XRP Price Forecast: XRP Slides to $1.36 as ETF Inflows Collide With Bearish XRP-USD Charts

Ripple XRP Price Forecast – Can XRP-USD Defend the $1.00 Line?

XRP-USD – From $3.66 Peak to Around $1.36: Scale of the Drawdown

XRP-USD is trading around $1.36–$1.40, roughly 63% below the $3.66 multi-year high and about 70% off the euphoric spike zone, after an earlier historic crash from $3.28 to $0.1050 in 2018 that represented a 96% drawdown. The current cycle is less extreme than 2018 but structurally similar: a vertical move into the $3.10–$3.30 region, rejection, and then a persistent sequence of lower highs and lower lows. Since early August 2025, every rebound into the $2.25–$2.30 area has failed, converting that band into a clear supply zone. Price has stayed below key moving averages while sellers pushed the market back into the $1.30–$1.40 band where it sits now.

XRP-USD – Gaussian Channel and the $0.70 Mid-Band Risk Zone

A monthly Gaussian Channel frames the broader corrective process. Historically, when XRP-USD rallies hard, it later reverts to retest the upper regression band, currently near $1.16. After that touch, previous cycles have typically delivered another three to four months of decline towards the middle regression band before a durable base formed. That mid-band is now clustered around $0.70, aligning with a year-long resistance zone from 2023–2024 that has not yet been tested as support. If XRP-USD breaks below the recent $1.12 low, the probability increases of first revisiting $1.00, then targeting $0.70 where the Gaussian mid-band and historic resistance converge. Some technicians flag $0.50–$0.70 as the “best accumulation zone,” implying a potential 80% drawdown from $3.66, still less extreme than the 2018 collapse but deep enough to flush most weak hands.

XRP-USD – 200-Week and 200-Day Averages Confirm the Bear Structure

On higher time frames, XRP-USD remains in a confirmed downtrend. Price recently rejected the 200-week moving average near $1.40, turning that long-term trend gauge into resistance and increasing the risk of a clean break below $1.00. On the daily chart, XRP-USD has traded under the 200-day moving average for months, with that line sloping down around $1.83. The 50-day moving average has crossed below the 200-day, forming a “death cross” that anchors a negative medium-term bias. Rallies in September, November, and early January all failed near $2.25–$2.30, and the latest bounce from $1.12 stalled before $1.53. Down days show higher volume than up days, confirming distribution rather than accumulation.

XRP-USD – Compression Between $1.00 Demand and $1.50 Supply

Short-term, XRP-USD has shifted into a range instead of a clean trend. After breaking below the midline of a descending channel, price drove impulsively into the $1.00 demand zone, then rebounded and stalled under $1.50. On the daily time frame, $1.00–$1.50 is the active box: $1.00 as primary demand, $1.50 as firm supply. On the 4-hour chart, this appears as a compression regime. As long as price is capped below $1.50, every upswing is corrective. A sustained breakout above $1.50 would open room toward $1.80, where the next material supply band sits. A decisive breakdown through $1.00 would likely accelerate a drive into the $0.80–$0.70 region flagged by longer-term models.

XRP-USD – Local $1.30–$1.38 Pivot and Short-Term Risk Map

Within the wider box, $1.30–$1.38 has emerged as a near-term pivot. Several analyses converge on this band as a line in the sand. XRP-USD has tested $1.36–$1.40 repeatedly, with short-term buyers stepping in but failing to force a follow-through above the cluster of short-term moving averages. The $1.38–$1.46 corridor now acts as a tactical hinge: holding above it keeps the door open for another test of $1.45–$1.50 and potentially $1.60–$1.65 if momentum improves, while a daily close below $1.30–$1.32 strengthens the case for a slide towards $1.20, then back to the $1.12 low that anchors the current structure.

XRP-USD – Spot ETF Inflows, Institutional Flows and the Goldman Sachs Signal

Against this technical backdrop, the flow picture is more constructive. Since late 2025, spot XRP exchange-traded products have attracted around $1.23 billion in cumulative net inflows, with total AUM around $1.01 billion despite the 60–70% price drawdown. One major bank disclosed approximately $153 million of exposure to XRP-focused ETFs, alongside billion-dollar positions in Bitcoin and Ethereum and a nine-figure allocation to Solana, placing XRP firmly in the small group of digital assets held at institutional scale via regulated vehicles. While ETF positions do not equate to direct spot buying on exchanges, they formalize XRP inside large portfolios and create a repeatable allocation channel as mandates rebalance and new strategies are launched. In practical terms, that means XRP-USD is trading below long-term moving averages while a steady stream of rules-based capital accumulates ETF exposure in the background.

