BTC/USD $68,420 +2.8%
ETH/USD $3,540 +1.4%
SOL/USD $142.80 -0.6%
BNB/USD $605.20 +0.9%
XRP/USD $0.62 -1.2%
DOGE/USD $0.18 +5.4%
BTC/USD $68,420 +2.8%
ETH/USD $3,540 +1.4%
SOL/USD $142.80 -0.6%
BNB/USD $605.20 +0.9%
XRP/USD $0.62 -1.2%
DOGE/USD $0.18 +5.4%
Altcoins

Crypto Prices on January 1: BTC 0.97%↓, ETH 0.02%↑, MYX 8.21%↑

Cryptocurrency Prices on January 1, 2026. (IT Times) The cryptocurrency market recorded overall losses on January 1, with most major digital assets trading lower. According to CoinMarketCap,

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Crypto Prices on January 1: BTC 0.97%↓, ETH 0.02%↑, MYX 8.21%↑
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Cryptocurrency Prices on January 1, 2026. (IT Times)

The cryptocurrency market recorded overall losses on January 1, with most major digital assets trading lower.

According to CoinMarketCap, as of 10:30 AM KST on January 1, Bitcoin (BTC) was down 0.97% at $87,708.73, while Ethereum (ETH) edged up 0.02% to $2,977.77. XRP (XRP) fell 2.17% to $1.83, Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped 4.39% to $0.118, Solana (SOL) slipped 0.43% to $125.09, and Avalanche (AVAX) declined 3.03% to $12.29. Shiba Inu (SHIB) lost 2.52% to $0.056918, Aptos (APT) slid 4.11% to $1.65, while Pi (PI) inched up 0.08% to $0.2035.

Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, MYX Finance (MYX) recorded the largest daily gain, rising 8.21%, while Midnight (NIGHT) posted the steepest decline with an 11.02% drop.

Other notable altcoins included Obol (OBOL), which fell 5.31% day on day to $0.02467, and Aleo (ALEO), which slipped 2.54% to $0.1216.

A newly listed cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap within the past 24 hours was 2026 ($2026).

IT Times Kunyoung Kim ([email protected])