Why XRP’s Big Week Could Be Its Most Critical (or a Total Disaster)

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Why is XRP making headlines even when its price is a snooze-fest?

So, Ripple dropped a cool $1 billion in acquisitions, sending the media into a frenzy. Yet, XRP’s price? Still not impressed. It’s like buying a new car and getting stuck in traffic. 🥱

What’s lurking on the horizon for XRP?

With longs making up more than 70% of Binance’s XRP positions, Ripple’s price is flirting with the possibility of a big shake-up. And by “shake-up,” I mean a whole lot of people getting squeezed out of their positions. 🙄

Ripple [XRP] is all over the news lately, but here’s the thing-none of it really seems to matter. 💸

First, we get the $1 billion acquisitions, which are supposed to signal that big institutional players are seriously interested in XRP. The GTreasury deal? Oh, just a casual way to crack open a $120 trillion market. But the excitement? About as short-lived as my New Year’s resolutions. XRP’s price barely budged. What a letdown. 🤦‍♂️

If you look at the chart, XRP kicked off Q4 as the worst performer in the top five large-caps, down a sweet 17% this month. So much for “cautious optimism,” right? AMBCrypto pretty much called this a long time ago.

On the bright side, Ripple’s perpetual market is still leaning heavily towards long positions. But does that mean the market really knows what it’s doing? Or is everyone just getting caught in a big game of “let’s pretend everything’s fine”? 🤔

Whale-sized Bets Lead to a Sea of Volatility for XRP

Ripple is in the middle of what could be its most critical week yet, which is the financial equivalent of waiting for a text back. 🕐

From October 18th to the 25th, the entire market will be holding its breath as the SEC (yes, the one that makes all the rules) responds to ETF filings from major institutional players. Grayscale’s XRP ETF is the first on the list. Grab some popcorn, folks, it’s about to get juicy.

And just to spice things up, two whales have jumped in, opening a combined 450k XRP long position. They’re probably betting on a big payoff, and guess what? They’re already in the green. XRP’s spot price is sitting about $0.20 above their average entry of $2.15. Maybe they know something we don’t? 🤷‍♂️

In the context of all this, their long positions look almost… calculated. Almost. But don’t get too excited just yet.

Going back to AMBCrypto’s earlier warning, this is still a high-risk game. Sure, the potential for big gains is there, but so are the chances of massive losses. Ripple’s future is pretty much riding shotgun with the rest of the market sentiment, and guess what? The market still hasn’t flipped from risk-off to risk-on yet. 😬

Big caps are stuck below key support zones, and the scars from the latest crash are still fresh on everyone’s mind. So while XRP’s breakout to $2.50 sounds great, it could quickly turn into a cascade of long squeezes. Yikes. 😱

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2025-10-20 08:48