentum with leverage. Perps make that easy, and the bill for holding that exposure shows up in funding.

When funding becomes persistently positive, it shows that long positioning is crowded enough that longs are paying to maintain it. That crowding isn't inherently bearish or bullish, but it increases the market’s sensitivity to small downside moves because these leveraged positions have thin error bars.

Chart showing the funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual futures on Bitmex and Binance from Oct. 25, 2025, to Jan. 23, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass)Liquidation mechanics turn that sensitivity into a feedback loop. On Binance, liquidation begins when a trader’s collateral falls below the maintenance margin required to keep the position open. This is crucial: once maintenance is breached, the exchange takes control of the position and sells into the market to reduce risk. Those forced sells push price lower, which pressures the next layer of leveraged longs, which triggers more forced sells.

That loop is the treadmill. Traders re-enter on bounces because the prior liquidation flush creates a temporary sense of “cleaner” positioning and a better risk-reward ratio. But if the market remains choppy, the next price downtick finds a new shelf of leverage and repeats the cycle.

It also explains why intraday volatility can look pretty detached from macro narratives. A catalyst can start a move, but the shape of the move is frequently determined by bina.

Academic work on crypto perps found that perpetual markets are associated with changes in spot liquidity patterns and increased trading intensity around funding settlement hours, essentially proving the theory that perp microstructure matters for short-term price formation. The practical translation is simple: when a large share of activity sits in perps, the market becomes reflexive.

The long liquidations we saw this week are a useful scale marker because it makes the move below $90,000 look like a leverage flush rather than a spot exodus.

There are no clean, single-print events in this kind of market. The treadmill produces a sequence: a sharp down leg, an orderly bounce, and then a second down leg that hunts deeper liquidity. The liquidation hot zones we see extending toward $80,000 show the way these hunts work. Liquidity tends to concentrate at levels where many positions would be forced out, and the market tends to seek those pools when order books thin.

Reading the tape: heatmaps, open interest, and what breaks the loopThe simplest way to visualize treadmill risk is to map where forced flows likely sit.

Liquidation heatmaps are a tool that predicts potential large-scale liquidation points by analyzing trading data and leverage levels, highlighting zones where liquidations may cluster. They're not prophecies, but they do reflect an important reality: liquidations aren't randomly distributed across prices. They cluster because leverage tends to cluster, as many traders use similar levels, similar liquidation thresholds, and similar risk models.

A second necessary tool is open interest (the total value of outstanding futures contracts). Open interest is a positioning measure, not a directional signal by itself. The signal comes from combining it with price and funding. Rising price with rising open interest and rising funding often means leverage is building with the trend. Falling price with collapsing open interest suggests positions are being closed, often through liquidation.

Graph showing the total size of BTC perps and delivery futures from Jan. 23, 2025, to Jan. 23, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass)This would mean that if the market truly had less leveraged exposure below a certain level, then a dip into that zone can shift from forced selling to discretionary buying more quickly. Traders should treat that as a hypothesis to test, not a conclusion to embrace. The test is the data: whether open interest drops meaningfully during the selloff, whether funding resets, and whether liquidation prints diminish after the flush.

So what breaks the treadmill?

There are only a few durable circuit breakers. A sustained leverage reduction shows up as lower open interest, less extreme funding, and smaller bursts of liquidations. A deep spot bid is slower and less reflexive than perp positioning and can absorb forced flow. A change in the volatility regime changes the incentive to run high leverage by compressing or expanding the opportunity set. When we distinguish between derivatives-driven intraday action and spot’s influence over longer horizons, we can capture the basic hierarchy here: perps can steer the route, and then spot tends to decide whether a level ultimately holds.

Funding, open interest, and liquidation intensity are the three variables that keep the treadmill turning, and they usually move in a recognizable sequence. Funding is the measure of how crowded a trade has become because it's the price paid to maintain exposure when perpetuals drift from their spot reference.

Open interest adds the second layer of context because it separates a simple dip from an actual reduction of risk. The definition of open interest as outstanding contracts is straightforward, but the interpretation depends on the interaction with price and funding. A decline that coincides with a meaningful drop in OI and a reset in funding indicates leverage is being removed. When price falls while open interest holds up and funding remains supportive for longs, fragility often persists beneath the surface. Liquidation prints then become the practical confirmation of how much forced selling is active, and this week's $794 million in long liquidations provides a solid benchmark for what a flush looks like at this stage of the cycle.

Heatmaps fit into that framework as a way to visualize where stress is likely to concentrate. Liquidations pile up where positioning piles up. Data showing liquidation “hot zones” extending down toward $80,000, with thinner leveraged exposure below, becomes most useful when it's checked against those same positioning signals, since thinning exposure only matters if leverage actually clears rather than quickly reappearing on the next bounce.

A final layer comes from separating offshore perpetual activity from regulated futures markets. When perp-driven reflexivity dominates, the path tends to be jagged and liquidation-shaped; when spot demand begins to absorb forced selling, the market’s character changes, and the treadmill loses traction.

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This asset has utility and a few other useful features.

Ethereum (ETH +0.85%) is pretty much never the cheapest, nor the fastest, nor the smoothest blockchain to use. Still, some long-term investors prefer owning it to other cryptocurrencies, because they're buying an asset with exposure to a critically important platform within the crypto ecosystem more than they are depending on any single feature of that platform to deliver a return.

So if you care about what can still be relevant in crypto in five or 10 years, Ethereum's mix of steady economic activity on-chain, ongoing tech upgrades, and high degree of traditional finance access are hard to ignore as a package. Let's dive in and look at these factors a bit more.

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This chain is the default for quite a few activities Ethereum is far and away the most established general-purpose smart contract chain, and that status is the most important reason why it's valuable. Decentralized finance (DeFi) activities, meaning on-chain lending, trading, and collateral management, concentrate where the most liquidity and integrations already exist, which, in the crypto sector, effectively means that every dollar that flows in has good odds of settling on Ethereum either temporarily or permanently.

One metric to watch on this front is DeFi total value locked (TVL), which corresponds to the dollar value of assets deposited into DeFi apps. Ethereum leads all other chains on TVL today, with $69.4 billion in TVL, and there is no reason to expect that to change anytime soon, as for a long time the chain's name was effectively synonymous with DeFi.

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Ethereum is also constantly being upgraded to offer better features and higher efficiency to users and app developers. Recently, the chain has experienced a pace of two major updates per year, which is considerably more than most of its peers.

It's a store of value, too Ethereum's supply is not capped like Bitcoin (BTC +0.20%), but it's not trying to be Bitcoin with extra features either. Under its proof-of-stake (PoS) design, the network's validators lock up their coins to secure the network and earn a reward; that reward is provided by issuing new Ether and adding to the supply. And, during transactions, which incur gas fees, a portion of the fees are burned, removing them from circulation permanently.

