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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 3, 2026) - Leading international securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) and certain of the Company's senior executives for securities fraud after significant stock drops resulting from the potential violations of the federal securities laws.

If you invested in Stride, you are encouraged to obtain additional information by visiting: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/stride-inc-class-action-lawsuit.

Investors have until January 12, 2026, to ask the Court to be appointed to lead the case. The complaint asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of investors in Stride securities. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and is captioned MacMahon v. Stride, Inc., et al., No. 1:25-cv- 02019.

Why is Stride Being Sued for Securities Fraud?

Stride is an education technology company that provides an online platform to students throughout the U.S. During the relevant period, Stride stated it was seeing "increasing growth in our business," "in-year strength in demand" for its products and services, and that its customers and potential customers "continue to choose us in record numbers."

As alleged, in truth, Stride had inflated enrollment numbers by retaining "ghost students," ignored compliance requirements for its employees, and had "poor customer experience" that resulted in "higher withdrawal rates," "lower conversion rates," and had driven students away.

Why did Stride's Stock Drop?

On September 14, 2025, a report stated that a complaint had been filed against Stride for fraud, deceptive trade practices, systemic violations of law, and intentional and tortious misconduct. It claimed Stride inflated enrollment numbers by retaining "ghost students" on rolls to secure state funding and ignored compliance requirements, including background checks and licensure laws for its employees. This news caused the price of Stride stock to drop $18.60 per share, or more than 11%, from a closing price of $158.36 per share on September 12, 2025, to $139.76 per share on September 15, 2025.

Then, on October 28, 2025, Stride admitted that "poor customer experience" resulted in "higher withdrawal rates," "lower conversion rates," and drove students away. Stride estimated the impact caused approximately 10,000-15,000 fewer enrollments and stated that, because of this, its outlook is "muted" compared to prior years. This news caused the price of Stride stock to drop $83.48 per share, or more than 54%, from a closing price of $153.53 per share on October 28, 2025, to $70.05 per share on October 29, 2025.

Click here for more information: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/stride-inc-class-action-lawsuit.

What Can You Do?

If you invested in Stride you may have legal options and are encouraged to submit your information to the firm.

All representation is on a contingency fee basis, there is no cost to you. Shareholders are not responsible for any court costs or expenses of litigation. The firm will seek court approval for any potential fees and expenses.

Submit your information by visiting:

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Why Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP?

BFA is a leading international law firm representing plaintiffs in securities class actions and shareholder litigation. It has been named a top plaintiff law firm by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and ISS SCAS, and its attorneys have been named "Elite Trial Lawyers" by the National Law Journal, among the top "500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers" by Lawdragon, "Titans of the Plaintiffs' Bar" by Law360 and "SuperLawyers" by Thomson Reuters. Among its recent notable successes, BFA recovered over $900 million in value from Tesla, Inc.'s Board of Directors, as well as $420 million from Teva Pharmaceutical Ind. Ltd.

For more information about BFA and its attorneys, please visit https://www.bfalaw.com.

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 3, 2026) - Leading international securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: INSP) and certain of the Company's senior executives for securities fraud after a significant stock drop resulting from the potential violations of the federal securities laws.

If you invested in Inspire, you are encouraged to obtain additional information by visiting: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/inspire-medical-systems-inc-class-action-lawsuit.

Investors have until January 5, 2026, to ask the Court to be appointed to lead the case. The complaint asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of investors in Inspire stock. The case is pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota and is captioned City of Pontiac Reestablished General Employees' Retirement System v. Inspire Medical Systems, Inc., et al., No. 0:25-cv-04247.

Why is Inspire Being Sued for Securities Fraud?

Inspire develops and manufactures an implantable medical device for the treatment of sleep apnea. The latest version of the device is the Inspire V. The company announced FDA approval of Inspire V on August 2, 2024.

During the relevant period, Inspire repeatedly assured investors that it had taken all necessary steps to facilitate the launch of Inspire V and that it would launch the device as soon as sufficient inventory was available to meet supposedly high demand.

As alleged, in truth, Inspire failed to take basic steps to prepare clinicians and payors for the rollout, resulting in significant delays in adoption of the device. Moreover, the launch suffered from weak demand, as many customers already had excess inventory of the company's older devices.

Why did Inspire's Stock Drop?

On August 4, 2025, Inspire disclosed that the Inspire V launch was facing an "elongated timeframe" and as a result, it was reducing its 2025 earnings per share guidance by more than 80%. The company attributed the longer timeframe to a number of previously undisclosed factors including that many implanting centers "did not complete the training, contracting and onboarding required prior to the purchase and implant of Inspire V," that certain "software updates for claims submissions and processing did not take effect until July 1, [2025]" which meant implanting centers could not bill for procedures until that date, and that demand for the Inspire V was poor because Inspire's customers had a backlog of older versions of the company's device.

On this news, the price of Inspire stock dropped $42.04 per share, or more than 32%, from $129.95 per share on August 4, 2025, to $87.91 per share on August 5, 2025.

Click here for more information: https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/inspire-medical-systems-inc-class-action-lawsuit.

What Can You Do?

If you invested in Inspire you may have legal options and are encouraged to submit your information to the firm.

All representation is on a contingency fee basis, there is no cost to you. Shareholders are not responsible for any court costs or expenses of litigation. The firm will seek court approval for any potential fees and expenses.

Submit your information by visiting:

https://www.bfalaw.com/cases/inspire-medical-systems-inc-class-action-lawsuit

Why Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP?

BFA is a leading international law firm representing plaintiffs in securities class actions and shareholder litigation. It has been named a top plaintiff law firm by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and ISS SCAS, and its attorneys have been named "Elite Trial Lawyers" by the National Law Journal, among the top "500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers" by Lawdragon, "Titans of the Plaintiffs' Bar" by Law360 and "SuperLawyers" by Thomson Reuters. Among its recent notable successes, BFA recovered over $900 million in value from Tesla, Inc.'s Board of Directors, as well as $420 million from Teva Pharmaceutical Ind. Ltd.

For more information about BFA and its attorneys, please visit https://www.bfalaw.com.

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Shares are down 17% over the past month.

After a prolonged period of strong performance, Netflix (NFLX 3.01%) stock has been under pressure recently. The timing is not a coincidence. The company just signed for a massive strategic (but risky) shift, prompting investors to reassess what they think the streaming service specialist's stock is worth.

In early December, Netflix entered into a deal to buy the studio and streaming assets of Warner Bros. after Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD 1.06%) completes a separation of its Global Networks business into a new company called Discovery Global. The deal values the assets at roughly $72.0 billion in equity value and about $82.7 billion in enterprise value.

The problem is twofold: Investors don't seem to like the deal, and it's going to take a long time for the deal to close, if it even closes at all. Specifically, Netflix expects it to take 12 to 18 months to close.

In short, uncertainty about this deal is weighing on the stock.

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A deal that changes the story
For years, Netflix has benefited from a relatively clean narrative: scale in streaming, rising engagement, improving margins, and growing free cash flow.

But this acquisition muddies that story.

First, the deal is complex. The transaction is both large and multi-step, as it depends on Warner Bros. Discovery completing the Discovery Global separation first, which Netflix expects to occur in the third quarter of 2026.

