Shiba Inu has declined 14.53% so far in December 2025, continuing a pattern of negative December performance that dates back to 2020. The token is trading around $0.000007174 on Christmas Day, with volume down 10.29% to $77.93 million amid lighter holiday activity. Bulls are watching for a possible Santa Claus Rally toward $0.00000765, while key resistance sits at $0.00000843 and $0.00001125 and support is expected near the $0.000007 area.

Rippled version 3.0.0 for the XRP Ledger, released earlier in December, introduces five new amendments that are now in the validator voting phase. These changes refine price oracles, MPT escrows, AMM clawbacks, ledger entry fields and MPT payment metadata. Additional amendments for a protocol-native lending system, Dynamic MPT and fixDelegateV1_1 remain disabled but are expected to reach validator voting in late January 2026.

Cardano's ADA fell 2.09% over the last 24 hours to $0.35 and was down 3.67% on the week, as trading stayed mixed during Christmas Day. Data showed $167,850 in long positions versus just $243 in shorts liquidated within an hour, creating a reported 66,530% imbalance while 24-hour volume dropped 22% to $380 million.

On Dec. 24, 2025, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said in a tweet that CNBC's Jim Cramer is "100% bearish" on Bitcoin, sharing a sentiment chart. Cramer's stance is closely watched by crypto traders, who often treat his calls as signals for market direction during volatile periods.

Binance will remove five spot trading pairs — BIO/FDUSD, ENS/FDUSD, INJ/ETH, TREE/BNB and VTHO/TRY — on Dec. 26 at 3:00 a.m. (UTC). The exchange also scheduled Ethereum network wallet maintenance for Dec. 25 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), temporarily pausing deposits and withdrawals.

Shiba Inu's circulating supply has decreased by 46,235,753 SHIB over the past week as community-led burns surged 1,983.45%, while the token trades near a crucial support area. SHIB recently changed hands around $0.000007073 with volumes easing ahead of the Christmas holiday and price still under short-term pressure.

According to Sosovalue, five spot XRP ETFs from Canary, 21Shares, Grayscale, Bitwise and Franklin Templeton have accumulated over $1.12 billion in net inflows since launching on Nov. 13, with total net assets topping $1.25 billion. While broader crypto investment products face outflows and XRP's price has slid from $1.95 to $1.88, CoinShares and Santiment data indicate that XRP continues to attract institutional capital and that prevailing bearish social sentiment could precede a potential price rebound.

Ripple's Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa, Reece Merrick, has reflected on the five years since the SEC filed its lawsuit against the company on Dec. 22, 2020, saying the experience strengthened the team and his conviction in Ripple's success. He highlighted that 2025 became one of Ripple's most ambitious years, with around $4 billion deployed into the crypto ecosystem, several major acquisitions completed and its RLUSD stablecoin greenlisted by Abu Dhabi's FSRA. Merrick now believes the outlook is brighter than ever for both Ripple and the broader digital asset sector.

Dogecoin fell 1.21% over the past 24 hours to $0.1297, hovering near a key $0.128 support after a multi-year trendline break. On December 21, 2025, Ali Charts warned that sustained selling could open a move toward $0.090. House of Doge detailed 2025 milestones and payments plans slated to begin rolling out in Q1 next year.