Importantly, Ethereum's ongoing fee burn can and often does exceed its ongoing issuance, so its circulating supply can shrink during busier periods. That makes the coin a store of value, even if its supply isn't anywhere near as scarce as Bitcoin's is -- and being a store of value with as much utility as Ethereum is another big reason why many long-term investors prefer to hold it.

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Finally, the coin now has a handful of different institutional on-ramps, which helps to attract and retain institutional capital. Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are nothing new at this point, but they do help to increase the asset's legitimacy and make it more appealing to those who have a more conservative temperament when investing.

There's no other crypto asset that's precisely as appealing as Ethereum. That doesn't mean you should buy it if you aren't quite tolerant of risk, but if you want to hold any crypto beyond Bitcoin, you should probably hold at least some Ethereum.

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, expects the crypto market to record new highs in 2026. XRP is projected to surge by 15.03% in the next 3 months. Ripple and the US SEC were earlier locked in a lawsuit. Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, recently interacted with the media and cited his expectations of new highs for the crypto market in 2026. XRP has a bullish outlook as well, especially in the next 3 months. Brad also shared his thoughts on the GENIUS Act at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Crypto in 2026 as per Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse While interacting with CNBC, the CEO of Ripple said that he was bullish about seeing an all-time high in the crypto market. Brad Garlinghouse said that the rising interest from major financial institutions is still not priced in as a factor, adding that the crypto market could see a massive sea change.

Garlinghouse also said that he expects Binance to re-enter the American crypto market, adding that cryptocurrencies could finally be settling into a nice 10-year growth opportunity.

He further spoke about the Genius Act, saying that it has unlocked a lot of activity after calling it a landmark act. Passed in June, the Genius Act, per his statement, could also help stablecoins scale in the times to come. Ripple CEO is bullish on the Clarity Act as well. He has said that they are as close as they have ever been in getting it done.

XRP in Crypto Market Specifically for XRP, the token is expected to be corrected in the next 1 month. But, it could then note a jump of around 15.03% in the next 3 months from this moment. This could take the token to $2.22, up from the current value of $1.92 at the time of writing this article.

Its price is currently up by 0.28% over the last 24 hours and 2.33% in the last 7 days. The ongoing volatility is high at 6.30%, testing key support levels of $1.89 and $1.82. XRP price prediction additionally underlines critical resistance levels of $1.96 and $2.02 right now.

Brief History with the US SEC Ripple and the US SEC were earlier locked in a lawsuit where the agency had alleged that Ripple for engaging in the sale of unregistered security. The legal conflict lasted for 4 years, and Ripple reportedly ended up spending around $150 million in fighting the lawsuit.

That said, Standard Chartered analysts have said that XRP could reach $8 this year, that is 2026, and $12.50 in the next 2 years, that is by 2028.

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Arthur Hayes, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, has sparked fresh debate in financial markets by suggesting that potential US Federal Reserve intervention to support the weakening Japanese yen could spark a major rally in Bitcoin (BTC).

Hayes says that if such support involves increased US dollar liquidity — effectively “printing money” — it may fuel a significant surge in Bitcoin’s price. His remarks come amid growing expectations that Japanese authorities may intervene in currency markets to shore up the yen, after a string of sharp moves in the dollar-yen exchange rate recently raised speculation of intervention.

Traders have interpreted large one-day gains in the yen as a sign that central banks could be readying to take action. Some traders have also said the New York Fed has reached out to large banks to gauge market conditions in the yen market, fueling rumors that US monetary authorities are considering possible intervention.

Hayes explained in a write-up on the social networking site X that if the Federal Reserve responded by creating bank reserves—often referred to by critics as “printing dollars”—and then proceeds from these reserves to sell the dollars for yen, this would expand market liquidity worldwide.

To him, they might be placed on the Fed’s weekly balance sheet as part of foreign-currency-denominated assets.

Analysts raise concerns regarding the fate of the dollar  On Friday, January 23, reports indicated that the yen posted its biggest single-day gain against the dollar since August after officials from the United States and Japan signaled they are ready to intervene to stop the yen’s decline.

Later that day, the New York Fed reached out to potential trading partners, as instructed by the Treasury Department, to review exchange rates. In response to this announcement, several individuals expressed mixed reactions, sparking a heated debate. 

In attempts to address this controversy, sources noted that the Fed was inquiring about current rates, particularly for the dollar/yen pair, if potential trading partners decided to trade dollars and yen in the currency markets. 

It is worth noting that the New York Fed executes transactions on behalf of the Treasury. Meanwhile, reports unveiled that a rate check typically indicates that authorities are anxious regarding currency stability and, therefore, could trigger immediate intervention.

On the other hand, financial reports dated January 23 noted that the dollar declined by 1.7% compared to the yen. This situation intensified when these reports confirmed that the dollar weakened against other Asian currencies, including the Taiwanese dollar and the South Korean won.

The unexpected result followed a volatile week in the US and Japan financial markets, highlighting gaps in current policy frameworks on both sides of the ocean. 

Investors expressed worries about increased government borrowing  Earlier, US Treasury bond yields soared amid a selloff that several traders anticipated was driven by concerns about US President Donald Trump’s intentions regarding Greenland. 

However, this was not the case for Scott Bessent, the United States Secretary of the Treasury. According to him, this situation stemmed from the impact of surging yields on Japanese government bonds.

Following Bessent’s claim, sources reported that long-term Japanese government bonds declined sharply as investors raised concerns about increased government borrowing amid a surprise election scheduled for February 8 this year.

In the meantime, the Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi, who just assumed her role in October, alleged that she requested the election to strengthen her coalition government’s hold on power. 

After conducting research, analysts found that the main reason for the sudden decline in bond prices was Takaichi’s pledge to suspend taxes on the sale of groceries for 2 years during the election.

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Hyperliquid [HYPE] rallied 5.15% in the past 24 hours and saw its daily trading volume increase by 53.6%, at press time. This came at a time when Bitcoin [BTC] was hovering just below the psychological $90k resistance.

Many of the major altcoins were experiencing a short-term downtrend due to the price action of the past week. Bitcoin meandered between $88.7k and $90.3k, and the altcoin market cap, excluding Ethereum [ETH], has also been moving sideways in the past five days.

Hence, the HYPE gains since Friday have been particularly interesting.

Should investors expect a trend reversal?

Source: HYPE/USDT on TradingView

On the 4-hour timeframe, the plunge from $26.13 to $20.48 last week showed that investors should not be looking to buy just yet. The swing structure was bearish. Zooming out, even the 3-day chart showed a bearish trend since October.

The findings confirm that HYPE’s longer‑term trend remains bearish. Recent gains reflect a price bounce toward key Fibonacci retracement levels, with short‑term bullish targets at $23.97 and $24.92.

