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Market forces are shifting as we approach 2026, with unusual signals indicating an impending inflection point. XRP, with a recent open interest of $3.43 billion, is closely watched due to its historical pattern of significant price movements after trading below the 50-week SMA. Currently, XRP has spent 70 days below this level, suggesting a potential upcoming rally.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the romanticization of "hyperstition", warning that prediction markets could engineer reality and lead to monopolies and harmful outcomes driven by major investors.

Shiba Inu's price stabilized after a recent decline, fluctuating between $0.00000698 and $0.00000729. Volume increased slightly as investors reassess risk at year-end. The Shiba Inu team sent festive messages to the community, emphasizing unity and resilience.

Charles Hoskinson just gave Cardano’s privacy spinoff a major label, telling X that Midnight is set to become the "Manhattan Project" of privacy-enhanced transactions (PET), chain abstraction and smart compliance.
He is not framing this as a weekend brainstorm. According to Hoskinson, he is

The worst kind of decoupling
More volatility?
Peter Schiff, a well-known economist, has told Bitcoin holders ("HODLers") that they are being given a rare chance to exit their positions at a slightly better price before the asset crashes further
He believes the "gift" is the liquidity allowing t

Mike Novogratz, initially a skeptic of XRP and Cardano, has shifted his stance, admitting he was wrong about XRP's potential. He acknowledges the strong communities behind these tokens, reflecting changing institutional narratives in the crypto space.