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With five days left to the end of 2025, forces shaping the next move on the markets seem to be quietly shifting beneath the surface. Analysts spot a rare alignment between options positioning, with volatility shrinking as technical exhaustion begins to emerge, one which remains crucial at this point. Amid this year-end positioning, several overlooked signals are converging unusually, indicating that the market may be far closer to an inflection point than price action alone suggests. XRP, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency, remains in the spotlight as the market waits to see what comes next for its price action. In the last 24 hours, XRP open interest came in at $3.43 billion in the last 24 hours, a 0.6% increase. Although the increase remains minute, it is still significant given the holiday period, which is usually marked by dull trading activity. Open interest refers to the amount of unsettled positions on the derivatives market, which might suggest participation in the markets. XRP readies big move Crypto analyst “Steph is crypto” highlights a historical trend for XRP, which has the tendency of yielding big price moves if validated. Every cycle, when $XRP breaks below the 50-week SMA and stays there for roughly 50–84 days, a strong rally has followed. History: – 2017: 70 days below → +211% – 2021: 49 days below → +70% – 2024: 84 days below → +850% – Now: 70 days below the 50-week SMA… pic.twitter.com/X6aRJpOV6h — STEPH IS CRYPTO (@Steph_iscrypto) December 26, 2025 He noted that in most cycles, when XRP breaks below the 50-week SMA and stays there for roughly 50-84 days, a strong rally has followed.   This played out in 2017, when XRP rose 211% after it traded below the 50-week SMA; in 2021, XRP rose nearly 70% after trading below this crucial level for…

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