At present, we observe the two TOP made in the US projects. Ripple (XRP) and Hedera Hashgraph (Hbar). So what will you do better for the rest of 2025? Which one would you choose? Let’s find out which one we choose.
Current trends
If we place them next to each other, Ripple and Hedera, we must first observe how they have done it recently. To do this, we will look at two periods of time. First, we will verify how they did it during the last year. Then, we will see how much they have climbed or going down in 2025 so far. After that, we will compare the results.
XRP
Ripple’s $ XRP have had a mass increase in the last 12 months. It is increased by 401% massive at that time. Of the 300 main currencies, $ XRP is the eighth best performance in the last year. He did better than Sui, Monero and even Bitcoin, who rose 65% during the past year. The only currency that is not meme that improved is the virtual protocol.
And we observe in the table that the increase begins in the middle or late November. This is aligned with Trump clearly winning the elections. That also means that the next SEC is likely to resolve the XRP case and be easier to work. And yes, both are true. The growing certainty about the future of $ XRP due to the expected agreement has been a great boost for the XRP community.
Returns in the last 5 months are better but more limited. As I mentioned, the big jump began in November. On January 1, $ XRP had a price of $ 2.32. Today, it is $ 2.54, it is a return of 8.6%. That remains a solid gain, especially in a market that has been in the whole place, with things like Trump’s tariff policies that cause chaos. Then, $ XRP has returned 450% during the past year and 8.6% until now in 2025. Now let’s see Hedera.
Hbar
We observe how hedera (HBAR) did. We know that it didn’t work very well during the past year, but how good it really was? Heder’s $ Hbar had a fairly strong 91% yield in the last 12 months. The largest jump occurred from the middle or late November and continued until mid -December. Since then, $ Hbar has not really followed a clear trend. It has moved between 15 cents and a recent maximum of 37 cents. That is a great range, but the price has not gone in a clear direction. The strong level of support of just less than 15 cents remained firm, and since then, $ Hbar has been slowly and constantly rising.
By 2025 until now, on January 1, the price of $ Hbar was 29.4 ° C. At this time, the price is 21 cents, which means that it has fallen almost 30%. So, $ Hbar yields are 91% in the last year and -30% until now in 2025. That may seem like a victory for Ripple, but is it really? Let’s find out.
Recent updates and what follows
In the XRP front, current news focuses mainly on acquisitions. First, it is a great acquisition of Hidden Road. This allows them to use a higher global corridor to handle large operations for institutions.
The second point is Ripple’s offer to buy Circle, the company behind USDC, which was not accepted. Some people, such as the XRP community, say this is to take care of the Stablecoin market. Others say that it is because Ripple’s Stablecoin himself, Rlusd, is not working well. It can work better in the future, but at this time it has less than 50 users per day and less than 100 daily transactions. It doesn’t do well. Ripple needs a strong stablecoin to help with his digital division projects for governments in developing countries.
On the side of Hedera, they are focusing on the assets of the real world (RWA) with a new private chain that allows the list of regulated assets following the rules. It will work well with stablcoins and digital currencies such as CBDC. The complete launch is planned for the next quarter.
Tokenomic
Surprisingly, although Chris Larsen and other Ripple experts continue to sell $ XRP to usual investors, Ripple still has a lot of this. And after all these years, only 58.5 billion of almost 100 billion $ XRP are in circulation, that is only 59%. This number should be much higher for now.
On the other hand, Hedera has its headlines that describe it in this way. It has 84% ​​complete of its 50 billion total tokens currently in circulation. This is the type of things we expect from two projects that have long existed.
Hedera has a previously planned Token Liberation Plan, so the headlines know what to expect. Its Government Council, which also controls all validators, controls the emission schedule.
Like $ XRP with its past to sell large quantities to regular investors, the main $ hbar complaint is that it is a restricted network supervised by validators with permission and not an open chain without permission.
So, despite the fact that both projects are strong, you must still choose which one you prefer.
Conclusion
So, who do we believe will do it better in the second half of 2025? I think that without a large association or an important government client, Ripple has probably already obtained most of the benefits of the SEC agreement for $ XRP. Both hedera and Ripple work with governments and digital currencies, and even are part of this work together. So, I don’t think that neither has a great advantage over the other.
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