The Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index (IRCI) has just been published for 2026. Now in its seventh year, the annual survey of more than 2,000 everyday Australians is designed to reflect the country’s population across age, gender, and location.
Now in its seventh year, the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index (IRCI) 2026 is an annual cross-sectional survey of over 2,000 Australians. The research captures the perspectives of everyday Australians and is balanced across gender, age and geographic distribution. The index is rated out of 100 and designed to reflect four key aspects of Australian attitudes towards cryptocurrency: awareness, adoption, trust and confidence. The IRCI survey was conducted between 12 and 20 January 2026. The index moved from 54 in 2025 to 53 in 2026, reflecting a year of market volatility and shifting sentiment, even as institutional participation increased and regulatory oversight continued to evolve.
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The world is in flames, trillions have been erased from stock markets, petrol prices are through the roof, and somehow Bitcoin is up almost 25% from the lows. It's a welcome change after a year in which everything seemed to be breaking all-time highs except for crypto. Bitcoin saw an unbroken week of daily gains and is up 8.3% this week to trade around US$74,312, while Ethereum raced ahead of the top ten, gaining 16.4% to trade around US$2,331. Oil futures have been volatile amid conflicting reports around how definitive Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz is. The US has bombed Kharg Island's defences, a facility that accounts for 90% of Iran’s oil exports, and threatened to seize it in a game of tit for tat with unpredictable consequences. Until the oil supply situation is resolved, financial volatility seems set to continue. In Australia, pundits have tipped that the Reserve Bank will increase interest rates. XRP, Solana, Cardano, and Dogecoin each gained between 11% and 13%. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is at 28, which is still in fear territory, but finally heading in the right direction.
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Global markets have had a tumultuous start to the week, with oil prices trading like a pump-and-dump memecoin. Oil prices gained almost 30% yesterday, trading at four-year highs, amid fears that the war in Iran will dramatically squeeze oil supplies through lower production and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Stock markets plunged, and NAB analysts warned Australian inflation could surge to 5% as a result. Bitcoin, however, held up well, leading some analysts to suggest the bottom is in. But oil prices have subsequently reversed most of the surge and fallen back below US$90 a barrel. After G7 countries discussed releasing up to 400M barrels from their reserves to shore up supplies, it emerged that oil tankers are crossing the strait with transponders off and after President Trump told CBS, "the war could be over soon." The Kobeissi Letter says this fits the Trump crisis playbook to a tee, although stopping a multi-country war is clearly a lot more difficult than walking back tariffs. We’re not out of the woods yet, with US jobs data suggesting the country lost 92,000 jobs in February, and oil prices remain much higher than a month ago. Bitcoin attempted a breakout above A$104K (US$74K) mid last week, but it didn't hold. After all the drama, Bitcoin finishes the week pretty much where it began - around A$97,820 (US$69.1K). ETH fell by 1% to trade around A$2,856 (US$2,019). XRP lost 1.4%, Solana (-1.4%), Dogecoin (-2.4%) and Cardano (-6.4%). Strategy bought another 17,994 Bitcoin for A$1.8B (US$1.28B), in the largest acquisition since January, and the Crypto Fear and Greed Index is at 13, or Extreme Fear.
Bitcoin has held up well amid the conflict in the Middle East. While it fell sharply as news broke that the US was bombing Iran, it recovered fast, too. Bitcoin surged 5.9% overnight and is now trading above its pre-conflict levels. Analysts suggest the overnight move may be short covering by options traders rather than a decisive move to the upside. With the conflict set to last weeks, and the Iranians closing the Strait of Hormuz - a vital trade route for around 20% of global oil - risks are piling up. The weekend’s conflict has highlighted the advantages of “non-custodial, always-on trading infrastructure”, as media began reporting on commodity price moves on Hyperliquid with traditional markets closed. Prior to the Iran situation, Bitcoin surged 11.5% over a little over a day last week, providing hope that prices could recover as quickly as they had fallen. "Bitcoin is capable of making very big moves, very fast," analyst Scott Melker observed. Bitcoin finishes the week up 6.1% to trade around A$96,928 (US$68,753) while Ethereum is up 8.5% to trade around A$2,852 (US$2,021) — but it has just marked six months in a row in the red. XRP gained 2.3%, Solana was up 10.5% and Cardano has overtaken Bitcoin Cash again by market cap, with a 4.1% gain. Both Strategy and BitMine added to their positions this week. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is at 14, or Extreme Fear.
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“It’s always darkest before the dawn”, they say, and if that’s true, dawn should be coming soon. We are only two months into 2026, and already Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter since 2018. Since the October 10 flash crash, crypto has only seen 4 positive weeks out of 21 in total. Delphi Digital reports that only 4 of 98 altcoins it tracks have increased in value since last year, while the average coin has dropped 81.4%. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has fallen to 8, and sentiment is so grim, people have taken to posting terrible news as indicators that things can’t possibly get worse. So the fact that searches for "Bitcoin is going to zero" are at record highs, or that Bitcoin is closing in on five negative months in a row, are both being interpreted as a sign that things will turn around soon, as these indicators have preceded turnarounds in the past. President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff war entered a new phase this week, after the Supreme Court disallowed the tariffs he'd imposed under emergency provisions. He immediately imposed 15% tariffs across the board under different powers that will expire in 150 days, so there is more uncertainty to come as the administration searches for other methods to impose them. Tariff uncertainty and the threat of war with Iran were blamed for Bitcoin’s sharp 5% drop on Monday, although it could also just be the usual low-liquidity weekend shenanigans. It’s not just crypto in turmoil; delivery, payments, and software stocks are falling sharply overnight in the US, in response to AI disruption fears outlined in Citrini’s sci-fi-style AI doom scenario, looking back from 2028. “It is a remarkable reaction,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at Jonestrading. “A literal work of fiction sends [the market] into a tailspin.” Bitcoin mining difficulty surged 15%, suggesting the temporary hashrate decline was more due to winter storms in the US than to unprofitable miners leaving the industry. The Other Parker also put out a detailed theory suggesting the crash was caused by too many funds going long on Bitcoin, meaning that when a short (volatility) fund blew up in October, they were forced to sell to hedge in a downward spiral. Bitcoin finishes the week down 5.7% to trade around A$91,901 (US$64,932), while Ethereum fell 6.8% to trade around A$2,640 (US$1,863). XRP, Solana & Cardano fell by more than 9% while Dogecoin dropped 8.4%.
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