Then there is uncertainty. Competing bidders have already emerged, and Warner Bros. Discovery has had to publicly push back on Paramount Skydance's efforts, while reaffirming its support for the Netflix agreement. That kind of background noise can keep investors cautious even if Netflix ultimately closes the deal.

Finally, there's the fact that Netflix plans to maintain Warner Bros.' current operations, increasing the operational complexity of its business. Netflix believes that combining the two companies will lead to at least $2 billion to $3 billion of annual cost savings by the third year, and that it will become accretive to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) earnings per share by year two, but are these exciting enough figures to justify the risks of the deal and the increased complexity of its business?

Rapid growth
Another reason the stock may have been sliding is that the company was already doing exceptionally well without a big acquisition. Netflix's third-quarter revenue rose 17% year over year, and it guided for this growth rate to persist in Q4.

Even more, Netflix has a catalyst rising up in its advertising business, which is still small but growing extremely quickly.

"We are now on track to more than double our ads revenue in 2025 (still off a relatively small base)," management said in the company's third-quarter shareholder letter.

Meanwhile, Netflix's Stranger Things Season 5 has been demonstrating the strength of its focused streaming model and global reach. In a recent press release, Netflix said that seasons 1 through 4 of Stranger Things have garnered over 1.2 billion viewers, and by Dec. 23, volume 1 of season 5 had garnered nearly 103 million views in just four weeks of airing.

With such a strong business and so much momentum, some investors might feel like a massive acquisition simply adds unnecessary risk to a business that didn't need it.

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Is this a buying opportunity?
Netflix is a great business. But this pending acquisition complicates matters for investors. On the one hand, we have Netflix's strong business execution. But on the other hand, there's its pending acquisition that could bolster its growth but also reshape its risk profile.

Ultimately, however, shares are arguably expensive regardless. The stock's price-to-earnings ratio is 38, and its forward price-to-earnings is 29. A valuation like this demands continued rapid growth, leaving very little room for missteps. So, I'd personally stay on the sidelines -- especially with a pending acquisition arguably increasing the risk profile of the stock.

Joby has a good story for five years from now. Lockheed Martin offers better profits -- and a nice dividend -- today.

Valued at $12.7 billion and with more than $930 million in cash, Joby Aviation (JOBY +8.79%) is hands-down the biggest air taxi company in the world -- that isn't actually flying air taxis yet. It's twice the size of its closest competition, smaller Archer Aviation, and miles ahead of tiny Vertical Aerospace and Lilium.

However, this isn't enough to make Joby Aviation stock a buy.

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Get to know Joby Aviation
Joby boasts that its S4 electric-powered, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is "the most mature eVTOL aircraft" on the market. Powered by six electric motors, the plane can reach speeds of 200 miles per hour (mph) and carry a pilot and four passengers. S4 has already flown 40,000 miles during testing and has completed 3 out of 5 planned Federal Aviation Administration-defined stages for "type" certification, paving the way for commercial operations to begin.

Joby may even begin operations sooner, with the United Arab Emirates promising to permit air taxi flights in 2026 and Saudi Arabia permitting "pre-commercial evaluation flights" in H1 2026. In total, Joby says it has "more than $1 billion in potential aircraft and service sales" on the books (emphasis added).

To help make all this flying possible, Joby has announced it's doubling production capacity in the U.S. (yes, even before receiving certification to fly). The company plans to be producing four aircraft per month by 2027 -- nearly 50 planes per year. Toyota Motor is backing the project, too, committing to invest a total of $894 million in return for Joby stock.

All this said, it's worth remembering that Joby went public during the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) initial public offering (IPO) craze back in 2021. That may raise suspicions in some investors' minds that Joby is -- for the time being, at least -- more hype than substance. And those suspicions may be justified.

After all, while Joby has some revenue to its credit, it's not a lot (yet) to support a $12.7 billion market capitalization -- just $23 million booked in the past year, and no profit at all. To the contrary, Joby's losses have increased every year it's been public, passing $1 billion over the last 12 months.

Meanwhile, analysts polled by S&P Global Market Intelligence don't expect Joby to generate positive free cash flow (FCF) before 2030, nor positive GAAP net income before 2031. With more than $530 million in negative free cash flow this year but only $930 million in the bank today, it's likely that Joby will run out of cash and need to sell more stock (diluting its shareholders in the process) before that happens -- which won't be good news for the stock price.

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A better way to profit from aerospace
Want a safer bet in aerospace? Consider investing in an established aerospace giant, instead, one that's generating both profits and free cash flow already today -- and growing them: Lockheed Martin (LMT +2.77%).

The world's largest pure-play defense stock, Lockheed Martin earned $1.6 billion in profit on $18.6 billion in revenue last quarter alone. That's more than four times the revenue Joby might make in all of 2031, its first full year of profitability -- and Lockheed did it in just one quarter. Whereas analysts think Joby might generate some positive free cash flow five years from now, Lockheed Martin just finished generating $3.3 billion in real cash profit in Q3 -- money it can use to pay a fat 2.9% dividend yield. (Joby pays no dividend at all.)

Joby says it has $1 billion in "potential aircraft and service sales." That's cute. Lockheed Martin has $179 billion in real backlogged orders already on the books. That's 179 times future revenue locked in for a market cap less than 10 times Joby's.

Last but not least, Joby may be promising to build 48 planes in 2027, but Lockheed Martin has already built, delivered, and sold 220 aircraft of various types and sizes in just the first three quarters of this year: 63 helicopters, two C-130J transport aircraft, a dozen F-16s, and 143 F-35 stealth fighter jets. This is the difference between potential and reality.

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The upshot for investors
Eight years ago, I made the case that Lockheed Martin deserved a place in every long-term investor's portfolio, precisely because the company's marquee franchise, the F-35, secured its future and provided it a trillion-dollar backlog of work to be done over the next 50-60 years. With Lockheed on course to deliver 190 or more F-35s alone this year and hundreds more planes on order for future years, I see no reason to change that view today.

Lockheed Martin's future is secure. Joby's is much more of a wild card. Of the two investment ideas, I much prefer the former.

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Gauzy To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in Gauzy between March 11, 2025 and November 13, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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NEW YORK, Jan. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Gauzy Ltd. (“Gauzy” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GAUZ) and reminds investors of the February 6, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (1) three of the Company’s French subsidiaries lacked the financial means to meet their debts as they became due; (2) as a result, it was substantially likely insolvency proceedings would be commenced; (3) as a result, it was substantially likely a potential default under the Company’s existing senior secured debt facilities would be triggered; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

On November 14, 2025, before the market opened, Gauzy Ltd. shocked investors by announcing that the Commercial Court of Lyon had commenced Redressement Judiciaire—French insolvency proceedings—against three of the Company’s French subsidiaries. According to Gauzy, Redressement Judiciaire is intended to preserve operations and employment while formulating a recovery plan; however, the Company further acknowledged that the initiation of these proceedings constitutes a default under its existing senior secured debt facilities and, if not cured, could trigger an event of default. Gauzy also disclosed that it would not release its third-quarter 2025 financial results on November 14 as previously scheduled due to these developments.

