As late 2025 approaches, XRP is consolidating into a tight bullish triangle on lower time frames around $1.86, with traders eyeing a potential move toward the $2 zone. The pattern forms between resistance near $1.88 and support around $1.84, and a roughly 10% breakout could carry price toward $2.04 if buyers can push through overhead levels.

BNB Smart Chain plans to activate the Fermi hard fork on Jan. 14, 2026, reducing block intervals from 750ms to 250ms. The upgrade introduces extended voting and partial-ledger indexing to improve consensus resilience and lighten node requirements, while experimental BAL testing showed roughly 18.6% execution gains. The network currently processes around 165 transactions per second.

MakerDAO's governance token MKR is trading around $1,454.5599 and has recently fallen below the $1,600 level. Analysts project that MKR could fluctuate between roughly $1,200 and $2,800 in 2026, with potential to approach $12,000 by 2030 if DAI usage, protocol revenues, and MakerDAO's stability-focused roadmap progress as expected. These forecasts hinge on continued growth in DAI supply, on-chain fee generation, and effective governance and risk controls.

Following the latest market pullback, Dogecoin has dropped over 50% from its early October peak and is now trying to defend the $0.120 support after a 4.2% intraday slide from about $0.126 on Friday. Multiple analysts note that DOGE remains in a corrective phase, with some highlighting a fresh symmetrical triangle breakdown on the H4 chart that could trigger an additional move of around 15% toward either the $0.10–$0.11 region or a new bullish trend if price reverses.

On 27 December 2025, tensions resurfaced in the Aave ecosystem after Stani Kulechov rejected accusations that he bought about $15 million in AAVE to sway a controversial governance proposal. The failed vote, which sought to move control of Aave's brand and intellectual property to the DAO, exposed disagreements over transparency, economic alignment, and decision-making between Aave Labs and the decentralized community. Questions about procedure intensified after the listed proposal author said it had been submitted without his consent, deepening concerns over accountability.

On December 27, 2025, Fundstrat's Tom Lee reiterated a bullish path for Ethereum, targeting $7,000–$9,000 in early 2026 and a longer‑term move toward $20,000 driven by asset tokenization. Sharplink's Joseph Chalom expects Ethereum's TVL to grow tenfold in 2026 and says current TVL is approximately $68 billion as institutional adoption accelerates.

After launching in Q1 and trading near $3.00 at the end of February, PI fell over 94% to a $0.172 low in early October before stabilizing above $0.20 for the past couple of months. AI assessments say a hold could see $0.22-$0.24 tested, while a break risks revisiting the all-time low into the final week of 2025.

Analysts expect XRP’s price to mostly move sideways heading into 2026, with a more favorable setup only in the latter half of the year. At the time of publication, XRP traded at $1.84, down 14.63% since Jan. 1, while experts highlighted potential spot ETF approvals and deeper integration with global payment systems as key upside drivers.