A break above $26.13 would be required to shift the swing structure into bullish territory. Meanwhile, the Awesome Oscillator signaled a momentum shift on the 4‑hour chart, and the DMI suggested last week’s downtrend is beginning to ease.

Arguing the bearish case It is possible that the 50% retracement level at $23.31 rebuffs HYPE bulls. The past two weekends saw sideways price action for Bitcoin and most altcoins, with the early hours of Monday bringing high volatility.

It is possible that such volatility would drag HYPE prices lower, but this scenario appeared less likely.

Why traders must wait to sell the bounce The 2-week liquidation heatmap showed a dense cluster of short liquidations around $24.5. Another magnetic zone was at $26.3-$26.6. To the south, the $22.1 area was a potential short-term liquidity target.

This meant that traders can wait for HYPE to sweep these liquidity targets. A lower timeframe bearish trend shift from these areas of interest would align with the higher timeframe downtrend, giving short sellers opportunities.

Final Thoughts The Hyperliquid price gains in the past 24 hours signaled relative strength against the wider market, which was stagnant. Monday could bring high volatility, and traders should also remember that the higher timeframe HYPE trend was bearish. Disclaimer: The information presented does not constitute financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice and is solely the writer’s opinion.

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XRP price dropped below $2 on January 19 amid a market-wide crash, but analysts remain bullish that it could rebound, as it mimics a 2017 bullish pattern that sparked notable gains. Data from Binance also shows that traders continue to maintain their long positions on the altcoin as whales increase their XRP holdings.

XRP Repeats 2017 Pattern as Analysts Eye Gains One analyst on X has stated that XRP is forming the same pattern that it did in 2017 before a massive leg up. During the year, XRP surged by more than 7,000% after months of consolidation. This rally saw the price move from $0.005 to nearly $0.45.

The analyst noted that the same trend is repeating, as the price consolidated below $3 for several months in 2025. If the altcoin breaks out of this consolidation range, the next bullish leg could take it to a fresh high.

(XRP Price Chart – Source: X)  Meanwhile, analyst CRYTOWZRD also noted that after one year of the XRP/BTC ratio trading within a tight range, XRP is ready to go “parabolic.” 

“The lesson of this cycle when it comes to XRP is that patience pays. $XRP has been trading within a wedge for a year, a breakout will coincide with $BTC Dominance rolling over,” he opined. 

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Amid these bullish projections, futures traders and whales are increasing their exposure to XRP, suggesting a shift in the market sentiment. 

Binance Traders Increase Bullish Bets Amid Whale Buying Data from Coinglass reveals that the majority of futures traders who are betting on how XRP will perform in the coming days are opening long positions. In fact, 75% of futures traders are long on XRP, while only 24% are short sellers.

(XRP Binance long/short ratio – Source: Coinglass) However, despite this long positioning, bearish trends across the broader market are affecting these long traders, as XRP recorded the fourth-highest liquidations in the last 24 hours, behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. More than $39 million long positions were wiped out, increasing the sell-side pressure that pushed the price below $2.

Nevertheless, whales could cushion the price against further drops amid ongoing buying. Recently, ZyCrypto reported that whales bought more than 50 million XRP in one week. If this buying spree continues and creates a supply shock, the price could be ripe for recovery. 

At press time, XRP traded at $1.9, up 0.42% over the past 24 hours.

JPMorgan believes the recent correction in crypto markets may be approaching exhaustion, with new data pointing to early stabilization after months of heavy de-risking.

In a Wednesday report, the bank said flow and positioning indicators suggest the selloff that weighed on crypto into year-end may be approaching a bottom rather than setting up another sharp leg lower.

Market experts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou highlighted improving signals across exchange-traded funds and derivatives markets.

According to the team, “Signs of a bottoming out in January are also seen in other crypto indicators in perpetual futures and in our position proxies on CME futures.” They noted that things are more neutral after aggressive reductions in late 2025.

Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded notable outflows in December, even as global equity ETFs attracted a record $235 billion in inflows. That divergence underscored how sharply investors reduced crypto exposure.

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Since then, bitcoin has fallen by double digits from its recent peak, while major altcoins have posted steeper declines amid a broader cooling in risk appetite.

The correction coincided with more volatility and ETF outflows, leaving crypto prices largely range-bound after last year’s rally. However, JPMorgan said ETF data so far in January suggest that selling pressure is easing, as flows into bitcoin and ether funds are stabilizing.

Similar signs of bottoming are emerging in perpetual futures markets and in positioning proxies derived from Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures, indicating that the bulk of the position unwind may already be complete.

JPMorgan added that conditions could improve further after MSCI decided not to exclude Bitcoin and crypto treasury companies from its global equity benchmarks. This move offers near-term relief for Strategy-linked exposure.

The bank also pushed back on claims that deteriorating liquidity drove the downturn, saying market breadth metrics tied to CME bitcoin futures and major ETFs show little evidence of worsening liquidity.

Bitcoin ETFs recorded $103.57 million in net outflows on January 23, marking the fifth consecutive trading day of redemptions.

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Bitcoin ETFs lost $103.57M on Jan 23, marking five straight days of outflows. The sell-off has pulled $1.72B from Bitcoin ETFs since Jan 16. Ethereum ETFs also slid, extending their outflow streak to four sessions. BlackRock’s IBIT led withdrawals with $101.62 million in outflows, while Fidelity’s FBTC posted $1.95 million in redemptions.

The five-day streak has drained approximately $1.72 billion from Bitcoin products. Total net assets under management fell to $115.88 billion from $124.56 billion on January 16.

At the same time, cumulative total net inflow dropped to $56.49 billion from $57.82 billion over the same period. Most Bitcoin ETFs recorded zero flows on January 23, with only IBIT and FBTC posting activity.

$708M Bitcoin ETFs exit The bleeding began January 16 with $394.68 million in Bitcoin ETF outflows, reversing a four-day inflow streak that brought $1.81 billion into funds.

Markets were closed for the weekend before resuming redemptions January 20 with $483.38 million in withdrawals.

January 21 posted the largest single-day exodus at $708.71 million, followed by $32.11 million on January 22. The January 23 outflows of $103.57 million marked the fifth consecutive session of net redemptions.

Bitcoin ETFs data: SoSo Value Total value traded declined to $3.36 billion on January 23 from $5.51 billion on January 21. The sustained selling pressure has erased gains from mid-January when Bitcoin ETFs attracted strong institutional buying.

Grayscale’s GBTC and mini BTC trust, along with Bitwise’s BITB, Ark & 21Shares’ ARKB, VanEck’s HODL, Invesco’s BTCO, Valkyrie’s BRRR, Franklin’s EZBC, WisdomTree’s BTCW, and Hashdex’s DEFI all recorded zero flows on January 23.

