Shiba Inu and XRP Are Skyrocketing—But These 3 Under-the-Radar Gems Are Delivering Even Bigger Gains!

While the XRP price and SHIB’s surge grabbed all the headlines last week, these 3 crypto gems out performed them easily. Say hello to HBAR, HYPE and DYDX

In the seven days between December 2nd and December 8th the XRP price performed well – up 7.69% from $2.34 to $2.52. In the same period, Shiba Inu was stable – up less than one percent. Okay returns or at least no loses. Over the same period, however, anyone looking beyond the headlines for the best crypto to buy would have made massive gains on Hedera (HBAR), Hyperliquid (HYPE) and dYdX (DYDX). Here’s why…

Token: Hedera (HBAR)
Category: Mega Cap (Market Cap > US$10 Billion)

• Current Price: US$0.295507
• 7-Day Performance: Up ~71.95%

Source: Brave New Coin HBAR Price – Market Cap Table

HBAR was the best-performing asset in the Brave New Coin Top 50. It is the native token of the Hedera Hashgraph blockchain, which has been touted as having generation 3 distributed public ledger technology. Like the IOTA and Nano public ledgers, Hashgraph uses DAG technology. Within DAGs, transactors act as nodes directly.

HBAR is another asset that has had a momentous post-Trump win month. The asset is up ~547% in the last 30 days –  gains that  appear to have been driven by rumors that President-elect Donald Trump would appoint Hedera board member Brian Brooks as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ultimately this didn’t happen with Trump opting for Paul Atkins instead. Nonetheless, the Hedera price surge is a great illustration of how intertwined politics and crypto are now in the US – for better, or for worse (better in this case!). 

Token: Hyperliquid (HYPE)
Category: Large Cap (Market Cap between US$2 Billion – US$10 Billion)

• Current Price: US$13.36
• 7-Day Performance: Up ~58.99%

Source: Brave New Coin HYPE Price – Market Cap Table

Hyperliquid is a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) for trading spot crypto and derivatives that operates on its own custom-built layer-1 designed to replicate the smooth orderbook-based user experience of a centralized exchange. The product was immediately successful and filled a key gap in the market. Since the Hyperliquid Mainnet Closed Alpha in February 2023, the platform has become one of the top perpetual Dex’s in the space. It currently has a TVL of US$1.58 billion. Daily perps volume on the platform regularly exceeds US$1 billion.

The Hyperliquid token was airdropped to early users and community members on November 29th. It quickly became one of the largest airdrops ever. 31% of the token’s 1 billion final supply was airdropped to users and the tokens and HYPE has in less than two weeks accumulated a market capitalization of ~US$4.7 billion. The HYPE token will be used to pay for gas on transactions conducted over the Hyperliquid network and will be a staking asset for its Proof-of-Stake consensus.

Token: dYdX (DYDX)
Medium Cap (Market Cap between US$500 Million – US$2 Billion)

• Current Price: US$2.15
• 7-Day Performance: Up ~50.64%

dYdX is an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange offering spot, perpetual, and futures trading with margin capabilities. Founded by former Coinbase employee Antonio Juliano, dYdX is renowned for its rapid settlement times and low transaction costs, achieved through a zero-knowledge proof-based layer-2 solution.

Source: Brave New Coin DYDX Price – Market Cap Table

The platform’s recent performance has been bolstered by strategic investments and growing user adoption, positioning it as a formidable player in the DeFi space.

Conclusion

The last seven days saw the XRP price make a respectable 7.69% gain and Shiba Inu hold steady. But the real action was elsewhere with Hedera (HBAR), Hyperliquid (HYPE), and dYdX (DYDX) delivering jaw-dropping gains for those digging deeper. These under-the-radar cryptos outperformed with innovative tech, massive adoption, and explosive growth stories—proving that sometimes, the biggest opportunities aren’t in the headlines.