XRP flipped the script this week shining as one of the market’s top performers after some dull stretches ๐ค. The crypto asset briefly touched 1.76 before settling near 1.50 ๐. A sharp rise in network participation added fresh weight to the rally ๐ฆ.
Climbing Higher ๐ฎ
Ali Martinez reported that active addresses jumped from 47,180 to 356,070 a massive 654.71% increase in just days ๐ธ๏ธ. A spike of this size usually reflects a sharp rise in participation and can come alongside increased volatility in the token’s price ๐. If this is really the start of a new XRP trend analyst Casi Trades said that the 1.20 level could soon become a thing of the past. She expects the asset to first move toward 1.78 followed by a pullback to roughly 1.30 before another push to 2.57 ๐. The full five-wave structure could eventually take XRP to around 2.90 according to the analysis completing Wave 1 of a much larger macro Wave 3. A later correction may bring the asset back toward 1.65 which could turn the resistance seen today into support ๐ท๏ธ. In that scenario the important point is not just how high XRP could go but whether the token ever gets another chance to trade below 1.20.
ETFs Shining Bright This Week ๐น
As the Ripple token cleared seven months of resistance with a roughly 70% gain in one weekly candle from the accumulation zone Crypto Patel said that the focus is now turning to 1.55. Holding above that level could set up another bullish move while a break below may lead to retracement or re-accumulation. The 5-10 range remains the long-term target. On the institutional front US-based spot XRP ETFs began last week quietly recording zero flows on Monday but the numbers quickly changed. Flows reached 5.81 million on Tuesday before coming in at 2.35 million on Wednesday. From there activity picked up following the US Treasury Department’s announcement that it would double the maximum size of liquidity-support buybacks for longer-dated government debt. Thursday saw 13.24 million while Friday reached 18.38 million which was the strongest level since mid-May. The buying trend has continued into this week. 13.82 million in inflows were recorded on August 25th. Bitwise’s fund led the chart with 8.25 million followed by Franklin and Canary’s ETFs with 4 million and 1.57 million respectively.
Just another echo from the void by iconofsin.eth ๐