BlackRock’s IBIT holds $62.90 billion in cumulative net inflows. Fidelity’s FBTC has accumulated $11.46 billion in total inflows. Grayscale’s GBTC maintains -$25.58 billion in net outflows since converting from a trust structure.

Ethereum posts fourth consecutive outflow session Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $41.74 million in net outflows on January 23, extending the redemption streak to four consecutive trading days.

BlackRock’s ETHA led withdrawals with $44.49 million, while Grayscale’s ETHE posted $10.80 million in outflows.

Grayscale’s mini ETH trust attracted $9.16 million in inflows, and Fidelity’s FETH saw $4.40 million in positive flows. Bitwise’s ETHW, VanEck’s ETHV, Franklin’s EZET, 21Shares’ TETH, and Invesco’s QETH all recorded zero activity.

The four-day Ethereum outflow period from January 20 through January 23 totals approximately $611 million. Total net assets fell to $17.70 billion from $20.42 billion on January 16.

Cumulative total net inflow dropped to $12.30 billion from $12.91 billion. Total value traded reached $1.31 billion on January 23, down from $2.20 billion on January 21.

The RIVER price has emerged as one of January’s most closely watched mid-cap crypto moves, driven by a convergence of positive developments, including exchange listings and fresh institutional funding. RIVER is drawing attention far beyond, and its parabolic price action is evident, making this an asset on every investor’s and trader’s watchlist.

RIVER Price Gains Traction Amid Exchange ListingsTo begin with, the RIVER price rally came from multiple factors that included new exchange exposure. On January 20, RIVER was listed on Coinone with a KRW trading pair. As a result, spot liquidity increased sharply, daily volumes surged, and market participation broadened, particularly from the South Korean trading community. 

Even social activity followed quickly, with rising mentions and speculative positioning becoming more visible across derivatives platforms.

Shortly after, on January 22, another tailwind arrived. RIVER was listed on the “Lighter platform” alongside other established assets, with access to 3x leverage. This move triggered high derivatives interest, which pushed its price further to $72.

Fundamental Expansion Supports RIVER Crypto NarrativeBeyond exchange listings, its fundamentals and ecosystem developments also aided this rally. Notably, when RIVER announced an integration with the Sui ecosystem, enabling liquidity teleportation into Sui via satUSD.

This development strengthened its Omni-CDP model, which aims to reduce dependence on traditional cross-chain bridges. As a result, RIVER crypto gained traction as an infrastructure-focused project rather than a purely speculative asset. The strong vision and utility to the market attracted interest from top expert institutions.

In addition, River confirmed on X that in January, a $12 million strategic funding round included institutional participants from the US and Europe, alongside major crypto ecosystem players such as Justin Sun, Arthur Hayes, and the Spartan Group. While the price reacted sharply, this capital injection also validated RIVER’s long-term cross-chain ambitions.

RIVER Price Chart Reflects Explosive MomentumFrom a technical perspective, the RIVER price chart highlights one of the strongest monthly expansions among mid-caps. Following a golden cross between the 20-day and 50-day EMAs, the price surged from roughly $7 to near $72, translating into gains exceeding 900% at the peak. Although the price later retraced toward $49.72, the RIVER price USD remained up nearly 600% on a monthly basis.

Throughout January, price respected an ascending channel on the daily timeframe. Importantly, the recent breakout above this channel shifted former resistance into support near the $38 zone. This structure now serves as a pivotal technical level, shaping short-term expectations around any RIVER price prediction.

Leverage Data Signals Elevated VolatilityMeanwhile, derivatives data added another dimension to the RIVER price forecast. Over $38 million in cumulative long liquidations contributed to upside pressure during January, while short liquidations lagged near $15.6 million. Currently, the $50–$60 range hosts dense short-side liquidation clusters, with the $59 level alone accounting for roughly $12 million. Should price reclaim this zone convincingly, upside volatility could increase sharply toward the $80–$100 range.

At the same time, failure to hold above $38 may expose downside risk toward the $25 support area, underscoring that leverage remains a double-edged sword for RIVER’s price dynamics.

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Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its future.

"I can see how it feels like a VR winter," said Jessica Young, an independent VR content creator specializing in Horizon Worlds, Meta's virtual social network.

The social media giant last week laid off 10% of employees who work within its Reality Labs unit, with the cuts centering on VR-related initiatives like the Quest VR headsets, CNBC reported. Teams working on Horizon Worlds were hit hard and some in-house studios were shuttered. Approximately 1,000 jobs were cut, CNBC reported.

The move was part of the company's effort to redirect Reality Labs investments from VR to AI and wearable devices like the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that are co-produced with EssilorLuxottica, a spokesperson for the social media company said in a statement last week. Meta declined to comment further beyond its previous statement.

Meta's reduced investment in VR is notable considering how much the company has helped grow the industry since its $2 billion acquisition of Oculus in 2014. The company became synonymous with VR when CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed its name from Facebook to Meta, representing the founder's obsession with a future of digital worlds referred to as the metaverse. Since late 2020, Meta's Reality Labs division has logged over $70 billion in cumulative losses.

Zuckerberg's sudden reversal has some VR developers worried about their future prospects. While they said they don't see Meta killing its VR efforts, a major shift appears to be underway.

Meta traditionally announces new Quest VR headsets during its annual Connect conference in the fall, but in 2025, the company skimped on VR hardware. Instead, Meta introduced its $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses that contain a single, built-in digital screen.

"If Meta's not putting out a new headset for another year or two, it's going to feel stale," Young said. "It already kind of does."

Since the layoffs, Meta tech chief Andrew Bosworth has been vocal that the social media giant is not abandoning VR.

"We're still continuing to invest heavily in this space, but obviously, VR is growing less quickly than we hoped," Bosworth told tech newsletter Sources. "And so you want to make sure that your investment is right-sized."

Bosworth this week also circulated a post by Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, who on Sunday wrote on X that Meta still employs the "largest team working on VR by about an order of magnitude."

Although Luckey said that he feels "really bad for the people impacted" by the layoffs, the Reality Labs changes represent "a good thing thing for the long-term health of the industry, especially the ongoing incentives."

'The market has spoken'Market research firm IDC said in a December report that a major transition is occurring in the so-called Extended Reality, or XR, device segment. This category includes VR and so-called mixed-reality headsets that allow users to switch between virtual environments and see their surroundings outside the helmet. The category also counts AI-powered smart glasses and more powerful versions with digital displays.

IDC projects the XR device category to have grown 41.6% year-over-year to 14.5 million units shipped for 2025. But that growth has nothing to do with VR and mixed-reality headsets — those shipments are expected to drop 42.8% to 3.9 million in 2025. The rest of this XR category, which includes AI glasses with and without displays, is projected to grow 211.2% year-over-year to 10.6 million units shipped for 2025.

