XRP’s Nervous Dance with the Floor: Commerce and Chaos Await 🤸♂️📉

by

Ripple’s XRP token is scurrying near a dusty crossroads as the calendar flips to winter’s end. After mooning through months of sideways sauntering-and by “moon,” I mean a stubbornly flat trail-it’s sidled back to a support zone that’s likely rusted shut by now.

At the hour’s writing, XRP dances at $1.90, penned up like hogs at a fair between $1.85 and $1.91. Its monthly libations? A 13% drop-and a shade of red to rival a Sunday preacher’s collar. The trading volume? Well, it’s churned out 1.46 billion in the last 24 hours. That’s a lot of restless squirrels stashing nuts.

Support Clings On, But the Ceiling Cries “Whoa, Partner!”

Since late 2024, XRP’s done more bouncing than a kangaroo in a barograph. This support zone, dubbed the “macro demand zone” by the scribes of finance, has served as a floor once or twice. But alas, it’s forged lower highs like an old man’s hairline. One might call it a descending triangle-though I’d rather call it a tragedy if the price don’t break.

ChartNerd, that sage in the land of charts, notes XRP’s “coiling” at the trough. If buyers can’t rally like a Sunday school choir, the price might leap outta the gate or sniff out new depths. Traders, meanwhile, sit with their thumbs in their ears, chanting, “Wait for the sign!”

$XRP: That old support keeps gettin’ saved by the deuce . But them lower highs? A-pressin’ like a stagecoach at a barn dance. Either way, compression = decision soon. -no diversions.

– ChartNerd (@ChartNerdTA) Dec. 28, 2025

ChartNerd reckons XRP’s revisiting those April and October wicks-old ghosts of liquidity that haunt traders till they fill ’em. “Weak hands panic,” he quipped, sipping his coffee and eyeing a descendin’ broadening wedge, a pattern that’s a surefire sign of madness… if you blink at the crowd ’n time.

History’s Repeating, or Is It a Tightrope?

Some reckon XRP’s march resemblance to its 2017 breakout. Javon Marks, that oracle of numbers, waxed poetic: A 690% gallop could see XRP run to $15+. He wrote,

“Measured move for XRP says $15+.”

Cryptoinsightuk’s fanciful Adam and Eve pattern? It’s a tale of two bottoms-sharper than a hawk’s eye, rounder than a river rock. Break above the neckline, and the price might waltz higher… though I’d rather trust a blind squirrel than a bear market.

XRP’s Supply Shrinks, and Folks Start Collectin’ Bucks

Analysts squint at supply trends. Shield’s data shows 1.5 billion XRP adrift on exchanges-750 million spirited away by renegades fleeing to dark alleys. ETFs and bigwigs are the pirates here. They’ve been hoarding like goblins in a bank vault.

Back in July, XRP did a hat trick, zipping to $3.65. Ripple’s lawsuits with the SEC folded like a tent, and new deals sprouted wild as dandelions. But now? The price slinks under $1.90, cornered in a box that’ll snap like a twig-or soar like a gilded goose. Either way, it’s a tightrope walk over a canyon of speculation.

Read More

2025-12-29 11:49