Husky Inu AI (HINU) started the new year with a recent pre-launch price increase from $0.00024487 to $0.00024581. The pre-launch phase began on April 1, 2025.
However, the cryptocurrency market is still in bearish territory, with most tokens including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), etc. trading in the red.
Husky Inu AI (HINU) starts the new year with another price rise
Husky Inu AI (HINU) completed its first price increase of 2026, rising from $0.00024487 to $0.00024581. The price increase is part of the project’s pre-launch phase, which began on April 1, 2025. A pre-launch allows the project to continue its fundraising efforts while empowering its growing community and existing token holders. It also helps teams secure capital, fund platform improvements, take market initiatives, and support expansion of the broader ecosystem.
The project’s official release date is less than four months away, but the team hasn’t ruled out moving the release date to an earlier or later date. The team will conduct a series of review meetings to determine the project start date. The first review meeting was held twice on July 1, 2025 and October 1, 2025, and the third review meeting is scheduled for January 1, 2026.
Will fundraising be active in 2026?
Fundraising efforts have picked up steam over the past few days. Husky Inu has raised $917,618 so far, and after stagnating around $907,935, it has posted significant gains over the past few days, suggesting investors’ risk appetite has returned. The project surpassed its $750,000 goal on May 16th and $800,000 goal on June 15th. The project met its $850,000 goal in July and surpassed $900,000 in October. However, fundraising has picked up again in the past few days as investor sentiment has turned positive.
Cryptocurrency market remains sluggish
Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency market performed as expected, with price action muted as 2026 started off calmly. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen further over the past 24 hours, falling below $88,000 to current levels of $87,495. The flagship cryptocurrency has fallen more than 1% in the past 24 hours. Ethereum, on the other hand, briefly regained $3,000 and reached an intraday high of $3,014. However, after reaching this level, it lost momentum and fell to a low of $2,959 before moving to $2,974. Altcoins have risen slightly over the past 24 hours. Ripple (XRP) is down 1.50% and Solana (SOL) is trading at $124, down over 1%.
Dogecoin (DOGE) fell 4%, while Cardano (ADA) fell more than 4% to $0.336. Chainlink (LINK), Stellar (XLM), Hedera (HBAR), Litecoin (LTC), Toncoin (TON), and Polkadot (DOT) also recorded significant declines over the past 24 hours. As a result, the cryptocurrency market cap fell by almost 1% to $2.96 trillion. The 24-hour trading volume also decreased by 4% to $85.65 billion.
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