🚀 Crypto Market Watch: XRP, Pi Coin & Cardano Price Forecast – July 16, 2025

Bulls and bears clash as three altcoins face make-or-break momentum.

XRP: The SEC's favorite punching bag defies gravity—again. Can it sustain the rally?

Pi Coin: Mainnet hype or another 'vaporware' project draining retail wallets?

Cardano: Vasil upgrade finally delivers... just as ETH 3.0 steals its thunder.

Bonus jab: Traders shifting from TA to reading tea leaves after this week's 20% 'stablecoin-induced' volatility.

Ripple (XRP): Dominating Cross-Border Payments Crypto with Breakout Price Performance

Ripple’s XRP is cementing its role as a key bridge between conventional banking systems and blockchain-powered remittance networks.

Its ability to facilitate near-instantaneous global transfers with minimal fees has gained considerable institutional adoption. The United Nations has even acknowledged XRP as a viable tool for international fund transfers without relying on channels and intermediaries.

After years of battling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple scored a win in 2023 when the court ruled that XRP’s retail sales did not qualify as securities transactions.

By 2025, the SEC formally dropped its lawsuit, concluding four years of legal uncertainty and securing the future of every major altcoin to boot.

This resolution strengthened XRP’s regulatory position within the crypto industry, fueling investor confidence and driving its price up by more than 447% over the past year, compared to Bitcoin’s 88% rise during the same period.

After encountering strong resistance around $3, XRP dipped 4% in the last 24 hours. We can observe additional selling from its overbought relative strength index, which sits at 74, indicating investors are now cashing in on Ripple’s ~30% rise over the last seven days, a rise which again pipped Bitcoin’s own.

Earlier this year, the emergence of a bullish flag pattern across its support and resistance ranges suggested the possibility of a rally towards $3.50 this summer, potentially surpassing its previous peak of $3.40 set in January 2018.

Pi Network ($PI): Can This Unique Mining Project Deliver 6x Gains by Summer’s End?

Pi Network is transforming the mining environment with its innovative tap-to-mine model that negates the need for expensive mining rigs or high energy usage.

Unlike conventional mining, Pi enables users to earn tokens simply by logging into its mobile application daily, substantially lowering the barrier to entry for crypto newcomers.

Since its mainnet launch in February 2025, PI Network has witnessed explosive growth. In early May, its native token $PI soared by 171% within four days—rising from $0.58 to $1.57—indicating strong demand from both retail and institutional investors. Currently, it trades at around $0.45.

The token’s RSI sits at 36 and is trending downward, suggesting a selloff is happening that will discount the price in the coming days.

So, it’s the perfect time to buy in if you believe in Pi Network’s potential. See, the steep falling wedge observed between March and April presages a breakout that could propel $PI beyond the $3 level if market conditions remain favourable through summer.

With its user-friendly design and proprietary LAYER 1 blockchain, Pi Network is positioning itself as a formidable player in the next wave of global crypto adoption.

Cardano ($ADA): Is This Eco-Friendly Ethereum-Challenger Crypto Set to Hit New Price Highs in 2025?

Interest in Cardano ($ADA) is growing, supported by increasing institutional support and robust technical indicators. Alongside XRP and Solana, Cardano was recently pointed out by Donald Trump as a potential candidate for inclusion in a proposed U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Founded by ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson in 2014, Cardano is widely respected for its academic research-led development framework and its energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus, which inspired Ethereum’s own shift from Proof-of-Work to PoS.

With a current market capitalisation of $26.7 billion, ADA would need to more than triple in price to surpass solana and rival Ethereum’s dominance.

Over the seven days, Cardano outperformed Bitcoin during the broader market rally, gaining 25.5% compared to Bitcoin’s 8.1% increase.

Forecasts suggest ADA could rise from its current $0.74 price to nearly $2 by mid-year, with more optimistic projections indicating a full recovery to its previous high of $3.09, representing a recovery from its 75.5% drop since it hit that benchmark in September 2021 in the midst of crypto’s blistering bull run.

While a bullish flag pattern between November and April signals further upward potential, ADA’s RSI briefly moved into overbought territory at 72 yesterday, prompting some short-term profit-taking that is building up selling mometum, leading to a 2.9% drop in price in the last 24 hours.

The next major resistance lies at $1.15, with solid support observed between $0.85 and $0.90.

Snorter ($SNORT): Early Presale Opportunity in a Promising Meme-Trading Hybrid

Spotting promising crypto projects before mainstream adoption often yields the largest gains. While established altcoins continue to dominate, new tokens are forging innovative paths for growth.

One such emerging project is, a hybrid meme token and trading bot built on Solana, with cross-chain expansion in its roadmap. Snorter integrates directly into Telegram, offering instant market insights within chat groups.

Boasting transaction fees as low as 0.85%, it offers a cost advantage over competitors like BonkBot, Maestro, and Trojan. Its platform features MEV-protected swaps, copy trading capabilities, anti-rug pull systems, and limit order sniping, providing traders with a comprehensive toolkit.

Investor interest has accelerated, with the presale raising over $1.8 million so far. Its staking program offers yields of up to 205% APY, rewarding early participants generously.

Whether you’re an experienced trader or exploring meme coins for the first time, Snorter is positioning itself as a versatile platform to navigate the fast-paced crypto market.

Keep up with Snorter on X, Instagram, or join the presale on the Snorter website.