It was just days ago when whispers filled the air about whether Ripple’s cross-border token would shatter that $1.00 mark and tumble further down. Traders sketched out initial drops from $0.90 all the way to $0.60. 🖤
The situation flipped in such a darkly brilliant way when Bitcoin surged hard and dragged the whole market upward. Interestingly XRP stole the spotlight yesterday by rocketing to $1.30 for the first time in months after a 30% climb from those lows. 🌙 Here is what the analysts are sharing now.
Whale Shadows Igniting The Surge 🐋
The most obvious force comes from the whales. This essential segment of the token ecosystem accumulated over 300 million tokens in 96 hours which triggered the massive spike to $1.30. Before that they scooped another 72 million coins at the end of last week within a single day. 🕸️
Data shared by Vincent Van Code on X confirms the pattern. The market observer highlighted what is really happening inside the XRP ecosystem showing that 53% of all large buy orders came from big players followed by 35% from medium traders while small investors made up just 12%. 💀
As such Van Code concluded that retail is not the driving force of this rally. This is great news. 📈
Another great XRP graphic to show you what is REALLY going on.
Take a look at the Larege order buys, 53% of all transactions were LARGE, medium 35%, and small only 12%.
This tells us retail is not the driving force of this rally.
This is great news. pic.twitter.com/J9EjumMbb5
— Vincent Van Code (@vincent_vancode) August 20, 2026
The spot XRP ETFs stayed green for three straight days yet actual inflows remain modest compared to November and December last year so they are likely not the main driver behind the recovery. 💎
Next Moves In This Dark Rally 🕯️
The mind blowing 30% rally across days has fueled analysts to share bolder predictions. Crypto Patel outlined a path where XRP could reach $10 and noted it does not sound impossible. 🦇
Back in 2017 when the token sat at $0.006 many thought $3 was unreachable yet it happened a year later. In 2023 most called XRP dead before it surged from $0.50 to $2.60 in about a month. He concluded that the $1.00 dip acted as an accumulation zone and $10-$20 is absolutely on the table. Check the post here. ✨
Mikybull Crypto predicted that XRP is about to pull a god candle after this Ichimoku cloud retest while CW said the asset broke a major resistance after ending the long downtrend noting the token has started a full fledged uptrend. See the full take. 💹
Just another echo from the void by iconofsin.eth 💖
