Anthropic’s cutting-edge AI language model, Claude, predicts moderate yet promising gains for leading altcoins by Christmas.
Bitcoin ($BTC), with a staggering $2 trillion market cap, has inched up by 1% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $109,308 – merely 2.2% shy of its all-time high (ATH) of $111,814 achieved on May 22.
Escalating geopolitical strife in the Middle East recently triggered a flight to safety among investors, suppressing risk markets like crypto and equities. However, fresh ceasefire negotiations have reignited optimism, lifting overall market sentiment.
Claude AI has spotlighted the following altcoins as strong candidates for significant upside through the remainder of 2025.
Ripple ($XRP): Claude AI Predicts Major Surge for This Global Payments Giant
According to Claude AI’s latest analysis, Ripple’s XRP could witness a substantial price explosion, possibly reaching $14 by year-end – over six times its current valuation near $2.36.
This bullish forecast is supported by several key drivers: Ripple’s decisive legal victory against the SEC, rising institutional usage, and market buzz surrounding a potential U.S. XRP spot ETF approval.
The United Nations Capital Development Fund has previously highlighted XRP’s fast, affordable, and compliant transactions, reinforcing its appeal for global remittance networks.
Ripple’s extended legal battle concluded in March when the SEC formally dropped its lawsuit, following a pivotal 2023 ruling that declared XRP’s retail sales were not securities offerings. This legal clarity has rejuvenated market confidence around the token.
Currently trading slightly above $2, analysts see $3 as the immediate resistance level. Should XRP overcome this barrier, Claude AI projects a rally to $10 by the end of 2025, with a stretch target of $15 under robust market conditions.
Technical chart reviews indicate a bullish flag pattern between January and April, signalling strong upward momentum ahead.
In the past seven days, XRP has gained 8.2%, outperforming both Solana, Bitcoin and Ethereum over the same period.
Bitcoin Cash ($BCH): Could BCH Retest Its $3,785 ATH on Renewed Breakout Momentum?
Bitcoin Cash ($BCH), which split from Bitcoin in 2017 to address scalability challenges, is regaining traction. Over the past week, BCH has risen 1.6% to its current price of $508.
Claude AI predicts that BCH could breach climb to $800 by New Year – although it’s not likely to challenge its historic ATH of $3,785.82 set in December 2017 any time soon.
While Bitcoin has transitioned towards a store-of-value narrative, BCH remains focused on its original mission as a fast, scalable payments solution, made possible through its larger block sizes. However, this scalability has come with trade-offs, such as reduced decentralisation as mining power becomes increasingly consolidated.
Since April, BCH has doubled in value, climbing from a low of $251.54 to its current price. Analysts attribute this rally partly to a prominent falling wedge formation visible on charts between late December and early March – a pattern often signalling upcoming price reversals to the upside.
If current positive sentiment persists, BCH could soon challenge resistance at $600, with $700 attainable before autumn sets in. Should it hold that threshold, it could even exceed Claude’s projections.
Although it remains far below its 2017 peak, Bitcoin Cash could reclaim market relevance if investor focus shifts back to efficient cross-border payment tokens like XRP and BCH, possibly doubling in value before year-end.
Strong support levels are noted around $420 should market corrections occur, while $600 remains the immediate resistance to watch.
Shiba Inu (SHIB): Claude AI Predicts Potential 8X Rally by Year-End
Shiba Inu (SHIB), launched in August 2020, has rapidly cemented itself as a leading meme coin, boasting a market cap exceeding $7.1 billion.
Trading at $0.00001202, SHIB gained 5.1% over the last seven days, and appears on the verge of breaking out from two key technical formations: a descending wedge stretching from November to March and a bullish flag formed in mid-May.
Immediate resistance lies near $0.000022, with further upside towards $0.00003. Should bullish momentum continue, Claude AI predicts SHIB could hit the $0.0001 zone by year-end – an eightfold increase from its current price.
SHIB’s ongoing evolution from a meme-based token into a utility-driven ecosystem underpins this optimistic outlook.
Built atop Ethereum, SHIB has enhanced scalability through its proprietary Layer-2 solution, Shibarium, which offers faster transactions, reduced fees, broader dApp integrations, and improved privacy features.
TOKEN6900: Could This New Unlisted Meme Coin Deliver 1000x Returns?
While Claude AI predicts tidy profits for the above tokens, their potential headroom for growth is relatively conservative, given their large market caps.
For traders concerned that major altcoins have already exhausted their explosive potential, a fresh wave of meme coins is emerging with even sharper growth prospects.
Among these is TOKEN6900 (T6900), an ERC-20 token that launched its presale just last week.
Having already raised over $267,100, TOKEN6900 is gaining rapid traction, hinting at strong post-launch performance.
Unlike meme coins pivoting towards utility (such as Shiba Inu), TOKEN6900 is embracing its identity as a pure hype-driven asset, relying on irony, marketing, and FOMO to propel growth.
Its website boldly states: “It’s Not Built On Fundamentals. It’s Built On Delusion, Irony, And The Collective Hallucination Of Terminally Online Traders.”
The project also references SPX6900, another meme coin inspired by the absurdist aesthetics of the late 90s dot-com bubble.
TOKEN6900 has a fixed supply of 930,993,091 T6900 – exactly one token more than SPX6900 had when TOKEN6900’s presale opened, playing into its competitive ‘one-upmanship’ narrative.
This strategy appears to be paying off, given the early success of its presale. While the token offers no inherent utility, holders can stake it for additional income alongside potential price gains.
Interested investors can acquire T6900 directly from its official website at a current presale price of $0.0065.
This rate will increase in under a day, so traders seeking the lowest entry price may want to act promptly.
Keep up to date with the project by following its official X and Instagram accounts
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