In response to this news, Gauzy’s share price declined precipitously, falling $2.00 per share—or nearly 50%—over two trading days to close at $2.02 on November 17, 2025, on unusually heavy trading volume.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.  

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Gauzy’s conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the Gauzy class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/GAUZ or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In DeFi Technologies To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in DeFi Technologies between May 12, 2025 and November 14, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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NEW YORK, Jan. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against DeFi Technologies Inc. (“DeFi Technologies” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: DEFT) and reminds investors of the January 30, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (i) DeFi Technologies was facing delays in executing its DeFi arbitrage strategy, which at all relevant times was a key revenue driver for the Company; (ii) DeFi Technologies had understated the extent of competition it faced from other DAT companies and the extent to which that competition would negatively impact its ability to execute its DeFi arbitrage strategy; (iii) as a result of the foregoing issues, the Company was unlikely to meet its previously issued revenue guidance for the fiscal year 2025; (iv) accordingly, Defendants had downplayed the true scope and severity of the negative impact that the foregoing issues were having on DeFi Technologies' business and financial results; and (v) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On November 6, 2025, DeFi Technologies issued a press release purporting to report an arbitrage trade by DeFi Alpha. The press release disclosed, inter alia, that "[DAT]s have absorbed or delayed a significant share of arbitrage opportunities over the past year."

On this news, DeFi Technologies' stock price fell $0.13 per share, or 7.43%, to close at $1.62 per share on November 6, 2025.

Then, on November 14, 2025, DeFi Technologies issued a press release reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Among other items, DeFi Technologies reported a revenue decline of nearly 20%, falling well short of market expectations. The Company also significantly lowered its 2025 revenue forecast, from $218.6 million to approximately $116.6 million, and attributed this reduction to "a delay in executing DeFi Alpha arbitrage opportunities previously forecasted due to the proliferation of [DAT] companies and the consolidation in digital asset price movement in the latter half of 2025."

Concurrently, DeFi Technologies announced that Defendant Newton would leave his role as CEO and transition to an advisory position.

Following these disclosures, DeFi Technologies' stock price fell $0.40 per share, or 27.59%, over the following two trading sessions, to close at $1.05 per share on November 17, 2025.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding DeFi Technologies’ conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the DeFi Technologies class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/DEFT or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses In Bitdeer To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options

If you purchased or acquired securities in Bitdeer between June 6, 2024 and November 10, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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NEW YORK, Jan. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Bitdeer Technologies Group (“Bitdeer” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BTDR) and reminds investors of the February 2, 2026 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com.

As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that the true state of Bitdeer’s SEALMINER A4 project. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose that the SEAL04 chip projected to have a chip-level energy efficiency of 5 J/TH would be ready for use in the A4 rigs with an expected mass production to begin in the second quarter 2025.

On November 10, 2025, Bitdeer issued a press release reporting its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2025. Among other items, Bitdeer reported earnings per share of -$1.28, significantly missing the consensus estimate of -$0.22. Bitdeer also disclosed that "development of [its] next-generation Seal 04 [ASIC chip] is significantly delayed."

On this news, Bitdeer's stock price fell $2.63 per share, or 14.9%, to close at $15.02 per share on November 11, 2025.

Then, on November 12, 2025, Bitdeer issues a press release "reporting a fire incident at its under-construction facility in Massillon, Ohio." According to the press release, "[t]he fire incident occurred on the afternoon of November 11" and "2 of the 26 buildings currently under construction sustained fire damage."

On this news, Bitdeer's stock price fell another $2.83 per share, or 20.3%, to close at $11.11 per share on November 13, 2025.

The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not.  

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Bitdeer’s conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

To learn more about the Bitdeer Technologies class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/BTDR or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310).

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SummaryVoya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund nearly matched SPY’s 2025 total return, delivering 17.2% with lower volatility and a smoother ride.IGA’s value bias, international diversification, and covered call strategy generated a 10.49% forward yield, outperforming SPY if dividends were reinvested.SPY’s concentration risk has intensified, with the top ten holdings now at 40% and I.T. sector dominance rising, increasing vulnerability to momentum reversals.I anticipate early 2026 market drawdowns and will be rotating capital into diversified, value-oriented investments like IGA ahead of sector reallocations. narvo vexar/iStock via Getty Images

Now that 2025 is behind us, it’s time for investors to review the performance of the assets in their portfolio and their investment theses.

The S&P 500 (SPY) has had a volatile, but profitable

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The author is not an investment advisor and offers no advice here. He shares his own analysis solely for the interest of readers.

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Ethereum traded at $3,100.98 at the time of writing, posting a 5.80% gain over the past seven days. The recent price recovery followed a volatile end to 2025, when ETH briefly slipped below the $3,000 level. Since then, trading activity has increased, supported by strong exchange flows and sustained demand from spot exchange-traded funds. 

Source: Coincodex

Market participants have closely tracked these shifts, as capital movement patterns often reflect changes in short-term positioning and liquidity conditions. What triggered this sudden change in behavior?

Binance Records $960M Ethereum Inflow in DecemberData from CryptoQuant showed Ethereum recorded a net inflow of $960 million to Binance in December 2025. This figure marked the largest monthly inflow to the exchange since July and ended a multi-month stretch of declining or negative net flows. From July through November, Ethereum consistently saw more withdrawals than deposits, a trend that often aligned with off-exchange holding strategies.

Source: CryptoQuant

December’s reversal signaled a notable change. Traders transferred large volumes of ETH onto Binance, increasing available liquidity on the exchange. Such movements often coincide with heightened trading activity, portfolio rebalancing, or preparation for market volatility.

 The scale of the inflow placed December well above recent monthly averages, highlighting a sharp shift in exchange-related behavior.

Spot Ethereum ETFs Attract Fresh CapitalAlongside exchange flows, spot Ethereum ETFs recorded strong inflows at the start of 2026. According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs posted a combined net inflow of $174 million on January 2. Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust ETF led daily inflows with $53.7 million, despite carrying a cumulative historical net outflow of $4.996 billion. The Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF followed closely, attracting $50 million in new capital and pushing its cumulative inflows to $1.538 billion.

Total net assets held across Ethereum spot ETFs reached $19.046 billion. These products now account for an ETF net asset ratio of 5.06% relative to Ethereum’s total market capitalization. Cumulative historical net inflows across all Ethereum spot ETFs have climbed to $12.502 billion, underlining sustained institutional participation.

Network Upgrades and Technical Signals Shape Market FocusEthereum’s investment flows coincided with ongoing attention around network upgrades and technical indicators. Developers have scheduled the Pectra and Fusaka upgrades to improve scalability and reduce transaction fees. These upgrades have remained a central theme for investors tracking Ethereum’s long-term network development.

On the technical side, ETH reclaimed the $3,000 level as the relative strength index flashed a buy signal. Market data showed $3,250 as a key technical threshold, often cited as a level that could confirm a broader trend shift if breached. Market commentary has also referenced long-term price projections, including Tom Lee’s previously stated $7,000 to $9,000 target range for 2026, which continues to circulate in market discussions.

