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As #XRP Breaks Out, Analyst Mikybull Says No Need to Tell You What Comes Next. In his update, Mikybull noted that XRP was experiencing a “mega breakout” and implied that significant movement was expected to follow. “I don’t need to tell you what comes next,” he said. This remark came after his earlier observation that a “big move” was imminent as XRP consolidated within a wedge formation. The breakout above the wedge resistance shows the market is turning from bearish to bullish. Notably, XRP established support at $2.70 and $2.80 over the past few weeks, consolidating until yesterday when it finally recaptured the $3 region. At press time, the coin continues to hold this level, trading at $3.05. Now, analysts believe XRP is set for more gains. Important immediate levels to watch soon are $3.40 and $3.66. These are the price levels at which it previously faced rejection. Overcoming these would open the path for XRP to retest the stubborn $3.84, a level it has not seen since 2018, potentially leading to price discovery at $4 and beyond. While Mikybull remains a permabull on XRP, forecasting a mega breakout, he has consistently refrained from specifying how high he expects the price to go. However, many other analysts in the XRP community have not been shy about disclosing their ambitious expectations. Last month, after XRP initially broke above $3 and showed strong bullish momentum following a dip to $2.60, analyst Matt Hughes projected a rally ranging from $8.30 to as high as $26. Meanwhile, another well-known XRP analyst, EGRAG, shares a similar $27 target, while others like Dustin Layton are looking for a $50 XRP. These price targets suggest around 3x to 16x price performance for XRP from its current position. Many are hopeful this month due to upcoming SEC decisions on XRP ETFs and Ripple’s bank charter approval, both of which could drive significant price gains. Approval could open regulated access for investors, potentially sparking a strong price surge similar to the impact seen with past Bitcoin ETFs.
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The #shiba⚡ Inu development team has announced the restoration of #Shibarium following a major bridge exploit. The team introduced several measures to harden Shibarium against future attacks. First, over 100 critical contracts across Shibarium, ShibaSwap, and the Shiba Inu Metaverse were migrated to secured multi-signature wallets. This step ensured that no single entity could control mission-critical assets. Second, all validator signing keys were rotated. By replacing keys tied to the compromised state, developers introduced stronger custody rules and isolated the network from prior exposure. Finally, a blacklist feature was added to staking operations. This mechanism enables the system to immediately block malicious addresses from staking, unstaking, withdrawing rewards, or re-bonding funds. Before deployment, each of these enhancements was rehearsed extensively on Devnet and Puppynet before being applied to Mainnet. One of the most notable outcomes of the recovery effort was the rescue of 4.6 million BONE tokens linked to the attacker. Because the tokens were staked through a contract rather than an external wallet, the team designed a targeted recovery method. Through the StakeManager, developers executed new procedures that corrected legacy unbonding data and restored ledger integrity. As a result, the malicious delegation was removed and the tokens secured. At the same time, the withdrawal delay was extended from one checkpoint to approximately 30 checkpoints, around 24 hours. This change ensures the team has sufficient time to detect unusual activity before withdrawals are finalized, providing an important new layer of defense. The fake checkpoint injection that initially triggered Heimdall’s halt required careful correction. Developers repaired the disrupted pointer and validated the fix through a structured, three-stage process. Specifically, the process began in Devnet, moved through Puppynet, and finally deployed to Mainnet. Consequently, the repair ensured checkpointing could resume safely.
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#XRP Records Highest Quarterly Close in History. For context, XRP closed September 2025 at a price of $2.846, representing a bullish end to the monthly candle and the 3-month (quarterly) candle. With this price, XRP closed September 2025 with a 2.55% increase, slightly making up for the 8.15% decline it witnessed in August 2025. Moreover, the $2.846 value represented XRP’s third-highest monthly candle close in history, only behind the $3.03 close recorded by the altcoin in January 2025 and the more recent $3.02 close from July 2025. Meanwhile, with XRP recently observing the end of Q3 2025, the $2.846 price marked the altcoin’s highest quarterly close in its history, beating the previous record of $2.23 recorded in Q2 2025. This is especially important, as the closing price for Q3 2025 represented XRP’s resistance for Q4 2024, indicating that XRP has conquered this area and established a support structure around it. Notably, having begun Q3 2025 at $2.23, the recent closing price meant that XRP gained an impressive 27.16% in the quarter. This makes it the best-performing quarter so far this year. Interestingly, further data shared by Mr. Xoom also reveals that XRP tends to perform best during Q4, the last quarter of each year. The latest of such explosive gains came in Q4 2024 (from October to December 2024), when XRP soared by an impressive 240% to close above the $2 mark. Before then, Q4 2023 also saw some mild gains despite XRP mostly underperforming throughout that year. While the fourth quarter of each year from 2018 to 2022 was marred by losses, this was largely due to a fundamental weakness in XRP’s price structure, which some attribute to suppression techniques. Before that, XRP observed another explosive surge in Q4 2017, when it rallied 1,064%. This represented its highest-ever quarterly gain. Notably, in Q4 2014, XRP witnessed another 426% increase and a 150% rise the year before that. Overall, on average, XRP has an average increase of 140% in the fourth quarter, making it its best-performing quarter historically. 

