XRP Sinks Like a Paperboat-Get Your Sunglasses Before the 25% Drop

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If you thought crypto had it all figured out, XRP just proved otherwise. Over the past month, it slid nearly a quarter of its value as if it were tending to the seasonal plant that only thrives in the shade of Bitcoin’s bad moods.

Rough Guide to XRP’s Current Mood

Imagine a wallet, tiny yet hopeful, with the ability to hold somewhere between optimism and gut-shredding dread. That’s your XRP. Currently, it’s hovering below insistent moving averages that behave like a relentless nagging mom: 50, 100, 200 days-each chanting, “Why?”

  • XRP price risks more downside as it stays under those pricier averages.
  • Futures open interest has taken a nap, shedding roughly half since the start of the year.

Backed by the oddly punctual updates from crypto.news, XRP has fallen about 25% after an indifferent Bitcoin slipped under several key supports. The irony? While the crypto giants stumble, XRP keeps taking the past. Caution runs hotter than ever – pull our fingers, fruits, and coins aside.

About a week ago, XRP even managed a 7% rebound, apparently betting on itself and the next eyebrow‑raising tech fumble. Even that, however, dissolved faster than a snowflake in the Sahara when the symbol traded below $1.50. Now it’s sitting a cool 38% below its yearly apex, looking like a shy deer long after the forest fire.

Brown Dots and Yellow Underlines: XRP’s Sassy Chart

On the daily chart, everything looks pale and sad. The trusty 50, 100, and 200‑day lineages stand below XRP, confirming a perilous technical structure that’s all too eager to keep the ball rolling downwards-especially considering the 20‑day line snuggled below its 50‑day counterpart. The Crying-Baby sign is clear: we’re looking at a correction, not a comeback.

The Chaikin Money Flow, the index that should be scary if it read negative, does exactly that. It tells us that more money is leaving than entering-something that might convince large holders that their living room sofa is where more buying should happen. And yes, it’s also telling them to move on.

Still, we find ourselves pondering that descending broadening wedge pattern. A pattern that-contrary to every myth-could indicate a bullish reversal. Yes, the signals are whispering the opposite of everyone elses screamed predictions. Think of it as an overly dramatic plot twist in your favorite reality show.

But, oh, let’s not get on the hype train early. The global markets are wide-eyed with risk-off, preferring to stifle the gleam of hope the charts might occasionally flicker. As much as it would make a thrilling narrative for sleepy investors, reality says: the pattern suggests a drop to $1.17, a 25% plunge from where you’re standing now. And that’s all the drama for now.

Current futures traders have shrunk behind their desks, scaling down their positions like a cautious retiree. The liquidity is drying up faster than a drought in a plant‑like reality, adding a bruising risk of scalp‑shocking volatility if no one decides to jump in. CoinGlass reports a 2.6% decline in XRP futures open interest, bringing it down to a respectable $2.46 bn-half of the January peak of $4.55 bn. It’s as if the market has put a price on the excitement it used to offer, and it’s moving steadily towards a rougher, because – moment, out of the way – we misquoted the number somewhere.

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2026-02-18 10:25