Source: X

Ethereum’s combination of exchange inflows, ETF demand, and technical recovery has placed the asset back at the center of market focus. Will these signals define the next phase of trading activity? The coming weeks will likely offer clearer direction.

Meme coins kicked off 2026 with a sharp rebound, led by Dogecoin (DOGE) and Pepe (PEPE), as traders leaned back into high-risk assets amid quiet macro conditions. The rally reignited conversations around a potential “meme season,” with speculative appetite showing early signs of returning after the holiday slowdown.

Dogecoin surged roughly 11% over 24 hours, while Pepe jumped about 17% following a strong intraday breakout. The move was not isolated. According to CoinGecko data, the GMCI Meme Index category climbed to an estimated market value of $33.8 billion, supported by approximately $5.9 billion in daily trading volume. This broad increase suggests renewed liquidity and participation across the meme coin sector rather than a single-token spike.

Dog-themed meme coins also posted widespread gains. Shiba Inu rose around 8%, Solana-based Bonk added nearly 11%, and Floki climbed close to 10%. Smaller-cap meme tokens moved even faster, reflecting typical high-beta behavior during speculative bursts. Mog Coin advanced about 14% on the day and roughly 37% over the past week, while Popcat gained nearly 9% and more than 17% over seven days.

Market participants on X highlighted Pepe’s technical breakout as a catalyst, noting that momentum traders often rotate from large-cap crypto assets into meme coins once liquidity improves. This pattern has historically appeared during periods when Bitcoin trades sideways and traders seek faster-moving opportunities.

Bitcoin has remained range-bound, and liquidity remains uneven following the holidays. In this environment, meme coins often attract flows because they offer high volatility, active derivatives markets, and narrative-free momentum trading. However, analysts caution that these rallies can be fragile. Crowded positioning, declining spot demand, or a pullback in Bitcoin can quickly unwind gains as leverage accelerates downside moves.

For now, meme coins appear to be acting as a barometer for speculative risk appetite. Whether this develops into a sustained meme cycle will depend on whether gains broaden further or fade as quickly as they emerged.

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Bitcoin trades near $89,700 as 2026 begins. Technical compression, rising volume, and a triangle setup point to a decisive move toward $95,000.

Bitcoin is the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin (BTC +0.31%), the world's largest cryptocurrency, surged after the presidential election win by Donald Trump in November 2024, largely on the belief that Trump would implement favorable regulations for the crypto sector. Trump delivered, but Bitcoin still ended the year in the red. The token appears to have pulled back due to several factors, including concerns about the macroeconomic environment and the trajectory of interest rates.

Additionally, there seemed to be a good amount of profit-taking or selling by Bitcoin whales with large holdings. Given some of these concerns, should investors forget Bitcoin and buy XRP (XRP +5.78%) instead?

Not only is Bitcoin the pioneer of the crypto sector, but at times in 2025, it seemed to prosper while the rest of the sector struggled. Part of this is due to the belief that Bitcoin is a form of digital gold, and therefore a hedge against inflation and currency debasement.

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Bitcoin will only ever have 21 million coins, and most of those have already been mined and are in circulation. Because of this, investors view Bitcoin as a finite resource, similar to gold, which has seen its price surge due to concerns surrounding U.S. dollar debasement. With U.S. debt now exceeding $38 trillion, and interest payments on the debt one of the largest line items in the annual U.S. budget, investors are concerned the dollar will lose value.

Now, U.S. debt concerns have been around for quite some time, but it may perhaps be reaching a tipping point. Debt can become a never-ending cycle. Since the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has flooded the economy with money, which has inflated asset prices. All of this suggests that more inflation could arrive in the future and that the dollar will only lose value, making assets like gold and Bitcoin safe havens.

XRP is the fifth-largest cryptocurrency and also one of the earlier coins to emerge. It runs on a superior blockchain network that is less decentralized than Bitcoin but can process many more transactions per second, making it ideal for international payment transfers.

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Ripple, the company behind XRP, leverages the coin and its network to provide payment solutions to traditional players in the mainstream financial industry.

Ripple can help banks send instant payment transfers globally, letting the senders easily move in and out of different currencies with the help of stablecoins. Furthermore, Ripple's solutions provide financial institutions with on-demand liquidity, eliminating the need to pre-fund foreign accounts. Ripple also runs a large multi-asset prime brokerage that provides institutional traders with access to traditional assets and cryptocurrencies.

XRP is not the only strong technical network in the crypto sector, so there is competition. The question is whether the coin, network, and Ripple ecosystem can gain enough traction to become a major player in facilitating international payments.

Should you buy XRP over Bitcoin?
I wouldn't call Bitcoin's digital gold narrative totally proven out yet because on many occasions, Bitcoin has simply traded like a volatile tech stock in the Nasdaq. However, I do think it could ultimately serve as a unique diversifier in one's portfolio. Additionally, as institutional adoption of crypto continues, I believe the obvious starting point for most institutional investors is Bitcoin.

Therefore, if I had to choose, I would continue to hold Bitcoin over XRP. However, that doesn't mean I am opposed to owning XRP. The coin and its network have immense potential to become a big player in international payments. However, like most cryptocurrencies, XRP remains inherently volatile and continues to move in line with the broader sector.

For this reason, I would still keep XRP positions smaller and more speculative, while recommending that Bitcoin still be an investor's largest crypto position.

The co-founder of Solana decentralized exchange Jupiter Siong Ong has asked the community if the trading platform should stop buying back its tokens, arguing that it did not do JUP’s price any benefits.

Siong brought up the discussion on X early Saturday morning, asking the community if Jupiter should halt its buyback program after allocating more than $70 million to token repurchases over the past year. Ong believes the capital could be well spent if redirected toward user growth and platform incentives instead. 

“We spent more than 70m on buyback last year and the price obviously didn’t move much. We can use the 70m to give out growth incentives for existing and new users. Should we do it?” he asked.

Jupiter had committed to directing half of its protocol revenue toward repurchasing JUP tokens and locking them for three years, a policy that officially began in February last year.

Crypto exchange founders debate if buybacks are worth it
Ong doubled down on his proposal by quoting comments from Amir Haleem, the chief executive and co-founder of Helium and parent company Nova Labs. Haleem had said his team was stepping away from token buybacks because markets were largely indifferent to such programs under current conditions.

Helium and its Mobile network generated $3.4 million in revenue in October alone, Haleem said, adding that the funds would be better deployed towards subscribers, increasing the network’s installed base, and improving carrier offload usage.

“We will be directing all our $ into those endeavors until morale improves, and data credits will continue to be burned for all carrier offload as always. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” the Nova Labs CEO surmised. 

Ong praised the decision, thanking Haleem for what he described as “taking the first step” and suggesting that Jupiter could follow suit.

Some Solana community members responded to the Jupiter co-founder by defending the buyback model, saying it would work long-term if paired with sustained revenue growth. One proponent argued that consistent protocol expansion would result in “more tokens being removed from circulation,” and this could boost JUP’s prices.

