Several key metrics of XRP are starting to change course, falling drastically along with the ongoing bearish performance of the altcoin’s price. As the downside pressure mounts, the Realized Profit to Loss Ratio has experienced a sharp decline to levels that reflect the intensity of the current bear market phase. Investor Profitability On XRP Takes […]
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Bitcoin fell to its lowest weekly close since the second half of 2024 last week, capping a stretch that has now stripped more than 8% of its value in seven days and pulled the broader crypto market to levels not seen since early in the year. Related Reading: Security Milestone: XRP Lending Protocol Completes Military-Grade Assessment A Pattern Worth Watching The weekly relative strength index is holding higher lows even as price prints lower ones — a divergence that last appeared in the lead-up to Bitcoin’s recovery from the 2022 bear market bottom. Whether that parallel plays out the same way remains to be seen, but it is the detail technical traders are watching most closely right now. On Monday, with Bitcoin trading below $62,000, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, a.k.a. CZ, posted two lines on X. Bitcoin won’t be dead for too long, he wrote, signing off with a reference to the Douglas Adams line — don’t panic, in large friendly letters. The message was short, deliberate, and timed to
As Bitcoin (BTC) hovers near its lowest levels since late 2024, a market observer suggests the flagship crypto may not have finished bottoming yet, with more downside potentially ahead. Related Reading: XRP Sees Intense Capitulation As Realized Profit-To-Loss Ratio Plunges BTC’s Historical Data Points To Longer Correction On Wednesday, analyst Rekt Capital compared Bitcoin’s current price action to its performance in previous cycles to determine how close the leading crypto’s market bottom may be. In a video analysis on X, the market watcher explained that BTC’s deviations from previous all-time highs (ATHs) could serve as key reference points for this assessment. Notably, Bitcoin bottomed 22% from the 2017 peak during the last cycle’s correction. Now, it is trading roughly 14% below the 2021 peak of $69,000, which could suggest the bottom may be approaching. However, the analyst affirmed that this metric alone “doesn’t represent the mosaic of data that we need to be paying attention t
Gold's bear market signals shifting investor sentiment, highlighting the impact of monetary policy and currency strength on safe-haven assets.
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XRP has entered one of its most uncomfortable technical zones in months. The cryptocurrency has now broken below a support base that had held since February, but the selloff has not yet turned into a collapse below $1. Instead, the daily chart shows the XRP price landing on a much older descending channel support that has guided it lower since August 2025. That leaves the cryptocurrency in a difficult position that shows the breakdown is real, but so is the possibility that the latest liquidation has simply carried XRP into a deeper support line that still gives bulls a chance. XRP Breaks February Support, But Finds A Lower Channel Floor Technical analysis of the daily XRP chart shows a clear loss of the straight support range that had held the market together since February. For months, XRP moved mostly sideways between $1.25 and $1.55, with buyers repeatedly stepping in each time the price returned to the lower boundary. Related Reading: The XRP Dream Has Changed: Why A Rally To $1