Jitesh Ubrani, a research manager for market analyst firm IDC, characterized the VR headset market as niche and appealing to only a small segment of video gamers. Average consumers seem uninterested in wearing "big, bulky headsets" for lengthy VR sessions like much of the tech industry hoped for roughly a decade ago, he said.

"The market has spoken," Ubrani said. "There are certain niche audiences that will continue to use these headsets, but it's not going to be broadly appealing."

Andrew Eiche, the CEO of the Google-owned VR gaming studio Owlchemy Labs, said it was always misguided to think VR was on the cusp of having its breakthrough smartphone moment. He called it a "strategic mistake" to compare VR headsets to iPhones

The VR market, Eiche said, more closely resembles old-school Atari video game consoles that were popular before sales crashed during an infamous 1983 gaming market meltdown. It wasn't until the late 1980s that Nintendo consoles helped revive the market, laying the groundwork for the overall industry to balloon to the massive sector it is today.

"Lot of tech people thought [VR] was going to be instantly amazing, and the same thing's happening with AI," Eiche said about the tech industry's pivot to the latest craze. "When you're looking at long-term technologies, VR is not going anywhere."

Still, Eiche said that beyond Meta's layoffs, other VR studios have also recently downsized as part of a broader video game industry slump. Because Quest is the dominant VR headset on the market, its app store is a key distribution channel for third-party VR.

Making matters worse, Eiche said that Meta's Horizon Worlds push came at the expense of third-party developers who were trying to find visibility among Quest users.

"We're at the mercy of Meta," Eiche said, adding that it "creates a situation where if Meta pulls back, we all pull back."

Eiche said he's optimistic that the upcoming Steam Frame wireless VR headset from gaming company Valve will help the market, as well as the recent entries of other devices like the Samsung Galaxy XR, which debuted in October, and Apple's Vision Pro.

But Apple's entry into the VR space in February 2024 hasn't done much to move the needle, and in January, IDC said that Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner Luxshare stopped producing new Vision Pro headsets, signaling a lack of widespread consumer demand. Still, Ubrani said that Apple's $3,499 spatial computing headset has found some footing as a business tool.

"Apple did do well in selling to a lot of developers, but they also sold into some very big companies," Ubrani said.

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VR's hope shifts to the enterprise market"There were certain quarters where Apple beat Meta in enterprise," Ubrani said, due in part to the iPhone-maker's experience selling devices to businesses.

The enterprise VR market may not be as glamorous as its consumer counterpart, but it represents an area where IDC has "seen slow but upwards movement, because companies are realizing that there is great ROI attached with deploying these headsets."

As part of Meta's Reality Labs cuts, the company said in a support page that it would end its Horizon managed services program that was for businesses that used Quest headsets for internal tasks like virtual employee trainings.

Meta failed to realize "how big VR could be if they adopted the bigger picture outside of gaming," said Sean Mann, CEO of the startup RP1, which develops a "metaverse browser" for people to access virtual and augmented reality environments.

As Meta downsizes its VR ambitions and steers Horizon Worlds to be a mobile-focused online gaming platform like Roblox, Young said she plans to keep creating experiences on the platform.

Young has been able to make a living by getting paid by other Horizon developers to create trailers to promote experiences available to users on the service. She's also earned money from Meta by winning Horizon-related competitions intended to help improve the overall platform.

But Young said she's less enthusiastic about Horizon's mobile push, because there was something special about the platform during its earlier, VR-centric years, particularly during the Covid era.

"Horizon became a lifeline for people isolated by the pandemic, disability, age or geography," she said. "Many users who never imagined themselves as creators, who had no background in art or programming, were inspired by their friends to try."

But Horizon lost is way, and "what's frustrating now is watching people declare it dead without ever having experienced or understanding what it was," Young said.

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Gauzy To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in Gauzy between March 11, 2025 and November 13, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 24, 2026) - Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Gauzy Ltd. ("Gauzy" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GAUZ) and reminds investors of the February 6, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (1) three of the Company's French subsidiaries lacked the financial means to meet their debts as they became due; (2) as a result, it was substantially likely insolvency proceedings would be commenced; (3) as a result, it was substantially likely a potential default under the Company's existing senior secured debt facilities would be triggered; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

On November 14, 2025, before the market opened, Gauzy Ltd. shocked investors by announcing that the Commercial Court of Lyon had commenced Redressement Judiciaire-French insolvency proceedings-against three of the Company's French subsidiaries. According to Gauzy, Redressement Judiciaire is intended to preserve operations and employment while formulating a recovery plan; however, the Company further acknowledged that the initiation of these proceedings constitutes a default under its existing senior secured debt facilities and, if not cured, could trigger an event of default. Gauzy also disclosed that it would not release its third-quarter 2025 financial results on November 14 as previously scheduled due to these developments.

In response to this news, Gauzy's share price declined precipitously, falling $2.00 per share-or nearly 50%-over two trading days to close at $2.02 on November 17, 2025, on unusually heavy trading volume.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Gauzy's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the Gauzy class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/GAUZ or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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Energy companies make for a great way to round out an AI investment portfolio and the three in this article offer solid dividend yields.

If you want to invest in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry but don't want to get overexposed to technology stocks, then energy is likely your best bet.

AI is hungry for power -- very hungry. According to the MIT Technology Review, data centers consume 4.4% of all energy generated in the U.S. The report further states that by 2028, AI alone could end up consuming as much electricity in a year as 22% of all households in America put together.

The bottom line is this; we need more power.

And it just so happens, many energy companies also pay a solid dividend. These are three of the best in order of ascending dividend yield.

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Profits, written in the stars Baltimore-based Constellation Energy (CEG +0.59%) is both the largest nuclear power producer in the United States and the largest clean energy provider, responsible for about 10% of America's clean energy.

The company is a slow and steady grower with its revenue growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.14% over the past three years. Constellation runs a gross profit margin of 20.13% and a net income margin of 11% and it pays a relatively small dividend that yields 0.5% at current prices. However, it has grown that dividend for three years running.

What's more, the company has partnered with Microsoft to resurrect the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania specifically to power Microsoft's data centers in the area. The deal will help Constellation expand its nuclear capacity with a new plant capable of selling 835 megawatts of electricity and locks in Microsoft for 20 years as a long-term buyer of a portion of that power. Constellation expects the deal will spur its annual base earnings per share (EPS) to a growth rate of 10%-13% through 2030. Constellation has a strong hand and it's playing it well.

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New energy for the next era Based in Florida, NextEra Energy (NEE 0.31%) is another major green energy provider in the United States. It operates nationwide and of its 76-gigawatt capacity, 65% of it is renewable (57%) or nuclear (8%).

