BitMine Buys $150M Ethereum, Tom Lee Predicts Rally To $20k, Analyst Predicts Huge XRP Reversal 

BitMine has bought the dip yet again, adding ETH tokens worth $150 million to its Ethereum treasury in its latest buy. Despite the price dips, Tom Lee just made one of his boldest crypto forecasts yet, predicting that the value of Ethereum could skyrocket to $20,000 by 2026. 

Lee predicts that the tokenization boom will fuel the next major Ethereum bull run. Meanwhile, XRP has formed a bullish divergence on the daily price chart, leading STEPH IS CRYPTO to predict that a big price reversal that could send the altcoin to a new all-time high (ATH) is coming.

BitMine Buys the Dip, Tom Lee Predicts ETH Rally To $20k

Just after the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade, on-chain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence revealed that Bitmine had another $150 million worth of Ethereum. Following its latest purchase, BitMine now holds more than 3% of the total token supply of Ethereum, with its stated target set at 5%. 

The news sent the price of BitMine’s stock soaring by more than 15% as ETH pumped alongside. The purchase sent the price of Ethereum to its weekly high above $3,200. 

While the Ethereum price has retraced back to the $3,100 range, ETH still sits above a three-month descending trendline breakout, which could propel its price to the $4,000 range soon. BitMine’s Tom Lee has also shared one of the most ultra-bullish takes on the top altcoin. 

According to Lee, the value of Ethereum could reach highs of $20,000 within the next year. The chairman of BitMine made the prediction at the Binance Blockchain Week: 2026 Outlook, where he explained that the boom in tokenization could drive the price of ETH there. 

According to RWA.xyz, Ethereum currently has more than 65% market share of real-world asset tokenization value. With this market predicted to explode in 2026, Lee expects the price of ETH to pump alongside. 

XRP Whale Accumulation Hit Record High As Analyst Predicts Massive Breakout

After a tough couple of months for XRP, falling 31%, on-chain metrics suggest that a potential trend reversal could be on the horizon. While the XRP price recently pumped above $2.2, it has retraced over the last two days, but managed to hold above the $2 support level. 

While the XRP price holds above this level, there has been a major increase in its whale activity. Glassnode’s data shows that after six consecutive weeks of negative whale outflows, XRP has now recorded massive inflows. 

XRP is now experiencing its strongest whale inflows since early October. Whale holdings have also increased by above 48 billion XRP tokens, the highest volume recorded in the past seven years. CryptoQuant data shows a similar trend, with the XRP velocity at its highest point ever recorded.

In addition to these bullish metrics, STEPH IS CRYPTO, a popular trader and analyst, has shared a bullish divergence on the 1D XRP price chart. With the bullish divergence happening right on an important psychological support ($2), the analyst predicts that the value of XRP could skyrocket to a new all-time high above $6.5.