Cardano climbed 7%, with ADA at $0.37 after an intraday high of $0.376, recovering from a Dec. 23–25 decline. The advance has spanned two sessions since Dec. 26 as traders monitor resistance at $0.427 (daily MA 50) and $0.665 (daily MA 200), with support at $0.34. Across the market, altcoins posted broader gains while Bitcoin stayed near $88,000.

According to Shibburn, 1,000,002 Shiba Inu tokens were burned in the past 24 hours by Dec. 27, 2025, yet the overall SHIB burn rate declined 32.29% compared with the previous day. Total burns over the last week reached 29,080,015 SHIB, while the token price hovered around $0.0000073 to $0.0000074 as Shiba Inu attempted a late-year rebound.

Cardano's privacy token Midnight (NIGHT) saw 24-hour trading volume decline 45% to $110.89 million after topping $9 billion earlier in the week. Despite lighter activity, NIGHT traded at $0.084, up 6.35% day over day but down 15% on the week. Its price swung from $0.1198 on Dec. 21 to $0.07 on Dec. 24 before rebounding.

XRP reserves on centralized exchanges are nearing 1.5 billion tokens as spot XRP ETFs rapidly soak up supply. An analyst known as unknown DLT links roughly 750 million XRP absorbed in recent weeks and forecasts a possible supply shock by early 2026. Alongside rising ETF net assets above $1.24 billion by Dec. 26, upgrades such as rippled v3.0.0 and an on-ledger lending protocol aim to expand XRP Ledger's institutional utility.

On Dec. 26, 2025, BlackRock moved 1,044 BTC ($91.9 million) and 7,557 ETH ($22.41 million) to Coinbase after pausing activity on Christmas Day. Lookonchain said that on Dec. 24, BlackRock transferred 2,292 BTC ($199.8 million) and 9,976 ETH ($29.23 million) to Coinbase Prime. 10x Research noted Bitcoin's rangebound setup with shrinking volatility and signs of technical fatigue.

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.