And, like Constellation, NextEra has been tapped by a tech giant to power its data centers. Alphabet has partnered with NextEra to bring Iowa's Duane Arnold Energy Center back online to power its data centers in the area. This deal will work similarly to Constellation's with Microsoft. NextEra will expand its nuclear fleet and lock in Alphabet as a customer for 25-years. The likely deal contributed to NextEra setting an 8% EPS CAGR through 2035.

This is a faster-growing company than Constellation with a three-year revenue CAGR of 9.85% and better profitability with a gross margin of 62% and a net income margin of 24.73%.

It pays a dividend that yields 2.71% at current prices and it has grown that dividend for 30 years running with a 10% growth rate over the past five years. I only expect that to grow faster with electrical demand on the rise.

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The Duke While Duke Energy Corporation (DUK 0.28%) doesn't have a big tech partner like NextEra and Constellation, it is in an incredible location for an energy company. Most of Duke's facilities -- nuclear, renewable, and fossil fuel -- are located in North and South Carolina.

That means they're sandwiched between Virginia and Georgia, the No. 1 and No. 3 states for new data centers. There are nearly 3,000 new data centers being built in America right now, and 595 of them are in Virginia alone. Virginia alone expects to see its energy demand grow 153% by 2040 and it is attempting to buy electricity from neighboring states like Maryland to meet the state's surging needs.

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Duke is positioned to capitalize on that big-time as North Carolina is connected to the same grid as Virginia and Virginia has now surpassed California as the largest energy importing state in the country. That means major secular demand and growth is on the horizon for Duke from the Virginia market.

That has contributed to Duke's three-year revenue CAGR of 5.29%, its gross margin of 52.4%, and its net margin of 15.97%. It's also why I don't see Duke's 15-year dividend growth streak stopping anytime soon, and it's a dividend that already yields 3.57%.

That makes this Duke a rather appealing prospect at present.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In DeFi Technologies To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in DeFi Technologies between May 12, 2025 and November 14, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 24, 2026) - Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against DeFi Technologies Inc. ("DeFi Technologies" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DEFT) and reminds investors of the January 30, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (i) DeFi Technologies was facing delays in executing its DeFi arbitrage strategy, which at all relevant times was a key revenue driver for the Company; (ii) DeFi Technologies had understated the extent of competition it faced from other DAT companies and the extent to which that competition would negatively impact its ability to execute its DeFi arbitrage strategy; (iii) as a result of the foregoing issues, the Company was unlikely to meet its previously issued revenue guidance for the fiscal year 2025; (iv) accordingly, Defendants had downplayed the true scope and severity of the negative impact that the foregoing issues were having on DeFi Technologies' business and financial results; and (v) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On November 6, 2025, DeFi Technologies issued a press release purporting to report an arbitrage trade by DeFi Alpha. The press release disclosed, inter alia, that "[DAT]s have absorbed or delayed a significant share of arbitrage opportunities over the past year."

On this news, DeFi Technologies' stock price fell $0.13 per share, or 7.43%, to close at $1.62 per share on November 6, 2025.

Then, on November 14, 2025, DeFi Technologies issued a press release reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Among other items, DeFi Technologies reported a revenue decline of nearly 20%, falling well short of market expectations. The Company also significantly lowered its 2025 revenue forecast, from $218.6 million to approximately $116.6 million, and attributed this reduction to "a delay in executing DeFi Alpha arbitrage opportunities previously forecasted due to the proliferation of [DAT] companies and the consolidation in digital asset price movement in the latter half of 2025."

Concurrently, DeFi Technologies announced that Defendant Newton would leave his role as CEO and transition to an advisory position.

Following these disclosures, DeFi Technologies' stock price fell $0.40 per share, or 27.59%, over the following two trading sessions, to close at $1.05 per share on November 17, 2025.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding DeFi Technologies' conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the DeFi Technologies class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/DEFT or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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Explore how differences in portfolio size, sector focus, and risk profiles set these two small-cap growth ETFs apart for investors.

The State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG 1.78%) and the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF (ISCG 1.27%) differ in cost, portfolio breadth, and historical drawdowns, with ISCG offering lower fees and broader industrial exposure but showing higher volatility over time.

Both SLYG and ISCG target U.S. small-cap growth stocks, but each takes a distinct approach to sector weighting, holdings count, and recent performance. This comparison looks at cost, risk, returns, and portfolio construction to help investors decide which fund may better fit their preferences.

Snapshot (cost & size)MetricSLYGISCGIssuerSPDRISharesExpense ratio0.15%0.06%1-yr return (as of 1/9/2026)8.96%18.02%Dividend yield0.86%0.61%AUM$3.6 billion$807.86 millionhe 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months.

ISCG is more affordable on fees, charging less than half the annual expense ratio of SLYG, but SLYG pays a slightly higher dividend yield. Investors focused on minimizing costs may prefer ISCG, while those seeking a modestly higher payout might look to SLYG.

Performance & risk comparisonMetricSLYGISCGMax drawdown (5 y)-29.17%-41.49%Growth of $1,000 over 5 years$1,210$1,095What's insideISCG tracks a broad basket of 971 U.S. small-cap growth stocks, with sector weights led by industrials (26%), technology (18%), and healthcare (17%). Its largest holdings, such as Lumentum Holdings, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, and ATI, each make up less than 1% of the fund. With over two decades of history, ISCG offers broad diversification across small-cap growth companies, and no notable quirks or unusual constraints.

NYSEMKT: ISCGiShares Trust - iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF

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SLYG, by contrast, holds 334 stocks with a sector tilt toward industrials (20.5%), technology (19%), and healthcare (16%). Top positions include TTM Technologies, Advanced Energy Industries, and Sanmina. SLYG’s approach is more concentrated, and it tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index, focusing on firms with strong sales growth, earnings momentum, and price strength.

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For more guidance on ETF investing, check out the full guide at this link.

What this means for investorsInvesting in small-cap exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is a good way to get exposure to a broad universe of small-cap stocks, and is generally considered a solid approach to diversifying your portfolio. Small-cap stocks — generally considered to be stocks with market caps between $250 million and $2 billion — tend to be more volatile than their large-cap peers, featuring more risk but also greater upside potential.

In this comparison, ISCG stands out for its broader total portfolio (though it has fewer total assets under management than SLYG) and its heavier bent toward industrials stocks. It also features a much lower expense ratio than SLYG, but misses slightly in the dividend matchup. Over the past five years, it’s returned slightly less and sports a much more extreme maximum drawdown of more than 40%.

Both small-cap ETFs aim to hold stocks that feature growth characteristics, which makes sense for investors who are looking at this sector of the market. Those who value dividend yield may be swayed more by SLYG, though some of those gains may be offset by the ETF’s slightly higher expense ratio.

