Cardano (ADA) is closing out 2025 caught between muted price action and a 
growing debate about where real value may emerge next within its ecosystem. 
Related Reading: Dogecoin: Why This One Price Level Is Drawing All the 
Attention While ADA continues to trade under pressure near the mid-$0.30 
range, founder Charles Hoskinson has shifted attention away from short-term 
price movements toward longer-term structural developments, particularly 
within Cardano’s decentralized finance and security roadmap. The contrast 
between weak market sentiment and expanding ecosystem narratives has become 
one of the defining features of Cardano’s current phase. ADA&#8217;s price trends to 
the downside on the daily chart. Source: ADAUSD on Tradingview ADA Price 
Weakness Reflects Broader Caution Cardano (ADA) remains in a consolidation 
pattern after slipping below $0.37, weighed down by persistent selling 
pressure and declining risk appetite across the altcoin market. On-chain data 
shows that large holders are reducing their exposure, with tens of millions of 
tokens being redistributed over recent days. Derivatives metrics reinforce 
this cautious stance, as short positions continue to outnumber longs and 
momentum indicators remain subdued. Technically, ADA is trading below key 
moving averages, keeping the near-term outlook fragile. Analysts identify the 
$0.35 level as a critical support zone, with a deeper decline toward the 
$0.27–$0.30 range possible if sentiment deteriorates further. Founder Urges 
Patience on Security and Infrastructure Against this backdrop, Hoskinson has 
used recent commentary to address longer-term challenges rather than short- 
term volatility. Hoskinson has warned against rushing into post-quantum 
cryptography upgrades, arguing that while the tools already exist, deploying 
them prematurely could impose heavy performance costs on blockchains. Larger 
signatures and slower verification, he noted, could undermine scalability long 
before quantum computers become a practical threat. Hoskinson’s position 
reframes the security debate around timing rather than urgency. While global 
standards for post-quantum cryptography are now finalized, he maintains that 
readiness depends on hardware capabilities, network economics, and validator 
incentives. DEXes Framed as Long-Term Opportunity Hoskinson has also 
highlighted what he sees as a valuation disconnect within Cardano’s DeFi 
sector. Responding to recent activity around the privacy-focused sidechain 
Midnight and its token NIGHT, he argued that trading volumes on Cardano-based 
decentralized exchanges remain low relative to their potential. Stablecoins 
and cross-chain bridges remain central to this thesis. Without deep liquidity 
and reliable settlement assets, Cardano’s DEX ecosystem struggles to compete 
with more mature networks. Hoskinson suggested that once these components are 
in place, decentralized exchange activity could expand significantly, framing 
the current period as one of accumulation rather than stagnation. Currently, 
Cardano’s market narrative remains split. ADA’s price reflects caution and 
consolidation, while ecosystem development points to longer-term optionality. 
Related Reading: Altcoin Season Index Crashes To Low 17 As Bitcoin Price 
Struggles, What This Means Whether that divergence ultimately narrows will 
depend less on short-term charts and more on how effectively Cardano converts 
infrastructure progress into sustained on-chain activity. Cover image from 
ChatGPT, ADAUSD chart from Tradingview

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After a flood of documents and photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein files 
dropped this month, even more material from the sprawling archive is expected 
to roll out under a U.S. Department of Justice release required by the Epstein 
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XRP has slipped below a level that, for much of the past year, acted like a 
structural anchor for the chart: the $1.95 area. Crypto analyst Guy on the 
Earth (@guyontheearth) argued that XRP has now closed under that zone on a 
higher timeframe, calling out the two-week chart specifically. “For the first 
time in 13 months XRP has closed under this monthly support at $1.95 on the 2 
week chart,” he wrote. “It’s the second time on the weekly this has happened 
with April tariffs being the first.” The 2-Weekly Close Is Crucial For XRP 
From there, his analysis went straight to the downside implication. “The 
technical target of this break down is 90c,” he added. “Do with this 
information what you have to. Everyone must make their own decisions at this 
time. The goal is getting back above $1.95.” The way he laid it out, $1.95 was 
not simply a mid-range price level but the lower boundary of a broader 
consolidation “rectangle.” Losing it, in that framework, opens the door to a 
measured move lower — with the reclaim of $1.95 as the key invalidation. 
Related Reading: XRP Price Forecasts For 2026 Unveiled By AI Simulation: 
Should Investors Remain Bullish? He also offered a risk-management approach 
for holders who are uncomfortable sitting through a potential continuation 
move. “If you are uncomfortable holding your bags with this breakdown &#8211; sell 
to reduce risk to where you feel comfortable,” he wrote. “Buy back on a close 
above $1.95 on the daily ( or a timeframe that you believe in) and your % loss 
of XRP is next to nothing. But should we go to 90c you are looking at a 
further 50% loss in capital.” For those treating the move as an opportunity 
rather than a warning sign, he mapped out incremental levels he views as 
potential buy zones on the way down. “Alternatively if you believe in XRP 
longer term and don’t like trading at all &#8211; keep buying on the way down,” he 
wrote. “Key levels are at $1.61, $1.42 and finally the 90c target and the 75c 
initial breakout.” Even in a bearish framing, he cautioned against assuming a 
straight-line cascade into every marked level. “We have went in a straight 
line down for weeks so it is unlikely that these targets would all be hit 
imminently,” he said. “$1.42 lowest this week if things get really ugly &#8211; not 
massively likely but possible with this breakdown and a big sell off in BTC to 
lower lows.” Related Reading: Here’s Why The XRP Price Keeps Crashing Not 
everyone agreed with the choice of timeframe used to call the breakdown. One 
account, XRP whale (@cryptoXRPwhale), pushed back on the premise: “2 week 
chart is not significant. You can’t choose a specific timeframe and say it’s a 
structure breakdown that fits your narrative… lol” Guy responded by 
reiterating that the level being referenced is higher-timeframe support, not a 
short-term marker. “Look at the chart. It held 13 months and now broke 
structure,” he wrote. “The lower boundary is monthly support. I&#8217;ve said all 
this.” There was also an attempt in the replies to flip the bearish target 
into a bullish setup. “Any price under $1 will be short-lived &amp; sets $XRP up 
for a stronger push to the upside past ATH,” wrote Lawrence Bensen 
(@Lawrence_Bensen), referencing prior cycle lows and a reported wick below $1 
on Binance earlier in the cycle. Guy acknowledged the point while keeping the 
technical math intact. “Yeah for sure &#8211; it has already been to 90c on Binance 
[on October 10],” he wrote. “I think we will recover before going as low as 
90c &#8211; but that is the technical target of losing this consolidation.” His 
near-term bias, meanwhile, leaned toward caution largely on liquidity 
conditions rather than an absolute conviction that $0.90 must print. “My bias 
is that I find it hard to believe at Christmas people are going to throw heaps 
of money in this market,” he wrote. “Low liquidity has been an issue anyways 
and this week wont help. So the slow bleed continues.” At press time, XRP 
stood at $1.89. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

XRP Breaks $1.95 Support After 13 Months, Analyst Sees $0.90 Target

Holiday periods often mean lower volume and calmer price action, even though 
some assets try to bounce. Sadly for Ripple fans, the XRP price isn’t showing 
much holiday spirit.

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