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XRP grew out of its years-long poor price performance in 2025. Although the token did not surpass the already set ATH milestone, it surged significantly and crossed the $3 mark. However, consolidation periods also occurred at times, as various macroeconomic and geopolitical events emerged and would continue to do so. Let’s discuss. XRP Major Events
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Bitcoin’s explosive rally to $111,970 has reignited hopes of a long-anticipated altseason. While the crypto king leads the charge, analysts warn the altcoin market is not quite ready to follow—at least, not yet. The remainder of this bull cycle may hinge on one crucial signal: a breakdown in Bitcoin dominance, potentially triggering a powerful rotation into altcoins.
According to crypto analyst Kyledoops from Crypto Banter, Bitcoin’s current market cycle is around 75–80% complete, with the final 20% likely to bring explosive upside. On a recent podcast, he projected a strong Wave 3 move could send Bitcoin to $125K–$130K by September, backed by bullish indicators including Market Cipher B, rising money flow, and green dots on the weekly chart.
With the S&P 500 and other major equities hitting all-time highs, Bitcoin appears poised to follow the upward momentum. However, for altcoins to truly rally, a breakdown in Bitcoin dominance—currently nearing the apex of a rising wedge between 66%–69%, is necessary. A rejection at these levels, analysts believe, could finally mark the beginning of a genuine altseason.
Although broad altcoin strength is still pending, select tokens are starting to show bullish setups:
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Kyledoops emphasizes that most altcoins are still in accumulation, and a full-scale rally is unlikely until Bitcoin dominance breaks down and the SPX500 confirms continued momentum. While the market setup for altseason is gradually forming, analysts caution that timing is everything. The next few months could offer golden opportunities—but only for those who stay patient and watch the key indicators closely.
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As of today, June 30, 2025, the crypto market is showing a mixed performance. Bitcoin is trading around $107,500 with a slight dip, while Ethereum is showing some upward movement. The overall market capitalization is around $3.41 trillion, with some altcoins experiencing minor gains and others showing slight declines.
Altcoin season, or altseason, is a period when cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin (altcoins) significantly outperform Bitcoin in terms of price growth. It’s characterized by capital rotating from Bitcoin into altcoins, leading to rapid and substantial gains across a wide range of alternative cryptocurrencies.
When altcoin season occurs, several things typically happen: Bitcoin’s market dominance declines as capital shifts, a majority of altcoins experience rapid price appreciation, trading volumes for altcoins surge, and there’s often a general increase in market optimism and retail “FOMO” (fear of missing out).
Bitcoin’s price doesn’t necessarily fall during an altcoin season. Instead, it often consolidates, rises more slowly, or even continues to increase, but at a significantly lower rate than altcoins. The key characteristic is that altcoins outperform Bitcoin, meaning their percentage gains are much larger as money flows into them.
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Bitcoin’s explosive rally to $111,970 has reignited hopes of a long-anticipated altseason. While the crypto king leads the charge, analysts warn the altcoin market is not quite ready to follow—at least, not yet. The remainder of this bull cycle may hinge on one crucial signal: a breakdown in Bitcoin dominance, potentially triggering a powerful rotation …
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Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is trading around $1,800, with a total market cap of $220 billion. While recent price performance has been relatively muted, the recent network upgrades and growing institutional interest hint at a bullish long-term outlook.
For the unversed, Ethereum just rolled out one of its biggest updates since The Merge in 2022. The new upgrade, called Pectra, went live today — May 7. Originally planned for 2024, some of Pectra’s features faced setbacks due to code challenges. After testing the upgrade on two testnets, some bugs forced developers to run a third round of tests, which caused more delays.
Pectra is Ethereum’s latest major upgrade that combines two updates — Prague and Electra — and introduces 11 key changes aimed at making the network faster, cheaper, and easier to use. These changes include doubling blob capacity for better Layer 2 support, increasing the maximum validator stake from 32 to 2048 ETH, and speeding up validator activation.
It also brings account abstraction, allowing wallets to act like smart contracts temporarily, enabling bundled transactions and gas payments in any token. Together, the 11 EIPs improve scalability, staking, user experience, and developer tools — making Ethereum more efficient and pushing it closer to mass adoption.
According to analyst Michael Van De Poppe, Ethereum (ETH) is consolidating and might be getting ready for a big move upward.
Right now, ETH is stuck in a familiar price range between $1,760 and $1,843, where it’s been since late April. It recently touched the top of that range but couldn’t break through. Van De Poppe says the market is just waiting for the right news to start a breakout.
Ethereum’s biggest upgrade was The Merge in 2022, which changed the network from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. Before that upgrade, ETH went from around $1,000 to $1,600, but it dropped again afterward. In 2024, the Dencun upgrade helped improve scalability and Layer 2 features, but it didn’t boost the price much. Now, with the Pectra upgrade live, it remains to be seen if the price will jump right away.
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Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is trading around $1,800, with a total market cap of $220 billion. While recent price performance has been relatively muted, the recent network upgrades and growing institutional interest hint at a bullish long-term outlook. For the unversed, Ethereum just rolled out one of its biggest updates …
In a massive development, the CME Group has revealed plans to expand its derivative offerings with XRP futures. This provides a bullish outlook for the XRP price, as this move could pave the way for the launch of a spot XRP ETF.
In a press release, CME Group announced plans to launch XRP futures on May 19, pending regulatory approval. The derivatives exchange revealed that market participants will have the choice to trade both a micro-sized contract (2,500 XRP) and a larger-sized contract (50,000 XRP).
Commenting on this development, Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, said,
“As innovation in the digital asset landscape continues to evolve, market participants continue to look to regulated derivatives products to manage risks across a wider range of tokens. Interest in XRP and its underlying ledger (XRPL) has steadily increased as institutional and retail adoption for the network grows, and we are pleased to launch these new futures contracts to provide a capital-efficient toolset to support clients’ investment and hedging strategies.”
The exchange stated that they will settle the XRP futures in cash and based on the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference rate, which serves as a once-a-day rate of the XRP price in USD and is calculated at 3 pm UTC.
The XRP futures will be the fourth crypto addition on the exchange. CME Group already offers Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and recently added Solana futures in March.
This development is significant as it could pave the way for the launch of a spot XRP ETF. The court in the Grayscale case ruled that there was no difference between the futures and spot markets. As such, the existence of a futures market means the SEC has no plausible reason to deny a spot XRP ETF.
As CoinGape reported, XRP and Solana are currently leading the ETF race over other altcoins. The launch of the futures contract further solidifies the altcoin’s edge in the ETF race. Meanwhile, the CME Group futures launch is also bullish for the XRP price.
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