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#Dogecoin Father Elon Musk Becomes First Person With $500 Billion Net Worth.
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Users Can Now Swap #Cardano Across 20+ Chains, Hoskinson Reacts.

The #NEAR Protocol has announced the integration of Cardano on the NEAR Intents platform, offering ADA holders more cross-chain functionalities.

For the uninitiated, NEAR Intents refers to an organized framework that allows users to swap their tokens across the multiple chains integrated into the protocol. The abstraction tool delivers the user’s desired cross-chain transactional outcome through its competitive network of “solvers.”

The NEAR Intents platform has over 20 chains and 100 assets on its protocol. The most popular of them include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, USDT, and Solana. Cardano’s integration now makes swapping ADA for these assets seamless and bridgeless.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson showed enthusiasm over the development. He took to X to share that he is glad to be working with the NEAR Protocol team, insisting that they are “great.”
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Metaplanet Acquires Additional 5,268 #Bitcoin , Boosting Total Holdings to 30,823 $BTC
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Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas has declared that the chances of approval for multiple crypto ETFs, including those focused on #XRP , are now essentially 100%. The ETF analyst issued his bold prediction after journalist Eleanor Terrett reported that the SEC had instructed prospective issuers of XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, Litecoin, and Cardano ETFs to withdraw their 19b-4 exchange filings. This directive follows the SEC’s recent approval of the Generic Listing Standards, which eliminates the need for the traditional 19b-4 filings and their lengthy review process. According to Terrett, prospective crypto issuers will withdraw their 19b-4 filings this week. Reacting to the report, Balchunas stated that the outcome was anticipated. He noted that the old 19b-4 exchange filings are not required under the Generic Listing Standards. Accordingly, he emphasized that the chances of approval for these crypto ETFs, including those tied to XRP, are now at 100%. With the SEC removing the need for the 19b-4 filing, Balchunas emphasized that the only step left is for the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to give formal approval to the S-1 filings. Accordingly, this makes the approval of crypto ETFs a matter of when, not if. Underscoring the momentum, Balchunas pointed out that prospective issuers of Solana ETFs have already filed their fourth amendment. Reports indicate that issuers aiming to launch XRP ETFs in the U.S. were required to file their final amendments last week. Following the submission of final amendments for spot crypto ETFs, Balchunas urged investors to be prepared, noting that approval “could come any day.” Meanwhile, prediction platform Polymarket has already settled its wager on whether an XRP ETF would launch this year, with a firm “Yes.” The outcome follows the SEC’s tacit approval of the REX-Osprey XRP ETF (XRPR), which debuted impressively with $37.75 million in first-day trading volume. The REX-Osprey XRP ETF currently holds $31.8 million in assets under management (AUM), with a daily inflow of $5.3 million.
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‘#XRP Is Dead,’ but History Suggests Otherwise: Economist and trader Mikybull recently shared a chart on X with the caption, “XRP is dead.” While the statement may sound bearish, Mikybull used the phrase to highlight a recurring market pattern where skepticism peaks just before a strong recovery. The chart shows XRP moving within a downward-sloping channel, drawn with red trend lines. At the same time, a long-term moving average (blue curve) continues to rise. This mirrors a phase seen in mid-2024, when XRP faced similar doubts. At that time, the token drifted lower to $0.38 and remained in a tight range for weeks as sentiment turned negative, only to break out sharply once the consolidation ended by late 2024. In that previous run, the prolonged pullback gave way to a sudden rally that surprised many traders who had written the asset off. Mikybull’s latest observation suggests that XRP may be setting up for a similar move. The pattern of a falling channel alongside a rising moving average has historically marked the end of a consolidation phase, rather than the beginning of a prolonged downturn. Essentially, while short-term price action looks weak and may continue to test support levels, the underlying upward slope of the moving average points to a still-intact long-term trend. For traders watching XRP around $2.80, the current “dead” phase means the early stages of another significant breakout, especially as the market enters the final quarter of the year, a historically bullish season. Interestingly, while XRP’s price is in a quiet phase, deep-pocketed investors are silently accumulating ahead of the next major pump. In a tweet today, analyst Ali Martinez revealed that whales have bought 120 million XRP over the past three days, investing over $300 million in the XRP market. Notably, these are investors holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP tokens each. Their collective balance was under 7.8 billion XRP last week. However, as of today, their total has reached 7.91 billion. The last time they held this much XRP was in mid-August.

