At the start of 2026, XRP extended a rebound from the Dec. 31 low of $1.80. At press time it was up 2.2% over 24 hours at $1.89 after touching $1.90. Price is confronting layered resistance near $1.90–$2.00, while support sits around $1.82 and $1.77. A decisive move above $2 remains the key trigger.

XRP is fluctuating between $1.82 and $1.91, with price at about $1.86 and trading volume near $1.69 billion as traders watch key support and resistance levels. An analyst highlights a 393-day accumulation phase and outlines short-term paths toward $2.08 if $1.82 holds, while downside levels sit around $1.77 and $1.55–$1.60. Standard Chartered projects XRP could climb to $8 by late 2026, as institutional interest grows and XRP ETFs have attracted over $1.25 billion since November.

On Dec. 31, 2025, Ethereum traded around $2,996 after failing several times in December to firmly break above the key $3,000 mark. An on-chain analyst highlighted roughly $77.6 million in ETH futures sell orders on Binance clustered just above $2,982, creating a significant obstacle for bulls amid declining trading volumes. Market data shows Ethereum’s recent activity has been less than half of last year’s weekly volumes, while outlooks point to a potential all-time high in 2026 and two major upgrades, Glamsterdam and Hegota, tentatively lined up for that year.

Binance will remove FDUSD margin pairs for BCH, TAO, AVAX, LTC, SUI, ADA and LINK on Jan. 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), covering seven cross and seven isolated pairs. Asset transfers into Isolated Margin are disabled immediately, and isolated borrowing halts on Dec. 31 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), with positions auto-settled and orders canceled during the delisting window.

In a year-end 2025 letter to the SHIB community, Shiba Inu developer Kaal Dhairya described the past months as the project's most difficult period, citing the Shibarium hack and leadership gaps during the crisis. He said technical recovery of the bridge is largely complete, outlined the SOU "Shib Owes You" NFT-based claims system for affected users, and announced a strategic shift toward revenue-generating core infrastructure while sunsetting nonessential projects.

Dogecoin heads into the end of 2025 under pressure, with price down 62% year over year and 16.39% for December, according to CoinGecko. At press time, DOGE was up 0.03% at $0.1244, trading within a tight range defined by supply at $0.1260–$0.1264 and demand at $0.1208–$0.1220.

Cardano climbed 7%, with ADA at $0.37 after an intraday high of $0.376, recovering from a Dec. 23–25 decline. The advance has spanned two sessions since Dec. 26 as traders monitor resistance at $0.427 (daily MA 50) and $0.665 (daily MA 200), with support at $0.34. Across the market, altcoins posted broader gains while Bitcoin stayed near $88,000.

According to Shibburn, 1,000,002 Shiba Inu tokens were burned in the past 24 hours by Dec. 27, 2025, yet the overall SHIB burn rate declined 32.29% compared with the previous day. Total burns over the last week reached 29,080,015 SHIB, while the token price hovered around $0.0000073 to $0.0000074 as Shiba Inu attempted a late-year rebound.

Cardano's privacy token Midnight (NIGHT) saw 24-hour trading volume decline 45% to $110.89 million after topping $9 billion earlier in the week. Despite lighter activity, NIGHT traded at $0.084, up 6.35% day over day but down 15% on the week. Its price swung from $0.1198 on Dec. 21 to $0.07 on Dec. 24 before rebounding.