Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnAlex Carchidi, The Motley FoolThu, June 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM GMT+2 4 min readThis crypto bear market hasn't been kind to XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE). XRP is down 69% from its July 2025 peak, and Dogecoin is down about 87% from its 2021 high and 45% in the last 12 months alone.To make matters worse, neither coin was able to take the spotlight during the prior bull market cycle in terms of securing investor attention. That makes it a bit harder to believe that either will bounce back in the future.Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »So which one has the better odds of being a good purchase at this point in the crypto bear market? Image source: Getty Images.XRP is battered but still in the gameXRP is currently benefiting from tailwinds from spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have raised $1.4 billion since launching in November 2025. While it isn't fair to say that the purchasing activity of the ETF issuers is going to be enough to put a floor under the coin's price, because there's now an easy conduit for money in the traditional financial system to be allocated into XRP, it does have better odds of bouncing back from major drawdowns compared to in the past.There's also capital moving directly onto the chain for management, which speaks to the value of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) as financial technology. On May 6, Ondo Finance, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Ripple, XRP's issuer, completed a cross-border tokenized U.S. Treasury redemption in under five seconds using the network. That's a proof of concept for the ledger as a place to manage tokenized assets, which would attract a lot of capital from financial institutions and potentially boost the price of XRP along the way.But not every bid to grow the XRPL has succeeded.The smart contract-capable sidechain, which launched in June 2025 and uses the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), has a total value of only $26,652 as of June 22 of this year. Bolting smart contracts onto the chain didn't generate sustained demand or attract capital inflows. Dogecoin is (still) struggling to create a futureIn contrast to XRP's experience, the ETFs meant to validate Dogecoin's value have been duds; the largest ETF recorded just $15.6 million in net inflows. There's little reason to expect that to change, as Dogecoin isn't used for anything, and there's no credible demand source on the horizon.Terms and Privacy PolicyEU DSA contactPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore Info