But back will be effective if it’s
A) long term
B) Jupiter keeps increasing its revenue for years to come

That way: the stronger the product, the more tokens getting swept off the floor

— Lochie (@lochie_sol) January 3, 2026

Responding to the above theory, one detractor accused the team of attempting to abandon commitments that had attracted investors to the token in the first place. The naysayer claimed canceling buybacks would undermine Jupiter’s success and JUP holders, warning that the token could lose relevance even if the platform continued to generate significant revenue.

“People bought JUP because buybacks aligned with the protocol’s success. Jupiter is doing well, token is doing well. Without buybacks, it becomes a memecoin with JUP logo that can cost 0 even if Jupiter rakes in billions, and that’s a pure rug,” the Solana enthusiast wrote on X.

Ong pushed back against the allegations and rejected the claims that executives were looking to rug the project. He said selling his own holdings would be the simplest way to gain any value, but JUP represented 99% of all of his net worth.

Jupiter’s head shuts down the staking idea
Among other ideas, community members proposed distributing protocol revenue directly to JUP stakers in the form of SOL or USDC rewards to help JUP’s valuation grow. Supporters of that approach believe organic price appreciation should follow revenue growth naturally, while staking rewards could motivate users to actively promote Jupiter adoption. 

They propounded that such a system would add more incentives for token holders by allowing participants to benefit directly from increased trading activity.

Ong bashed that idea, convinced that stakers do not meaningfully contribute to platform growth. He said rewarding passive holders was unlikely to increase the token’s adoption and that staking incentives could weaken the project’s competitive drive against other Solana-based DEXes.

Jupiter is among the top 5 most used exchanges on Solana in the last month, according to data from DappRadar. Raydium currently leads the 30-day trading charts with $793.8 million in trading volume, serving about 3.67 million unique active wallets. 

Meteora followed with approximately $9.38 million in monthly volume and 1.67 million active wallets, while Jupiter Exchange ranked close behind in wallet count, attracting around 1.48 million unique users over the same period and generating about $169.8 million in volume.

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Market Snapshot: XRP Back in the Top 3$XRP has officially climbed back into the #3 position by market capitalisation, excluding the stablecoin USDT. The move comes after a strong price push that lifted XRP back above the psychologically important $2 level, a zone that has acted as both resistance and support over recent months.

With this move, XRP has once again overtaken other large-cap competitors, signalling renewed momentum as 2026 gets underway.

XRP Price Reclaims the $2 LevelPrice action shows XRP trading around the $2.00–$2.05 range, a level that marks a major technical and psychological threshold. The breakout above $2 follows several days of higher lows and strong upside expansion, visible on both intraday and daily charts.

Key levels to watch:

Support: $1.95, then $1.80Major pivot: $2.00Resistance ahead: $2.20, $2.50, then $3.00Holding above $2 is critical. As long as XRP remains above this zone, the structure favors continuation rather than rejection.

XRP/USD 2H - TradingView

Technical Structure: Momentum Is BuildingOn lower timeframes, XRP shows a sharp impulse move followed by a controlled pullback, suggesting healthy consolidation rather than exhaustion. Momentum indicators cooled slightly after the spike, but remain elevated — a typical setup before continuation if buyers step back in. You can buy XRP coin by checking the best crypto exchanges here.

On the daily chart, XRP is attempting to stabilize after months of downward pressure, with price now pressing against former resistance that could flip into support.

XRP/USD 1D - TradingView

Why This Move Matters for 2026Reclaiming the $2 level and the #3 market cap position sends a strong signal heading into 2026. It suggests that XRP is no longer just reacting to short-term volatility, but is beginning to rebuild structural strength.

If broader market conditions remain supportive, XRP could shift from a recovery phase into a trend-expansion phase.

XRP Price Prediction for 2026Bullish scenario: A sustained hold above $2 opens the door toward $2.50, followed by a potential test of $3.00, a level that aligns with major historical resistance.Neutral scenario: XRP consolidates between $1.95 and $2.20, building a base before the next directional move.Bearish risk: A rejection and daily close back below $1.95 would weaken the breakout and expose XRP to a deeper pullback toward $1.80.For now, momentum favors the bulls — but confirmation depends on how price behaves around the $2 zone in the coming sessions.

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XRP surpassed $2 for the first time in weeks, with a weekly setup hinting at larger gains if validated.

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Crypto analyst Steph is Crypto points to a setup on the XRP weekly chart that might yield a 71% rise if validated.

Steph is Crypto highlights a triangle setup on the XRP weekly chart, a breakout confirmation of which might yield as much as 71.15% gains, potentially pushing XRP above $3.40.

XRP reversed four straight weeks of drop, posting a green candlestick on the weekly chart. At the time of writing, XRP was up 7.18% in the last 24 hours to $2.02, and 9.17% in seven days.

In a separate tweet, Steph is Crypto highlighted that XRP just completed 393 days of sideways accumulation, which is the same duration seen before the 2017 breakout. Back then, the price chopped, compressed and bored everyone out before expanding aggressively, the analyst said, adding that XRP is showing early breakout behavior.

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XRP reclaims $2XRP rose above $2 on Friday for the first time since mid-December, extending a strong start to 2026.

XRP saw sharp increases on Friday and Saturday, extending its rebound from the Jan. 1 low of $1.82. XRP rose from $1.86 to $2.05 on Friday, Saturday saw a sharp surge to a high of $2.13 before the price slightly declined.

XRP's price surge is driven by broader optimism in the markets and steady ETF inflows. U.S. spot XRP ETFs saw inflows of $13.59 million on Jan. 2, totaling $1.18 billion since launch.

The price jump also comes following SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw’s departure, which some market participants viewed as clearing the way for a more crypto-friendly policy stance.

Crenshaw, a vocal crypto spot ETF skeptic, had opposed the SEC's decision to drop its appeal in the Ripple case, according to market commentary.

Major resistance is seen at the daily MA 50 at $2.01; a sustained breakout above this key level might open the pathway for bigger gains, with XRP potentially surpassing $3.

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XRP traded at $2.01 at the time of writing, rising 8.50% over the past seven days, though it remained down 7.36% over the last month and 16.93% year over year. Stellar’s XLM traded at $0.2193, posting a 2.54% weekly gain while falling 13.90% over the past month and nearly 51% over the past year. 

Source: CoinCodex

These contrasting performance trends frame the debate heading into 2026.

Market Ranking and Valuation Highlight a Wide GapMarket positioning clearly separates the two assets. XRP ranks fourth among all cryptos, while Stellar holds the seventeenth position. XRP’s market capitalization stands at $121.84 billion, far exceeding Stellar’s $7.1 billion valuation. This gap reflects broader participation, deeper capital pools, and wider market relevance.

Trading activity reinforces this difference. As of writing, XRP recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $6.15 billion, compared with Stellar’s $180.03 million. Higher turnover typically supports tighter spreads and smoother execution, especially during volatile sessions. XRP also commands a market dominance of roughly 4%, compared with Stellar’s far smaller footprint.

Supply Dynamics and Inflation Trends Shape OutlookLooking at the bigger picture that shapes 2026 clearly, supply metrics reveal important structural differences. XRP had a circulating supply of 60.68 billion tokens from a maximum of 100 billion, with an annual inflation rate of 5.98%, which addded 3.42 billion XRP over the past year. 

