Trading Spaces Recap: New year, new volatility? Dentoshi breaks down BTC, ETH and early signs of life in altcoins

After a quiet and frustrating end to 2025, the crypto market entered the new year with something traders had been missing for weeks: movement. In the first Trading Spaces of 2026, Kraken VP of Growth Matt Howells-Barby sat down with Pro trader Dentoshi to assess whether early January price action is just another false start – or the beginning of a more tradable environment. With Bitcoin attempting to reclaim key levels, ether already showing relative strength and altcoins breaking long-standing downtrends, the conversation focused less on macro and more on what the charts are actually doing. As always, this discussion is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Bitcoin: A new yearly open, but conviction still needed The session opened with bitcoin, where Dentoshi emphasized the importance of the new yearly open as a fresh benchmark for traders. After weeks of extremely low volatility and repeated...

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