Entering January 2026, XRP and Solana exhibit completely different market structures and recovery narratives. XRP achieved a structural reversal after successfully defending the $1.80 long-term support level, currently trading above $2.02. Its recovery is supported by increased institutional visibility and fundamental factors such as Ripple's acquisition of a corporate treasury management platform. Although Solana has broken through its long-term downtrend channel, it faced resistance at the key $143 level and pulled back. The current price is around $135, testing the support validity of the $127-130 breakout zone. Its outlook is closely linked to the surge in DEX trading volume driven by the meme coin craze. This contest is essentially a style showdown between the "stable institutional narrative" and the "high volatility ecosystem momentum."