Stellar circulates 32.39 billion XLM from a capped supply of 50 billion, while posting a higher annual inflation rate of 6.96%, translating to 2.11 billion new tokens.

These figures suggest different scarcity dynamics. XRP’s larger absolute issuance come with stronger demand and liquidity, while Stellar’s higher inflation rate weigh on long-term price performance. 

How much does supply growth matter when adoption diverges?

Historical Price Cycles and Adoption MetricsBoth assets share similar origins yet deliver different outcomes over time. XRP reached its all-time high of $3.92 in January 2018 and later rebounded to a cycle high of $3.64 after its cycle low. 

Stellar peaked at $0.9301 in the same year but failed to revisit comparable levels, topping out at $0.7965 during its last cycle.

Development Activity, ETFs, and Forecasts Enter the EquationBoth networks focus on cross-border payments and medium-of-exchange use cases. XRP operates on the XRP Ledger, while Stellar relies on its native blockchain. Market attention, however, is increasingly centered on XRP-related institutional developments, including ETF discussions tied to its regulatory clarity in key markets.

Price forecasts reflect this momentum. CoinCodex projects XRP reaching $2.51 by January 2027, with a potential high of $3.16 in mid-2026. Stellar’s forecast pointed to $0.2799 by January 2027, with a projected high of $0.3258. While percentage gains appear similar, absolute value creation favors XRP due to scale and liquidity.

Source: CoinCodex

When measured across valuation, liquidity, adoption, forecasts, and institutional traction, XRP maintains a clear edge over Stellar. The numbers consistently point toward stronger market confidence and broader integration for XRP as 2026 starts.

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XRP has surpassed BNB to emerge as the third-largest cryptocurrency. The increase is driven by a fresh rally and inflows into XRP ETFs worth $13.6 million. It is evident of a new confidence in the token.

What is Driving Up XRP Price?
According to data from CoinMarketCap, XRP is now second only to Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of market cap. The rise of XRP is an indication of bigger changes within the crypto market dynamics.

BNB had been ranked number three over some time. The flip indicated renewed confidence in XRP following regulatory doubts over the years. The institutional interest has been enhanced by the updated XRP ETF filing by Roundhill.

This further shows that institutional adoption appears to be spreading beyond Bitcoin into alternative cryptocurrencies. These include Solana and Chainlink.

Is XRP Entering a New Bullish Phase?
Technical charts shared by Steph is Crypto show this token is breaking out from a descending channel pattern that held prices down for eight months. The chart shared by the analyst shows that the breakout has been observed on the weekly timeframe at the $2.01 level. The analyst affirms that the price of the token could rise to $2.50.

The trend corresponds to the institutional optimism regarding XRP. This is highlighted in the 330% XRP upside forecasted by Standard Chartered in its latest outlook.

According to Step is Crypto, the downward stream started when XRP shot up to around $3.40 in July 2025. The price has since contracted at lower trend lines.

ETF Flows Strengthen Market Confidence
XRP ETFs recorded inflows of nearly $14 million, per SoSoValue data. Bitcoin ETFs also recorded inflows, with $471 million entering the funds yesterday, with Ethereum products receiving $174 million on the same day.

IBIT by BlackRock had the highest inflows at $287 million and ETHE from Grayscale recorded the highest inflows among spot Ethereum products at $53.69 million. The inflows into this token’s ETF, though lower compared to inflows into BTC and ETH funds, are an indication of healthy demand for a newer category of ETF.

The growth of these ETFs indicates an increase of the activity of this token in regulated markets. This trend is further evidenced with the launch of a multi-asset crypto ETF by Bitwise, which brought on board many large-cap tokens.

But some fund issuers are halting their exposure to this Ripple-associated token. For instance, the leveraged XRP ETF plan by ProShares was recently scrapped following a demand review. CoinShares also dropped its XRP ETF push even though there was wider inflow momentum.

XRP spot ETFs have crossed $1 billion in assets under management, with about $1.14 billion spread across five issuers. Net inflows since Nov. 14 sit near $423.27 million.

On the same CoinGlass dashboard, XRP itself sits around $1.88, with a market cap of $114.11 billion and about $382.14 million of 24-hour spot volume.

If your mental model is the Bitcoin ETF era, where “wrapper demand” and “price repricing” felt welded together, that combination can read like a punchline.

But it isn’t.

It’s a reminder that ETFs don’t magically lift prices. They route demand through a fairly specific set of pipes.

Unless those pipes are pulling real supply out of the market faster than it’s coming back in, you can hit an impressive AUM milestone while the underlying asset trades like it has other drivers.

The simplest way to frame the disconnect is this: readers see “AUM” and assume it means new buying.

But the lever that matters most for price isn’t the headline AUM number. It’s the pace and persistence of net creations, when fresh cash forces authorized participants to source underlying XRP, issue new shares, and park that XRP inside the fund wrapper where it won’t churn like a retail wallet.

Once you start separating AUM from net creations, the story stops being mysterious and starts being mechanical.

That’s good news, because mechanics are something you can actually watch.

AUM is the billboard, creations do the workAUM can climb for reasons that have nothing to do with fresh demand arriving that week.

If XRP rallies, the ETF wrapper’s AUM rises right along with it. If market makers seed inventory at launch, AUM can start out looking chunky before the slow grind of everyday allocations even begins.

Even secondary-market trading, busy, headline-friendly volume, can mostly be investors swapping existing ETF shares back and forth without forcing any new XRP to be purchased.

Net creations are different. They’re the part of the ETF machine that has to touch the underlying asset in a direct way.

CoinGlass’s own breakdown gives you a clean way into the math.

If AUM is about $1.14 billion and inflows since mid-November are about $423.27 million, then a big slice of that AUM is, by definition, something other than new cash arriving in the last several weeks.

That “something” can be early positioning, seeded inventory, and market moves, all real, all legitimate, just not the same thing as steady incremental buying that tightens tradable supply.

Now translate AUM into coins and float, because that’s where ETF stories either get sharp or get sloppy.

At roughly $1.88 per XRP, $1.14 billion equates to roughly 600 million XRP held through these ETFs, give or take.

Put that next to a circulating supply near 60.67 billion XRP and you land around 1% of circulating supply sitting in the wrappers.

1% matters. It’s a real warehouse, it broadens access, and it creates a new class of holders.

But it’s also not the kind of share-of-float that forces a one-way squeeze on its own.

Bitcoin is the clean comparator because its ETF era trained readers to expect immediate, visible repricing.

By the end of 2025, US spot Bitcoin ETFs held about 1,298,757 BTC, which works out to about 6.185% of Bitcoin’s 21 million cap.

That ratio is a big part of why Bitcoin’s wrapper story can feel so linear: pull enough float into structures that don’t day-trade, and the remaining liquid supply has to clear at higher prices when demand stays steady.

XRP’s wrapper footprint is smaller, so the mechanical “warehouse effect” is smaller, too.

That’s before you factor in how much of the $1.14 billion is the result of market moves rather than fresh net creations.

Even the pace of inflows frames things in a more sober light.

$423.27 million over roughly 35 days works out to about $12 million a day on average.

