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.

On December 20, 2025, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko shared data indicating Solana's annual revenue has overtaken Ethereum's. The projections point to $1.4 billion for Solana versus $522 million for Ethereum. He also argued Layer-1 relevance hinges on the execution layer as debates over sustainable protocol revenues intensify.

SBI VC Trade, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, is starting a new recruitment round for its "Rent Coin" lending program on Dec. 18, 2025, at 20:00 (JST), supporting 34 cryptocurrencies including XRP, BTC and DOGE. A Coinbase-linked Shiba Inu whale has moved 53,591,805,991 SHIB worth about $415,000 after roughly a year of inactivity, while an Ethereum whale's multisig wallet has reportedly lost around $27.3 million after a private key compromise. The Ethereum attacker has already routed approximately 4,100 ETH via Tornado Cash and still controls a leveraged ETH long position on Aave tied to the compromised multisig.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighted that XRP ETFs have posted inflows for 30 consecutive sessions, and Canary Capital's U.S. spot XRP ETF drew nearly $250 million on day one. Shiba Inu saw nearly 100 billion SHIB move off exchanges in 24 hours, while total crypto market cap fell to $2.95 trillion and Cardano liquidations reached $1.24 million with a 1,303% imbalance.