Golden Finance reported that Aurelie Barthere, chief research analyst at Nansen, said that cryptocurrency investors are looking for new developments to "drive the bull market." That would include news that U.S. inflation and the labor market are cooling, or the direction of future policy from the Trump administration. However, until there is further clarity, she expects the market to remain volatile. “We expect continued weakness in the U.S. labor market, which should cap U.S. interest rates and help cryptocurrencies (including XRP prices participating in the same move) rise.” Ripple CEO meeting with Trump ahead of his inauguration is definitely a bullish one signal,” Barthere said.