What to Know
- XRP fell 3.5% in 24 hours, underperforming the wider crypto market as traders sold into resistance.
- Ripple’s class action win failed to lift price, as profit-taking and weak market mood outweighed positive news.
- Negative social sentiment and selling pressure continue to drive downside despite long-term bullish signals from whales.
XRP is moving in the opposite direction of what many investors expected. Even after Ripple won another major court case in the US, the price of XRP has continued to fall. Over the last 24 hours, XRP dropped 3.5%, doing worse than the overall crypto market. At the time of writing, XRP is trading near $1.87.
Ripple’s Court Win
Ripple recently scored a big legal victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals. The court dismissed a class action lawsuit that claimed Ripple sold XRP as an unregistered security. The judges ruled that the case was filed too late and that XRP had already been publicly available since 2013.
This decision strengthens Ripple’s legal position and supports the idea that XRP is not a security. For the long term, this is positive news for the project and the ecosystem. But in the short term, the market didn’t react positively. Some investors also used the moment as a chance to take profits, especially since XRP is still up about 24% for the time being.
Price Is Stuck Under Key Levels
XRP is trading below important price levels around $1.90 to $2.02. These levels act like a ceiling. Every time the price moves up toward them, sellers step in and push the price back down.
The breakdown triggered stop-loss orders, exacerbating the drop. MACD histogram turned negative (-0.014), signalling strengthening downward pressure. RSI (14) at 43.5 shows room for further downside before oversold conditions emerge. This creates a pattern where people sell instead of buy when the price rises. Many traders see these levels as a good place to exit their positions. Because of this, XRP keeps failing to move higher and keeps sliding back down instead. The key level to watch is $1.80. If XRP can hold above this area, the price may stabilize. If it breaks below it, more selling could follow.
Social Media Mood Is Negative
Data from social media shows that negative comments about XRP are now higher than positive ones. This kind of mood often leads to more selling. When people see fear and pessimism online, they become more likely to sell their holdings instead of buying more.
Retail investors, especially, are influenced by online sentiment. When confidence drops, selling pressure increases. This negative mood is adding more pressure on XRP’s price. Many investors who bought XRP earlier are now locking in profits. After a strong start to the year, some holders are choosing to cash out instead of waiting for more upside. This creates steady selling pressure in the market.
Whales Are Sending Mixed Signals
On-chain data shows something interesting, many large wallets holding over 1 million XRP have appeared again for the first time in months. This suggests that some big investors are quietly buying XRP for the long term.
“XRP’s price is down a modest -4% since the start of 2026, but its amount of ‘millionaire’ wallets are rising for the first time since September,” Santiment wrote. “A net of 42 wallets with at least 1 million XRP have returned to the ledger, an encouraging sign for the long-term.”
But at the same time, many whales have also sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of XRP recently. This selling has scared smaller traders and added more pressure on the price. So while some big players are buying, others are selling creating confusion in the market.
Conclusion
XRP is falling not because of bad news, but because of market behavior. Traders are selling at key price levels, social media sentiment is negative, and many investors are taking profits after earlier gains.
For now, XRP’s price is being driven by emotion, fear, and short-term trading, not long-term fundamentals. Whether it recovers soon will depend on whether buyers regain confidence and whether selling pressure starts to slow down.
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