#Ethereum Founder Dumps #PUPPIES and Other #Memecoins .

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has once again distanced himself from speculative tokens sent to his wallet without approval.

In his latest move, Buterin liquidated two little-known memecoins, PUPPIES and ERC20, which had been sent without his consent. He then converted the proceeds into more stable holdings of 13,889 USDC and 28.58 ETH, valued at nearly $117,500.
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Satoshi-Era #Bitcoin Wallet Awakens Moving 400 $BTC .

A long-inactive Bitcoin wallet containing nearly $44 million in BTC has suddenly returned to life.

The wallet, which had remained untouched since 2013, transferred around 400 Bitcoin on Monday in a series of transactions. The unusual activity comes amid renewed movement from so-called Satoshi-era wallets, accounts linked to Bitcoin’s earliest years.

Blockchain tracking platform Arkham Intelligence revealed that the wallet, listed as “1ArUG…zwaWT,” distributed its coins to several addresses. Most transfers were broken down into batches of 15 BTC, draining the entire wallet.

According to Lookonchain, a blockchain analytics firm, the coins were originally linked to mining activity nearly 15 years ago. This places the wallet in the category of early Bitcoin adopters.

Despite the transparency of blockchain records, the identity of the wallet’s owner remains a mystery.

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#ASTER Records $48.84B in 24-Hour Perp DEX Volume.
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#Ethereum Whale with $2.9B Awakens After 8 Years to Move its $ETH .

A long-dormant Ethereum whale has re-emerged after more than eight years of silence.

Blockchain tracking platforms and analysts confirmed that approximately 200,000 ETH, worth around $800 million, moved earlier today from two legacy wallets that had not been active since Ethereum’s early days.

Tracking platform Lookonchain noted that the whale controls a total of 736,316 ETH worth roughly $2.9 billion, spread across eight separate wallets.

Contrary to common fears associated with large-scale wallet activity, the ETH was not sent to exchanges. Instead, the assets moved to new addresses, specifically into staking platforms, including Ethereum’s Plasma infrastructure, to earn yield.

Lookonchain reported that the ETH originated largely from Bitfinex and early mining pools back in 2017. In other words, this is an Ethereum OG who accumulated during or shortly after the ICO era.
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