XRP’s latest drama is a real punch to the gut. And they’re a blackbelt drama queen, just saying.
Over the past 24 hours, this token took a brutal 11% decline , the steepest sell-off it’s seen this month. What set off the chaos?
The SEC pulled the brakes on Bitwise’s XRP-linked ETF, freezing a massive $1.86 billion in BITW assets from moving to regulated markets.
Confidence
Now, before you start panicking like a poor manager at a surprise inspection, let’s break it down. How bad is this hit, really?
Will XRP collapse below $3 or will the bulls man up and turn the tide? First, user confidence took a hit, no surprise there.
Analysts say active XRP addresses plunged to nearly 54,000 a sign people were running scared. But hold up, that number’s creeping back up to 57,700, suggesting some hesitant buyers are tip-toeing back into the game.
Think of it like when your office coffee machine breaks but then miraculously gets fixed. People stop grumbling and start showing up again, cautiously optimistic.
Lost support
From a price standpoint, XRP’s hanging around $3.09 in the time of writing, still deep in the red.
Market cap shrank to $184.46 billion, and trading volume shot up nearly 93%, meaning a whole lot of nervous hands are hitting the sell button.
Technical indicators? Not pretty. Let me tell you the traders and analysts aren’t happy at all.
XRP got shut down hard at $3.65 on July 23, then slid beneath key supports, below the 100-hour SMA at $3.45 and the 23.6% Fibonacci level near $3.28.
On-chain activity
And there are more bad news. Experts warn the RSI is sitting in the danger zone at 27.65, oversold territory, guys, while the MACD paints a bearish crossover like the skyline after a shootout.
The immediate resistance bars stand at $3.30 and $3.50. If XRP can’t hold at $3.05, it might plunge further, flirting with $2.85 or even $2.60, as some analysts warn.
But hey, it’s not all doom and gloom. Those oversold signals could spark a short-term bounce.
Plus, on-chain activity is starting to perk up a bit, like that one scrappy player back on the field after a tough quarter. Could be a sign that XRP’s got some fight left in it. We’ll see.
