The crypto asset market started 2026 with increased volatility and periodic sell-offs amid nervousness in global markets. On Monday, Bitcoin is trading at around $87,800, and Ether at around $2,900. The key short-term pressure factor is institutional demand behavior through exchange-traded products. According to Bloomberg, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw five consecutive days of outflows totaling approximately $1.7 billion last week, which heightened market participants’ caution. Additionally, Yahoo Finance reported notable weekly outflows from this category of funds.
At the same time, the crypto market remains linked to overall risk sentiment. Reuters recorded large capital flows in traditional markets in January, with investors more sensitive to geopolitics and trade restriction announcements, which typically increase demand for liquidity and reduce appetite for risky assets.
At the same time, the price decline is stimulating the launch of new strategies by major players. The Financial Times reported that Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy plans to launch a $100 million hedge fund in the first quarter of 2026, hoping to capitalize on market volatility and “maturation.”
A separate long-term trend is the acceleration of regulatory certainty and the convergence of the crypto industry with traditional finance. Reuters wrote about the introduction of a bill in the US that should clarify market rules and the distribution of roles between regulators. Against this backdrop, traditional asset managers are more actively testing tokenization: Reuters reported on F/m Investments’ application to tokenize ETF shares on US Treasury bills.
In Europe, the focus is shifting to the practical implementation of MiCA. ESMA reminds that for companies that operated under national rules until December 30, 2024, “grandfathering” applies — they can continue their services until July 1, 2026, or until a decision on the MiCA license is made. National regulators are also publishing their clarifications and transition schedules.
In the coming weeks, investors will typically look at the dynamics of flows in spot ETFs, regulatory news in the US and EU, and whether demand for “quality” within the crypto market — Bitcoin and the most liquid assets — will continue, while riskier tokens traditionally react more strongly to any spikes in volatility.
The spot price of gold exceeded $5,000 per troy ounce for the first time on Monday amid growing demand for safe-haven assets. As of 8:02 a.m., the spot price of gold rose 1.8% to $5,078.54 per ounce, reaching $5,093.05 per ounce during the session.
The price is supported by fears of another US government shutdown and the weakening of the dollar: the DXY index, which reflects the dynamics of the US currency against six major world currencies, is down 0.5%.
Since the beginning of the year, gold has risen in price by 15.5%.
Earlier, the Experts Club analytical center presented an analysis of the world’s leading gold-producing countries in its video on YouTube channel — https://youtube.com/shorts/DWbzJ1e2tJc?si=BywddHO-JFWFqUFA
Odrex Medical Center (Dom Meditsiny LLC, Odessa) has undergone an inspection for compliance with licensing conditions, and the Ministry of Health has confirmed its compliance, according to the clinic’s CEO Tigran Arutyunyan.
“In January 2026, a commission from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health conducted an unscheduled inspection of Odrex Medical Center’s compliance with licensing conditions. Based on the results of the inspection, the Ministry of Health confirmed that Odrex Medical Center fully complies with licensing conditions, operates within the law, and has no violations,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
Arutyunyan specified that the inspection lasted three days and covered key areas of the hospital’s activities.
He noted that “Odrex continues to provide medical care as planned.”
As reported, two doctors from the Odrex clinic were accused of causing the death of its 62-year-old patient, businessman Adnan Kivan, who was undergoing treatment for cancer at the Odrex medical center from May to October 2024. He died on October 27, 2024.
During the investigation on October 24, 2025, investigators handed over suspicions to the head of surgical department No. 2, surgeon-oncologist Vitaly Rusakov, and clinical oncologist and chemotherapist Marina Bilotserkovskaya.
The clinic officially expressed its willingness to cooperate with the investigation and called on the media to avoid unproven accusations against its doctors in the patient’s death and to wait for the official conclusions of the investigation. At the same time, the clinic believes that this investigation is of a commissioned nature.
For its part, the Ministry of Health launched an unscheduled inspection of the Odrex clinic after this incident.
The Ministry of Economy, Ecology, and Agriculture has included VUSO Insurance Company (Kyiv) in the list of insurers eligible to insure agricultural products with state support.
According to the ministry’s website, insurance companies INGO, Universalna, and VUSO are currently authorized to provide such insurance.
As reported, the state budget for 2026 provides for UAH 60 million to support agricultural insurance for the first time, for which the Cabinet of Ministers adopted the relevant changes to the procedure for providing state support on December 31.
The resolution provides for compensation for part of the insurance premiums paid, in particular up to 60% of the cost of insurance premiums for agricultural producers working in frontline communities and up to 45% for other agricultural producers.
To insure agricultural products, agricultural producers must apply to insurance companies that have been granted the right to provide such insurance in agreement with the National Bank of Ukraine. The list of such companies is published on the website of the Ministry of Economy.
Agricultural product insurance contracts will be concluded in accordance with a list of standardized insurance products, which, in particular, provide protection for winter grain crops during the winter period, for winter grain crops throughout the entire growing season, and for future grain crops during the spring and summer growing season.
VUSO Insurance Company was founded in 2001. According to the NBU, the company ranks fourth among non-life insurers in Ukraine in terms of premiums collected for the first nine months of 2025.
On April 23, 2024, the National Bank of Ukraine reissued the company’s licenses to conduct insurance activities (33 for voluntary and 17 for compulsory types of insurance). IC “VUSO” has 34 representative offices, 2 branches, and more than 20 agency sales centers throughout the country.
On January 23, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service announced a tender for compulsory motor third-party liability insurance services, according to the Prozorro electronic public procurement system.
According to the system, the expected cost of purchasing the services is UAH 2.2 million.
The deadline for submitting tender bids is January 31.
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The spot price of silver exceeded $100 per ounce for the first time in history on Friday amid rising demand for safe-haven assets.
At 7:10 p.m. CST, it rose 4.6% to approximately $100.67 per ounce, reaching $100.91 per ounce during the session.
The spot price of gold also set a new record and is approaching $5,000 per ounce. At 19:11 CEST, it rose 1% to $4,984.33 per ounce, slightly down from its intraday and historic high of $4,988.33 per ounce.
Since the beginning of the year, silver has risen in price by 39.4% and gold by 14.3%.
