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Gamza Khanzadaev

XRP Leads Early 2026 With 10.8% Q1 Jump as Bitcoin Whale Narrative and Cardano's $0 Short Liquidations Draw Focus

On Monday, Jan. 12, XRP was up 10.8% for early 2026, marking its strongest first-quarter start since 2023 and trading between $2.04 and $2.35. A separate Bitcoin wallet holding 26,916 BTC, valued at over $2.44 billion, fueled speculation around the 17th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto's first 10 BTC transaction to Hal Finney, while Cardano showed an unusual $0 in short liquidations over key intraday windows as longs booked hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses.