XRP surpasses  for the first time since 2018, while Dogecoin and Solana hit weekly highs

XRP surpasses $3 for the first time since 2018, while Dogecoin and Solana hit weekly highs

What a wild week for crypto.

After a market-wide plunge on Monday that saw Bitcoin briefly fall below $90,000 and other leading assets also hit losses, almost everything turned green on Wednesday following an expected U.S. inflation report.

But XRP far outperformed other top coins on Wednesday, rising 19% in the past 24 hours to a current price of $3.18 – the highest price for the Ripple-linked asset since 2018.

With a 32% gain over the past week, fueled by optimism over possible XRP ETF approvals and Ripple leadership meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, XRP is now up less than 9%, reaching its all-time high of $3.40 back in January 2018.

Among the top 10 coins by market cap, Solana is the second biggest gainer, up nearly 9% over the past day and hitting a weekly high of just under $205. However, SOL is up just 3% this week, with today’s increase only recouping some of the losses earlier in the week.

And Dogecoin is also on the rise: the original meme coin rose 7% on the day to a current price of $0.382 – the highest price recorded for DOGE in more than a week. Cardano, meanwhile, is up nearly 8% intraday to $1.08.

Bitcoin briefly jumped above $100,000 early Wednesday afternoon, but has since fallen back to a current price of around $99,700. The price is still up more than 3% on the day.

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