On Jan. 1, 2026, Shibburn reported SHIB's 24-hour burn rate jumping 10,728.80%, with about $172 million sent to burn addresses. Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP in three tranches at the start of January 2026, per Whale Alert. The digest also notes Bitcoin's first post-halving red year, diverging from the prior four-year cycle.

Between Dec. 22 and 26, XRP drew $64 million of ETF inflows while Bitcoin spot products saw $782 million in outflows and Ethereum lost $102 million, with Solana up $13.14 million. In the last hour, Bitcoin posted a 3,436% short‑liquidation imbalance as totals hit $4.93 million, according to CoinGlass, and SHIB formed an hourly golden cross.

On December 23, Ripple moved 65 million XRP worth over $121 million to an unknown address, drawing speculation about potential liquidity or sell-off motives. At the same time, Shiba Inu's futures open interest climbed 3.42% to 11.03 trillion SHIB with over $80 million in positions, while Cardano's Midnight (NIGHT) token saw 24-hour trading volume surge to $4 billion. Cardano and Solana founders also agreed to pursue a cross-chain bridge that would allow ADA to be used on the Solana network.

Ripple Managing Director Reece Merrick projects that by the end of 2026, major banks, asset managers, and payment networks will hold meaningful crypto exposure, helped by clearer stablecoin rules. At the same time, Shiba Inu futures open interest has risen 3.42% to 11.03 trillion SHIB, while the XRP Ledger's AlphaNet has begun testing Dilithium-based, quantum-resistant transactions, putting it ahead of Bitcoin on this front.

On Tuesday, December 23, Ripple moved 65 million XRP worth over $121 million in one transaction as markets weakened. Shibburn recorded zero SHIB burns over the past 25 hours while SHIB slipped to $0.000007144. Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson and Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko signaled plans for a cross-chain bridge.

Shiba Inu derivatives data showed open interest at $75.76 million over the last 24 hours, an increase of nearly 8%. XRP led weekly fund flows with $62.9 million of inflows while Cardano’s Midnight (NIGHT) advanced about 20% to near $0.1054. On Dec. 19, U.S. spot XRP ETF data recorded $13.21 million in daily net inflows.

Shiba Inu's price advance is struggling as about 81.5 trillion SHIB remain on exchanges, keeping strong sell pressure in place. Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin has removed 500,000 tokens from circulation via an on-chain burn, while Cardano-based NIGHT has posted 24-hour trading volume of roughly $4 billion after its Dec. 8 launch. These moves highlight contrasting supply and trading dynamics across major altcoins in the current market.

On Dec. 18, 2025, SBI VC Trade set a new start time for its "Rent Coin" lending round, covering 34 cryptocurrencies such as XRP, BTC and DOGE, while XRP ETFs collectively posted 30 consecutive trading days of net inflows with a debut U.S. spot product drawing nearly $250 million in first-day volume. Over the same period, Shiba Inu saw about 100 billion SHIB move off exchanges as downside liquidation levels clustered near $0.00777, Solana registered a 40% jump in trading volume alongside a golden cross near $132.9, and Dogecoin analysts warned of potential declines toward $0.1 or even $0.062 after losing support in the $0.16–$0.18 range.

Whale-driven exchange inflows have kept XRP under pressure near $1.95, with key support around $1.82–$1.87 and risk toward $1.50–$1.66 if inflows continue. Despite this, XRP ETFs have recorded net inflows for 30 consecutive trading sessions. Spot demand has not yet offset the expanding available supply on exchanges.