Internet Computer Price Prediction: ICP Price Crashes Below $3 Overnight, Is Further Decline on the Way in 2026?

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December 30, 2025

Internet Computer holders were only happy for about ten days all year. Now, ICP crypto price has crashed again below $3 and is looking at a possible further decline.

Those ten days came in early November, when ICP price broke above a long-term descending triangle and triggered a short squeeze that pumped the price to over $9 before the decline started again on November 11.

Notice something? Nothing fundamentally changed to cause this pump.

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ICP is now back around $2.90, a new yearly low as 2025 comes to an end. The question is, will this continue throughout 2026?

What Is Waiting For ICP Crypto In 2026?

ICP is designed to be deflationary, where more network usage means higher burn levels that reduce supply.

However, this year, over 20M tokens were added to the supply while only 1.6M were burned. This is because the network burn rate is at its lowest level since 2024.

The DFINITY Foundation has already noticed the network’s decline. They tried to address it by releasing Caffeine AI, aiming to drive real usage and make “building and running apps fully on-chain” as easy as prompting an AI.

The initial launch in November got noticeable attention before it faded away. So far, it has not driven massive or sustained growth in on-chain usage.

A clear year-over-year drop in net inflation and Burned ICP (cycles) growing faster than minted ICP is what holders must look for in 2026.

Internet Computer Price Prediction: Further Decline on the Way in 2026?

If nothing changes fundamentally, then yes, a further decline is likely. However, crypto right now may be at one of its lowest points. When the market pumps again, most coins will get something out of it.

ICP needs to bounce off this key horizontal support and begin to regain bullish momentum.

To confirm a positive shift, it has to break out above the last rejection zone at $3.11. If it manages to do that, a move toward $3.50 would be the next target.

If it declines further, a drop toward $2.74 or lower could be possible in Q1 of the new year.

Bitcoin Hyper Is Quietly Building While ICP Struggles

While Internet Computer keeps sliding and fundamentals continue to disappoint, Bitcoin Hyper is moving in the opposite direction, quietly attracting capital while most traders are stuck watching weak charts.

This is usually how early-cycle winners start. No hype spikes, no forced narratives, just steady accumulation while attention is elsewhere.

Bitcoin Hyper is built for moments like this. When legacy altcoins lose momentum and confidence fades, capital tends to rotate toward newer projects with cleaner structures, stronger incentives, and clearer upside. That rotation almost always happens before the charts make it obvious.

The project has already raised over $29M, which is a strong signal given how cautious the market has been lately. On top of that, Bitcoin Hyper offers 39% APY staking, encouraging holders to lock supply instead of dumping into short-term volatility.

If the broader crypto market turns bullish again in 2026, projects that were accumulated during periods of boredom and disappointment are often the ones that move first and hardest. Bitcoin Hyper is positioning itself right in that category.