Despite the ongoing struggle in the cryptocurrency market, Ripple's XRP Ledger has achieved a significant milestone, reaching 10 million XRP tokens for the first time on June 23rd. This indicates growing investor confidence despite the ongoing legal battle between Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. CEO Brad Garlinghouse has expressed optimism, calling recent developments in the lawsuit a "big win" for Ripple.

In other news, Shiba Inu's burn rate has shown a significant decline, dropping by almost 100% on June 22nd. However, data from Shibburn indicates a 20% increase in the burn rate in the past 24 hours, with around 13 million SHIB tokens being destroyed. This fluctuation in burn rate, along with the AI-powered language model ChatGPT's price potential predictions for SHIB, suggests a volatile but potentially promising future for the token.

Lastly, an analysis of Cardano (ADA) has revealed a considerable opportunity cost for holders, with the altcoin losing about 90% of its value against BTC in the past 34 months. This highlights the importance of considering opportunity cost in crypto investments. Despite these findings, it's important to note that other altcoins like SOL and BNB have outperformed BTC in the past years.