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Solana has struggled to recover after a recent price decline, with SOL remaining capped below the $130 resistance. The altcoin has shown attempts to stabilize, yet momentum remains fragile.

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ADA faces mounting pressure as its top-10 spot hangs in the balance.

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XRP has continued to trade lower as crypto prices weaken across the board, with the total market shedding more than $1.3 trillion since October. Related Reading: Bitcoin Feels The Weight Of Quantum Risk Concerns, Industry Leaders Warn During the past three months, XRP has dropped more than 30%, keeping pressure on sentiment even as some commentators argue the token's purpose goes far beyond short-term price moves.

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Bitcoin hovered at $88,202 per coin at 2:30 p.m. EST on Dec. 20, as derivatives markets quietly shifted into a more cautious posture following the Dec. 19 options expiry. Futures leverage eased, options positioning has thickened, and traders appeared more interested in protection than bravado.

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Bitcoin's inability to reclaim $90,000 is looking less like a debate about narratives and more like a test of market plumbing. For the better part of 2025, the surface story was institutional momentum.

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Bitcoin's fundamental properties make it a better long-term bet than gold, according to Bitcoin maximalist and analyst Matthew Kratter.

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Six years ago, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he would respect a technically competent rival overtaking Ethereum.

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Bitcoin's market behavior in 2025 has been shaped by several powerful forces, primarily the rise of institutional adoption.

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A growing number of market analysts believe the long-awaited altcoin season may finally arrive in January 2026, with new data suggesting a shift in liquidity conditions.

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Bitcoin shows bullish divergence, while gold appears overvalued; on-chain data shows controlled distribution.

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Interest in Bitcoin's mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has surged, and analysts warn the trend may carry bearish implications for BTC's price.

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Ethereum's market behavior has attracted analysts who are highlighting a shift in leadership, typically seen only after a strong Bitcoin rally.

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Cardano has announced a shift in its 2030 strategy, inclined towards a more commercially oriented purpose built on clear performance metrics.

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Discussions around XRP supply have resurfaced after a detailed post on X by an XRP investor known as Lord Belgrave, who offered a perspective that goes beyond the usual conversations about the XRP tokens locked in escrow. According to the XRP investor, Ripple's escrow mechanism is a deliberately structured system designed years in advance with institutional deployment in mind, and we might see more details in the near future as NDAs start to expire.

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Binance's Inflow-Value Band chart indicates XRP faces further decline toward $1.50-$1.66 as persistent exchange inflows create selling pressure and the asset fails to reclaim the $2.30 resistance level on weekly timeframes.

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More fluctuations incoming: is this the final straw before institutional demand reflects on XRP's price charts?

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Ethereum developers have officially designated the next major network upgrade as ‘Hegota', setting its deployment for 2026 in a bid to continue refining the blockchain's functionality and resilience. This decision, communicated on December 19, 2025, follows the completion of previous updates named ‘Pectra' and ‘Fusaka' and forms part of Ethereum's ongoing commitment to biannual upgrades.

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The XRP price action is back in focus as an analyst outlines a clear strategy for managing gains in the current market structure. Although XRP has been trending downward for the past few months, the analysis highlights the potential for a recovery and a strong upward move soon.

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The full scope of Glamsterdam has not yet been finalized, but developers are targeting it to go live in 2026.

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Bitcoin's fixed supply cap makes for a superior setup to Dogecoin's unlimited supply. Larger pools of capital have started to focus more on Bitcoin, as it's a legitimate financial asset now.

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After multiple days of trading sideways, XRP is finally back to the bullish zone as its price has continued to witness a rapid increase since the last day.

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Recent Bitcoin pullbacks are driven by stablecoin shorts and market dynamics rather than mass selling, with long-term holders remaining largely inactive.

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XRP has struggled to sustain a recovery over the past several days, with price repeatedly failing to gain traction near key resistance levels. Despite the hesitation, investor behavior is shifting.

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Since the market-wide crash in early October, the Bitcoin price has struggled to resume any significant movement to the upside. The flagship cryptocurrency has continued to fall even deeper into bearish territory, breaching multiple support zones in the process.

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Four XRP spot ETFs now trade in the US, with combined assets of $941.7 million as of Dec. 18. Grayscale's GXRP holds $148.1 million, Canary Capital's XRPC $373.6 million, Franklin Templeton's XRPZ $189 million, and Bitwise's XRP ETF $215.6 million.