XRP-USD – Whales, Exchange Transfers and Network Activity Spikes

On-chain data shows intensified large-scale positioning. One monitoring service recorded a 125,000,000 XRP transfer worth roughly $177 million, another 116,661,476 XRP move of about $166 million between big wallets, and a 50,000,000 XRP transfer worth around $70 million from a private wallet to a major exchange. In total, transactions larger than $100,000 surged to about 1,389, the highest level in four months. Some of this is likely neutral reshuffling between large holders, a pattern that often precedes renewed strategic positioning. The transfer of 50 million XRP to an exchange, however, is a clear potential supply event. At the same time, active addresses on the ledger spiked to roughly 78,727 within a single 8-hour window, a six-month high. Historically, the combination of elevated whale transactions and sharp increases in active addresses has coincided with late-stage phases of a sell-off, when both large and smaller accounts reposition aggressively as they anticipate a medium-term turning point.

XRP-USD – Market Sentiment, Bitcoin Correlation and Risk Appetite

Macro market conditions are amplifying pressure. While XRP-USD trades around $1.36–$1.40, Bitcoin has dropped about 2.5% in the same session, pulling the total crypto market capitalization down approximately 2.5% to near $2.34 trillion. A widely watched Fear & Greed index sits around 10, labeling the backdrop as “Extreme Fear.” In such an environment, buying interest is constrained, and market participants prioritize risk reduction. For XRP-USD, this translates into weak follow-through on rallies, faster reaction to negative headlines than to positive ones, and a strong dependency on BTC direction. As long as Bitcoin is consolidating or drifting lower, upside attempts in altcoins, including XRP, tend to fade quickly. Relative strength in XRP versus BTC and potential declines in Bitcoin dominance are being monitored as secondary signals, but neither has decisively shifted the balance yet.

XRP-USD – Critical Technical Levels from $0.70 to $2.30

The current map of key price zones is clear. Around $1.53, the last failed rebound defines the immediate ceiling; a sustained move above would signal that buyers are finally absorbing supply and could justify targeting $1.60–$1.65 and then $1.80. The $1.45–$1.50 band is the near-term resistance corridor that needs to be reclaimed on a closing basis to confirm a structural shift away from pure defense. The $1.38–$1.40 pivot is the active battleground; price is oscillating around it with fragile momentum. The $1.30–$1.32 short-term floor separates a contained range from a deeper extension lower. The $1.16 region marks the upper Gaussian band on the monthly chart and functions as a likely magnet if the current consolidation resolves to the downside. The $1.00 level remains the key psychological and technical floor; losing it decisively would likely trigger a fast move into $0.80–$0.70, where the Gaussian mid-band and the old 2023–2024 resistance shelf overlap. Above current levels, the $2.25–$2.30 zone remains the dominant medium-term supply cluster where all recent counter-trend rallies have failed.

XRP-USD – Balancing Damaged Technicals with Strengthening ETF Demand

The combined picture is a clash between weak chart structure and strengthening institutional demand. On the negative side, XRP-USD trades below the 200-day and 200-week moving averages, shows a long sequence of lower highs and lower lows since mid-2025, and continues to post heavier volume on sell-offs than on rallies. Long-term Gaussian patterns suggest that the corrective phase is not guaranteed to be complete until the $1.16 region is revisited, with a non-trivial probability of an extension toward $0.70. On the constructive side, spot XRP ETFs have accumulated about $1.23 billion in net inflows, total AUM sits near $1.01 billion, a major bank has disclosed roughly $153 million in XRP ETF exposure, whale flows and address activity are elevated rather than collapsing, and sentiment is already deep in Extreme Fear territory where asymmetrical entries often originate. That mix implies technical risk remains significant, but the underlying sponsorship is stronger than in prior cycles, altering the probability distribution of extreme downside.

XRP-USD – Directional View and Medium-Term Stance

As long as XRP-USD trades below $1.50 and remains capped under the 200-day moving average around $1.83, the near-term bias stays bearish to neutral, with downside risk towards $1.16, $1.00, and possibly $0.70 if $1.30–$1.32 gives way. At the same time, a 63–70% drawdown from the highs, persistent institutional inflows into spot ETFs, the disclosed $153 million ETF allocation from a major bank, four-month highs in large transfers, and a six-month peak in active addresses all argue that a medium-term base is forming, even if the final low may not be printed yet. The $1.00–$1.30 band offers materially better risk–reward than the $3.10–$3.30 region where late entrants bought, particularly for those who can tolerate potential spikes into the $0.70 accumulation area. On that basis, the structured view for XRP-USD is a high-risk cyclical Buy, with a short-term tape that is still fragile, but a medium-term outlook that becomes cautiously bullish once $1.00 holds on further tests or the $0.70 confluence zone is approached.

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