Ripple (XRP) ticks higher, trading at $1.42 on Wednesday while building on a recently confirmed support range between $1.30 and $1.35. The token also sits above major moving averages, reinforcing the bullish outlook. However, upside could remain capped unless the psychological barriers at $1.50 and $1.70 are cleared, paving the way for an extended recovery above $2.00.

Bitcoin (BTC) is breaking with typical bear-market behavior as a classic onchain metric puts in its longest bullish streak of 2026.

Data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that the spent output profit ratio (SOPR) has now been above its breakeven level of 1 since Aug. 19. SOPR measures the extent to which coins moving onchain do so at a higher or lower price…