In a token that often prints hundreds of millions in daily spot turnover, that’s a steady bid. It can matter at the margin, but it’s not automatically the dominant force in price discovery.

This is also where big debut-day numbers can mislead.

Canary’s spot XRP ETF (XRPC) reportedly drew more than $46 million in first-day trading, with Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas flagging about $26 million of volume in the first 30 minutes.

Those figures tell you the wrapper launched with real attention and tradability, which is exactly what you want if you’re building an ETF category.

But they don’t tell you how many net shares were created, how much of the day was secondary churn, or how much was market makers recycling inventory.

So the first ETF lesson, the one that tends to get lost in the victory laps, is that AUM is a snapshot, while net creations are a flow.

It’s the flow that does the heavy lifting on price.

Escrow cadence and hedge books can mute the bidEven if you grant that XRP’s ETF story is real and that the wrappers are doing what they’re supposed to do, there’s a second question.

What else is happening in the market at the same time that can absorb that demand without the chart reacting?

With XRP, the supply calendar is part of the answer, and it’s not a small part.

Ripple locked 55 billion XRP into on-ledger escrows and described a mechanism that releases up to 1 billion XRP per month, with unused amounts placed into new escrows.

The practical point isn’t that 1 billion XRP hits the market every month, as it doesn’t.

It’s that traders live with a known, recurring cadence, which shapes how liquidity providers quote risk and how aggressively they chase price when demand arrives.

A market that expects supply to appear on schedule tends to price rallies differently than a market that thinks supply is scarce and unpredictable.

Then there’s the legal frame, which got clearer in 2025 but didn’t turn XRP into a frictionless institutional asset overnight.

The SEC ended its lawsuit against Ripple in August 2025, leaving a $125 million fine intact and an injunction tied to institutional sales.

That removes one cloud, and it matters. But it also leaves behind a record that makes distribution and access a topic that never fully goes away, especially for buyers who care about how an asset is treated across venues and jurisdictions.

Now layer in the part that most retail traders never see clearly: hedging.

ETF creations don’t arrive as pure, unhedged spot buying.

Authorized participants and market makers hedge their exposure as they source inventory, manage timing, and arbitrage differences between venues and products.

That often means buying spot XRP while also shorting futures or perps to stay neutral, or to lock in the spread they’re being paid to capture.

When that hedge layer is deep, a chunk of what feels like demand gets met with synthetic selling that keeps the spot chart from reacting in the way readers expect.

In 2025, that hedge toolkit got more familiar to institutional desks.

CME said it would launch cash-settled XRP futures on May 19, 2025, pending regulatory approval.

That matters less as a headline and more as a bridge into the kind of risk management that big firms already use in other assets.

On CoinGlass, XRP derivatives activity already looks large enough to carry real hedging: open interest around $3.40 billion and 24-hour futures volume around $2.56 billion.

That’s plenty of room for ETF-related hedges to lean against spot demand, especially when the market’s in a mood where people would rather rent exposure than hold it outright.

Venue mix matters too, because liquidity isn’t just “how much volume prints,” but also “where the marginal buyer and seller are actually meeting.”

Kaiko wrote in April 2025 that XRP’s spot volume was heavily concentrated offshore, while its share of spot volume on US exchanges had climbed to its highest level since the wave of delistings tied to the SEC’s 2021 lawsuit period.

Offshore concentration can deliver raw liquidity, but it can also diffuse price discovery across fragmented pools, each with its own participant mix, fee schedules, and hedging behavior.

That makes it easier for flows in one wrapper to get absorbed without the spot chart reacting like a billboard.

That broader context also shows up in the simple chart historyXRP closed near $1.88 on Jan. 1, 2026.

In 2025, it printed a closing high around $3.55 on July 22 and a closing low around $1.80 on April 8.

That puts the drawdown from the July closing peak to the start of 2026 at roughly 47%.

In a market that’s lived through that kind of round trip in a few months, buyers tend to take profits faster, sellers tend to show up sooner, and liquidity can feel thick right up until the moment it isn’t.

Spot volume over the last month sat below the 2025 daily average, and realized volatility over the last 90 days ran high.

That’s exactly the cocktail that makes price behave erratically even when the news looks clean.

Put all of this together, and the fact price has been relatively flat stops looking like a contradiction.

A $1.14 billion wrapper that represents about 1% of circulating supply can coexist with a flat or choppy chart when net creations are steady but not dominant.

That’s especially true when a known escrow cadence keeps supply expectations anchored, when hedges in perps and futures meet spot buying in real time, and when liquidity is spread across venues rather than concentrated in one deep onshore pool.

What would make the link between XRP ETF growth and spot price feel tighter, the way it often did for Bitcoin, is also straightforward.

You’d need net creations to accelerate enough to outpace routine sell flow.

You’d need some of the hedge layer to unwind instead of piling on, and you’d need a deeper, cleaner onshore liquidity base where marginal demand has fewer frictions and fewer detours.

In other words, you’d need the wrappers to stop being a new access point and start being a relentless vacuum.

Until then, $1 billion in XRP ETFs is still worth taking seriously, just for different reasons than the quick thrill of a one-day repricing.

It says the wrapper category has crossed the line from novelty to habit.

It says advisers and brokerage accounts now have a simple way to hold XRP without juggling wallets and venues.

And it says that when the market mood turns friendlier and flows pick up, the infrastructure for a bigger move is already there.

The pipes exist.

Right now, they’re moving water, not forcing a flood.

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As broader crypto market rebounds, DOGE price enters massive breakout mode.

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Dogecoin, the initial meme coin, has entered rally mode.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, DOGE, currently ranked No. 9 by market cap, is trading at $0.1405, up 9.01% over the past 24 hours. 

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Its market cap has climbed to $23.63 billion (9.02% increase), while 24-hour trading volume surged 127.03% to $3.41 billion.

Dogecoin’s total supply stands at 168.16 billion DOGE, highlighting elevated trading activity behind the price move. The fully diluted valuation (FDV) matches the market cap at $23.63 billion, with a strong volume-to-market-cap ratio of 14.44%.

Despite Bitcoin struggling to regain momentum in the first days of 2026, meme coins have seen a massive spike in trading volume. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index remains in the “Fear” zone, although it appears to be moving toward the “Neutral” direction.

2026 crypto rally: still possible?The new year opened with a surge of activity in the meme coin sector, led by Dogecoin. On January 1, DOGE recorded an 11.96% jump in futures open interest, signaling renewed speculative interest and growing optimism among traders. 

Open interest reflects the total value of active futures contracts and is often used as a proxy for market confidence.

Data from CoinGlass shows that roughly 3.58 million DOGE tokens were added to the futures market within 24 hours, pointing to a sharp rise in leveraged positioning. 

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At the same time, DOGE’s hourly chart flashed a bullish technical signal, with a short-term moving average crossing above a longer-term one, commonly referred to as a golden cross.

The shorter SMA is usually the 50-period, while the longer one is typically the 200-period. However, the DOGE hourly chart showed the 9-period SMA crossed above the 26-period.

Momentum quickly spread across the meme coin market. Shiba Inu climbed about 8%, Bonk gained nearly 11%, and Floki advanced close to 10%. 

