XRP Flips BNB, Bitcoin ETFs See $471M Inflows as 2026 Kicks Off

Chain Reaction by Capital Copilot breaks down the strongest crypto market open in months. XRP surged to flip BNB and claim the number four market cap spot, driven by record-low exchange supply and ETF inflows nearing 1.2 billion dollars. Bitcoin ETFs recorded 471 million dollars in inflows on the first official trading day of 2026, while Bitcoin reclaimed ninety thousand dollars. We cover SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw's departure, Iran's announcement accepting crypto for weapons sales, Bitfarms' thirty million dollar Paraguay exit, and the early release of Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein under the First Step Act. Plus: South Korea lost one hundred ten billion dollars in crypto capital to offshore exchanges in 2025 due to strict domestic regulations.