GlossaryETF: Exchange-traded fund that holds a basket of securities and trades on an exchange like a stock.
Expense ratio: Annual fee, expressed as a percentage of assets, that investors pay to own a fund.
Dividend yield: Annual dividends paid by a fund or stock divided by its current share price.
Beta: Measure of an investment’s volatility compared with the overall market, typically the S&P 500 index.
AUM: Assets under management; the total market value of all assets held in a fund.
Max drawdown: Largest peak-to-trough decline in an investment’s value over a specified period.
Growth of $1,000: Illustration showing how a $1,000 investment would have changed in value over time.
Small-cap: Companies with relatively small total market value, typically a few hundred million to a few billion dollars.
Growth stocks: Companies expected to grow earnings or revenue faster than the overall market, often reinvesting profits.
Sector weighting: The percentage of a fund’s assets invested in each industry or sector.
Holdings count: The number of individual securities owned within a fund’s portfolio.
Index tracking: Strategy where a fund aims to replicate the performance of a specific market index.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit against BellRing Brands, Inc. (NYSE:BRBR) and certain of the Company’s senior executives for securities fraud after a significant stock drop resulting from potential violations of the federal securities laws.

If you invested in BellRing, you are encouraged to obtain additional information by visiting: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases-investigations/bellring-brands-inc-class-action-lawsuit.

Investors have until March 23, 2026, to ask the Court to be appointed to lead the case. The complaint asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of investors in BellRing securities. The class action is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. It is captioned Denha v. BellRing Brands, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-00575.

Why is BellRing Being Sued for Securities Fraud?

BellRing develops, markets, and sells “convenient nutrition” products such as ready-to-drink (“RTD”) protein shakes primarily under the brand name Premier Protein. During the relevant period, Defendants represented that sales growth reflected increased end-consumer demand, attributing results to “organic growth,” “distribution gains,” “incremental promotional activity,” and “[s]trong macro tailwinds around protein” among other factors. At the same time, Defendants downplayed the impact of competition on demand, insisting BellRing was not experiencing any significant changes in competition, and that in the RTD category particularly, BellRing possessed a “competitive moat,” given that “the ready-to-drink category is just highly complex” and the products are “hard to formulate.”

As alleged, in truth, BellRing’s reported sales during the Class Period were driven by its key customers stockpiling inventory and did not reflect increased end-consumer demand or brand momentum. Following the destocking, BellRing admitted that competitive pressures were materially weakening demand.

Why did BellRing’s Stock Drop?

On May 6, 2025, BellRing’s CFO revealed “several key retailers lowered their weeks of supply on hand, which is expected to be a mid-single-digit headwind to our third quarter growth,” adding “[w]e now expect Q3 sales growth of low single digits.” BellRing’s CEO further revealed that retailers had been “hoarding inventory to make sure they didn’t run out of stock on shelf” and “protecting themselves coming out of capacity constraints,” but since there had been “several quarters of high in-stock rates,” customers “felt comfortable about bringing [inventory] down. We thought this could happen.”

This news caused the price of BellRing stock to drop $14.88 per share, or 19%, from a closing price of $78.43 per share on May 5, 2025, to $63.55 per share on May 6, 2025.

On August 4, 2025, after market hours, BellRing reported its 3Q 2025 financial results and “narrowed its fiscal year 2025 outlook for net sales.” Then, during the Company’s August 5, 2025 earnings call, BellRing’s CEO attributed the narrowed guidance to “several other competitors” gaining space to sell their products with a large retailer and that “it is not surprising to see new protein RTDs enter[ed]” the convenient nutrition market.

This news caused the price of BellRing stock to drop $17.46 per share, or nearly 33%, from a closing price of $53.64 per share on August 4, 2025, to $36.18 per share on August 5, 2025.

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If you invested in BellRing, you may have legal options and are encouraged to submit your information to the firm.

All representation is on a contingency fee basis; there is no cost to you. Shareholders are not responsible for any court costs or expenses of litigation. The firm will seek court approval for any potential fees and expenses.

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BFA is a leading international law firm representing plaintiffs in securities class actions and shareholder litigation. It has been named a top plaintiff law firm by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and ISS SCAS, and its attorneys have been named “Elite Trial Lawyers” by the National Law Journal, among the top “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” by Lawdragon, “Titans of the Plaintiffs’ Bar” by Law360 and “SuperLawyers” by Thomson Reuters. Among its recent notable successes, BFA recovered over $900 million in value from Tesla, Inc.’s Board of Directors, as well as $420 million from Teva Pharmaceutical Ind. Ltd.

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This vacation ownership firm serves over 700,000 members and generates recurring revenue from real estate, financing, and resort operations.

On January 23, Connecticut-based Iridian Asset Management disclosed a buy of 190,909 Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV 2.77%) shares, with an estimated transaction value of $8.11 million based on quarterly average pricing.

What happenedAccording to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated January 23, Iridian Asset Management increased its position in Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV 2.77%) by 190,909 shares during the fourth quarter. The estimated transaction value is $8.11 million, based on average closing prices for the quarter. Meanwhile, the quarter-end position value increased by $9.35 million, which includes both trading and price effects.

What else to knowThe purchase brought the Hilton Grand Vacations stake to 7.66% of Iridian’s reportable assets under management.

Top holdings after the filing:

NYSE:HLF: $23.67 million (8.7% of AUM)NYSE:HGV: $20.81 million (7.7% of AUM)NYSE:POST: $16.75 million (6.2% of AUM)NYSE:LAD: $15.68 million (5.8% of AUM)NASDAQ:PGEN: $15.05 million (5.5% of AUM)As of January 22, shares of Hilton Grand Vacations were priced at $46.65, up 14.17% over the past year and roughly in line with the S&P 500’s 14% gain in the same period.

Company overviewMetricValueRevenue (TTM)$5.00 billionNet Income (TTM)$53.00 millionPrice (as of 2026-01-22)$46.651-Year Price Change14.17%Company snapshotHilton Grand Vacations offers vacation ownership intervals, points-based vacation clubs, resort management, and consumer financing under the Hilton Grand Vacations brand.The company generates revenue through real estate sales, financing of timeshare purchases, resort operations, and club management services.Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. is a leading timeshare company with a diversified revenue base, operating across real estate sales, consumer financing, and resort management. Its scale, with nearly 200 properties and a substantial membership base, provides recurring revenue streams and operational leverage.

What this transaction means for investorsIridian’s addition to HGV lifts the stake to nearly 8% of assets, placing it alongside the fund’s highest-conviction ideas and ahead of many more liquid, index-like exposures elsewhere in the book. That’s important to note, and recent operating results help explain why. In the third quarter, the company posted $907 million in contract sales, up nearly 17% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA reached $245 million despite construction-related revenue deferrals. Management reaffirmed full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $1.125 billion to $1.165 billion, signaling confidence in cash generation even as reported earnings remain noisy.