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Aave Labs founder Stani Kulechov has committed to sharing off-protocol revenue with AAVE token holders. The move comes after a governance vote rejected a proposal to transfer brand assets and IP to the DAO. AAVE jumped over 10% on January 2 following the announcement.

The failed vote brought existing tensions to the surface. Some delegates accused Aave Labs of holding too much control over revenue from frontend swap fees and key communication channels like domains and social media accounts.

Kulechov’s recent $15 million AAVE purchase made things worse. Critics claimed he was trying to influence the vote. He denied it, saying the purchase reflected personal conviction.

The recent DAO vote has wrapped up, and it has raised important questions about the relationship between Aave Labs and $AAVE token holders. This is a productive discussion that’s essential for the long-term health of Aave.

While it's been a bit hectic, debate and disagreement…

— Stani.eth (@StaniKulechov) December 26, 2025 Kulechov Says Aave Is at a CrossroadsIn a post on Aave’s governance forum, Kulechov laid out his concerns about the protocol’s future.

He said Aave’s current lending activity is too dependent on ETH, BTC, and leverage-based strategies tied to crypto market cycles. That model works, but it has limits.

“I believe Aave has the potential to support a $500 trillion asset base through RWAs and other assets over the coming decades,” he wrote.

To get there, Kulechov pointed to Aave V4. The upgrade introduces a modular design that can support real-world assets, institutional credit, and consumer products without putting the core protocol at risk. GHO, Aave’s stablecoin, would play a central role in future yield and savings products.

What the New Proposal Will CoverKulechov confirmed a formal proposal is on the way. It will explain how revenue made outside the core protocol, from the Aave app, swap integrations, and future products, could flow back to AAVE holders.

“We are committed to sharing revenue generated outside the protocol with token holders,” he said.

The proposal will also address control of the Aave brand, including websites, domains, and social accounts. DAO safeguards will be part of the package.

SEC Probe Ends, TVL Holds StrongLast month, the SEC closed its multi-year investigation into Aave without taking action. That removes a major overhang. Aave’s total value locked currently sits around $45 billion, making it one of the largest DeFi protocols by that measure.

DAO delegates have welcomed the shift but want clear, enforceable terms. The upcoming vote will decide whether the new framework moves forward.

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Long term Bitcoin holders appear to have stopped net selling for the first time since July 2025, according to CryptoQuant data shared by Merlijn The Trader. At the same time, a separate BTC USDT chart comparison circulating on X argues Bitcoin now trades in a consolidation zone that resembles the late 2021 structure before the next leg higher.

Long term Bitcoin holders pause selling after months of distributionLong term Bitcoin holders appear to have eased selling pressure for the first time since July 2025, based on a CryptoQuant chart shared on X by Merlijn The Trader. The chart tracks a 30 day sum of long term holder supply change, alongside Bitcoin’s price and the long term holder supply line. After months of mostly red bars, the latest readings move closer to neutral, which signals less net distribution than earlier in the period.

Long term holder supply change 30 day sum. Source: CryptoQuant,Merlijn The Trader

The histogram shows two clear regimes across 2025. First, green bars dominated into late June and early July, which points to net growth in long term holder supply during that stretch. Then, the chart flips into persistent red bars from mid July onward, indicating sustained net reductions as older coins moved out of long term holder status, sold, or transferred.

Meanwhile, the long term holder supply line trends lower through the second half of the year, matching the extended red phase. At the same time, Bitcoin’s price line swings through several peaks and pullbacks, including a sharp drop around late November. Even so, the selling signal in the long term holder metric looks to be fading near year end as the red bars shrink.

That shift matters because long term holder behavior often acts as a supply side filter. When long term holders sell, they add inventory to the market and can cap rebounds. However, when they slow distribution, the market can absorb fewer coins from that cohort, so price becomes more sensitive to changes in demand from spot buyers and derivatives positioning. Still, this metric alone does not confirm direction, since macro moves, liquidity, and short term holder activity can override the signal in the near term.

Bitcoin chart highlights late 2021 style consolidationA Bitcoin price chart shared on X compares the 2024–2026 BTC USDT structure with the 2020–2022 cycle, focusing on a sideways phase near a key horizontal level. The post came from Vivek Sen, who argued the setup supports a move toward $280,000.

Bitcoin USDT cycle comparison chart 2024–2026 and 2020–2022. Source: Vivek Sen 

In the 2024–2026 panel, Bitcoin climbs, then trades in a tight range around the marked support line, with the chart labeling the consolidation area as November 2025. The earlier part of the move shows a downtrend break and recovery into the current range, which frames the market as holding above a reclaimed level rather than extending in a straight line.

In the 2020–2022 panel, the chart marks a similar pause around November 2021 after an advance, followed by a strong continuation higher. The comparison implies the market can spend time building a base near prior resistance before the next leg.

The chart also includes a dashed path projecting higher into 2026. However, it provides no timing signals or triggers beyond the idea that price needs to hold the highlighted zone. As a result, the takeaway is structural: Bitcoin sits in consolidation near support, and the bullish projection depends on that base staying intact while demand returns.

Ether drew fresh attention on Jan. 3 as Arkham tracked a major leveraged position moving back toward break even. Meanwhile, a separate chart post highlighted $2,500 as the key level holding the broader recovery together.

Arkham says Hyperunit whale nears breakeven on $635.58M Ether longBlockchain analytics firm Arkham said a so called “Hyperunit whale” has nearly climbed back to breakeven on a large Ether long position worth about $635.58 million. Arkham shared the claim in a post on X, describing the trader as a “$10B Hyperunit whale.”

Arkham said the account is now up almost $70 million in profit and loss from its lowest point, which it framed as a rebound from the account’s bottom. The post described the position as an ETH long that has “almost broken even,” implying recent market moves narrowed earlier unrealized losses.

Arkham also said it linked the Hyperunit whale to Garrett Jin through a single transfer. The firm did not provide additional detail in the post about the counterparties, timing, or context of that transfer, beyond the stated connection.

Analyst flags $2,500 Ether support as inverse head and shoulders formsMeanwhile, Crypto trader BitBull said Ether’s higher time frame setup looks constructive after price held above the $2,500 level, according to a post on X.

Ethereum USDT 1W MEXC. Source: BitBull (@AkaBull)

BitBull based the view on a large inverse head and shoulders pattern he marked on the chart. In that structure, the left shoulder forms after a selloff and rebound, the “head” prints as a deeper low, and the right shoulder develops when price makes a higher low before turning up again. On the shared ETH/USDT view, the lowest swing sits around the mid 2025 trough, while later pullbacks appear shallower, which keeps the “right shoulder” portion intact.

The chart also draws a rising “neckline” zone overhead, shown as a band of sloping resistance that capped prior rallies. A typical read of this setup is that the pattern remains incomplete until price pushes through that neckline area and holds there, because repeated rejections at the same overhead zone can still stall the recovery.

At the time of the snapshot, ETH traded near $3,038 on the ETH/USDT MEXC chart, with BitBull highlighting $2,500 as a key floor. Price sitting above that level suggests the latest pullback did not break the higher low structure he pointed to, while the next visible decision area remains the rising resistance band near the upper part of the chart.