XRP’s price surged 12% in a day with data showing whales have been accumulating the asset in significant volumes, speculation around an ETF listing in the US and optimism toward President-elect Donald Trump’s looming inauguration.
“XRP investors are pleased to see the #3 market cap asset reach $2.69 today for the first time since Dec. 17, 2024,” crypto analysis firm Santiment said in a Jan. 14 X post.
At the time of publication, XRP had s...

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says 2025 could see a boom in smaller, niche businesses aided by AI and tokenization, more corporate Bitcoin adoption, and an “unfreezing” of mergers and acquisitions that could benefit crypto.
In a series of X posts on Jan. 5, Horsley said he sees the world “on the precipice of change” in 2025.
Tokenization to help small businesses
In one of the X posts, Horsley also made some predictions about tokenizati...

The Coinbase premium index — a metric used to gauge Bitcoin retail demand in the United States — fell to its lowest level in 12 months as 2024 drew to a close, with an analyst warning it could pose a challenge to short-term price recovery.
“The increasing seller pressure in the US market has significantly impacted the Coinbase Premium Index, dragging it to new lows,” CryptoQuant contributor Burakkesmeci said in a Dec. 31 ana...

United States Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw net inflows the day after Christmas, stemming a four-trading day run of outflows totaling more than $1.5 billion.
The 11 ETFs together saw net inflows of $475.2 million on Dec. 26, led by $254.4 million worth of flows into the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, per CoinGlass.
The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF followed with $186.9 million in inflows, while BlackRock’s iShares Bi...

Bitcoin has seen its first significant weekly price fall since Donald Trump’s November presidential election win kicked off a rally that sent the cryptocurrency soaring over six figures.
Bitcoin dropped 10% on the week ending Dec. 22 to close at $94,645, shaving around $10,500 from its starting point of $105,185, according to TradingView.
Its fall came after the United States Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee t...

A crypto hedge fund manager says there’s probably going to be more time for traders to take advantage of buying opportunities this cycle, following a plummet across the broader crypto market on the daily price charts.
“There will be intra-month volatility, but the pullbacks likely will be a “buy the dip” scenario for much longer than everyone expects,” Syncracy Capital co-founder Daniel Cheung said in a Dec. 9 X post.
Traders are “constantly ...

Ripple Labs’ XRP token has taken off like a rocket, although it’s anyone’s guess as to the who/what/why that’s furiously inflating XRP’s fiat price.
A month ago, a single XRP was worth around 50¢. That value doubled by mid-November and kept going, touching $1.50 by the end of the month. Then, over the weekend, XRP broke through the $2 barrier and currently sits at around $2.70. That’s still below its all-time high of $3.40 set seven yea...