CEO Mark Wang framed the quarter as “broad-based operational and financial performance,” pointing to execution across channels and geographies as the foundation for long-term cash flow and shareholder returns. That matters in a portfolio where other top holdings skew toward steadier compounders rather than cyclical rebounds. So the takeaway? When a fund leans in this hard, it’s usually because it believes the business model is proving resilient where others aren’t.

Jonathan Ponciano has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Klarna To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in Klarna pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Klarna's September 2025 initial public offering (the "IPO") and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 24, 2026) - Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Klarna Group plc ("Klarna" or the "Company") (NYSE: KLAR) and reminds investors of the February 20, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (1) Defendants materially understated the risk that its loss reserves would materially go up within a few months of the IPO, which they either knew of or should have known of given the risk profile of many individuals agreeing to Klarna's buy now, pay later ("BNPL") loans; and (2); as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

On November 18, 2025, Yahoo! Finance posted an article entitled "Klarna Revenue Surges Yet Longer Loans Trigger Provisions" on its website. The article, originally published on Bloomberg, stated that Klarna "reported record revenue that beat estimates for its third quarter, while setting aside more provisions for credit losses, in its first set of earnings since going public."

The article stated that Klarna "posted a net loss of $95 million, as the firm set aside more money for potentially souring loans. The company said provisions represented 0.72% of gross merchandise volume, up from 0.44% a year ago. Provisions for loan losses came in at $235 million, above analyst estimates of $215.8 million."

On this news, Klarna stock fell 9.3% on November 18, 2025.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Klarna's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the Klarna class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/KLAR or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP announces an investigation into Wealthfront Corporation (NASDAQ: WLTH) for potential violations of the federal securities laws.

If you invested in Wealthfront, you are encouraged to obtain additional information by visiting: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/wealthfront-corporation-class-action.

Why is Wealthfront Being Investigated for Violations of the Federal Securities Laws?

Wealthfront is an online financial advisor that uses automated tools to provide investment and financial advice. On or around December 12, 2025, Wealthfront completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of more than 34 million shares of common stock at a price of $14.00 per share.

BFA is investigating whether Wealthfront violated the federal securities laws by making false and misleading statements to investors, including in the offering materials for its IPO.

Why did Wealthfront’s Stock Drop?

On January 12, 2026, Wealthfront published its first quarterly results as a publicly traded company. The results included net deposit outflows of $208 million, a stark reversal from the $874 million in inflows the company experienced during the same period a year earlier. During the company’s earnings conference call held the same day, CEO David Fortunato attributed the decline to falling interest rates and emphasized the strategic importance of Wealthfront’s new home-lending business which he asserted would protect the company from downside risk should interest rates continue to fall. Also on the call, Fortunato revealed that he personally owns a 95.1% stake in Wealthfront’s home-lending business and that the company may “revisit or revise the ownership structure.” This news caused the price of Wealthfront stock to drop $2.12 per share, nearly 17%, from a closing price of $12.59 per share on January 12, 2026, to $10.47 per share on January 13, 2026.

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Endeavor To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you sold Endeavor Class A common stock between January 15, 2025 and March 24, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 24, 2026) - Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. ("Endeavor" or the "Company") (NYSE: EDR) and reminds investors of the March 18, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose in the January 15, 2025, Information Statement and subsequent amendment issued by Defendants, and related filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Among other things, the Complaint alleges the Information Statement and other solicitation materials misled investors regarding the true value of Endeavor's shares, failed to adequately disclose the earnings of Endeavor's executives under the terms of the Merger, and failed to disclose conflicts of interests with Endeavor's special committee and financial advisor.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Endeavor's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the Endeavor class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/EDR or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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Kaia [KAIA]  traded within a steep downtrend for eight consecutive months, reflecting intense bearish pressure. However, after dropping to a low of $0.05, KAIA held firm, rebounded, and broke out of a multi‑month descending channel.

The altcoin surged from $0.049 to a two‑month high of $0.084 before a mild pullback. At the time of writing, KAIA traded at $0.079, marking a 39.7% gain in the past 24 hours.

Over the same period, its trading volume jumped 430% to $106 million, while the market cap surpassed $500 million.

What’s driving KAIA’s uptick?

Kaia wallet is integrated into ‘Magic Squad’ In a major boost for KAIA, Metabora Games partnered with Noestallagames to launch the Web3 game’ Magic Squad’. 

The newly launched game introduced a gas abstraction feature integrating the KAIA wallet. The feature allows users to pay transaction fees without holding KAIA tokens. 

Typically, such integrations attract real usage and expand the utility of tokens within the network. Moreover, the integration showed Kaia’s ability to facilitate a seamless Web3 experience for mainstream users. 

Buyers step in with conviction across the market After KAIA fell below $0.05, buyers, driven by its expansion into Web3 gaming, entered the market and defended the level.

According to Coinalyze data, buyers on Binance and Bitfinex stepped in with strength and bought the dip. KAIA saw 144 million in Buy Volume compared to 140 million in Sell Volume, as of writing. 

As a result, the market recorded a positive Buy Sell Delta of 4 million, reflecting buyer dominance, a sign of spot accumulation. 

Source: Coinalyze

On the Futures side, as KAIA continued to rise, traders rushed into the market, chasing the rally. 

According to CoinGlass, Derivatives Volume climbed 1046% to $360 million while Open Interest (OI) rose 279% to $31 million, at press time. 

With OI and Volume surging in tandem, it signalled increased participation and higher capital flows into the futures. In fact, over $123 million flowed into Futures positions, reflecting higher demand for long or short positions 

Source: CoinGlass

Meanwhile, KAIA’s Long/Short Ratio rose to 1.04, with Binance Top Traders accounts dominating long positions. When this ratio is above 1, it suggests that most participants were bullish and took long positions, anticipating higher returns. 

Can KAIA’s upside momentum hold? KAIA rallied as buyers stepped in across the spot and futures market, effectively defending key levels. Even after the altcoin reached $0.06, demand continued to grow as investors chased the rally, fearing they would miss out.

As a result, the altcoin’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) made a bullish crossover and rose to 70, at press time, reflecting buyers’ total dominance.

Source: TradingView

At the same time, its Directional Movement Index (DMI) made a bullish crossover and climbed to 48, while the negative index fell to 30.

When these momentum indicators reach such elevated levels, it signals the potential for trend continuation. Thus, if buyer dominance persists, KAIA could reclaim $0.1 and eye $0.11 resistance.

Conversely, if the futures market bubble bursts while holders seek to realise profits, the altcoin will likely retrace to $0.06.

Final Thoughts KAIA surged 39.7% to a 2-month high of $0.084, before slightly retracing to $0.079 at press time.  KAIA rallied as buyers stepped in to defend key levels, driven by Kaia wallet integration into the Web3 game’ Magic Squad.