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XRP is down about 1.6% over the past 24 hours. On the weekly chart, it remains one of the weaker large-cap movers, sitting roughly 16% lower than last month’s levels. Most of the price action is happening near the bottom of a descending triangle pattern, a structure that often leads to continuation moves. This does not confirm a breakdown yet, but three market signals are lining up in a way that should make traders cautious heading into the final days of 2025. Sponsored Sponsored Retail And Long-Term Holders Are Moving The Same Way XRP is still stuck inside a descending triangle, trading flat near the lower trendline. Price trended higher between December 18 and December 27, but the Money Flow Index (MFI) moved the opposite way during that same period. MFI tracks money entering or exiting the asset. A lower low in MFI while price rises suggests retail is selling into every bounce instead of accumulating. That pressure keeps the XRP price pinned at the lower boundary of the pattern instead of testing the upper line. Weak Retail Participation: TradingView Want more token insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Crypto Newsletter here. The concern grows when we zoom out to long-term holders. According to HODL Waves, which visualizes how much supply is held by each age group, wallets holding XRP for 2–3 years dropped from 14.26% of supply on November 26 to about 5.66% on December 26. Sponsored Sponsored These are long-term conviction holders, and their selling removes a layer of market support. Retail weakness is normal. Long-term weakness at the same time is not. Holders Dumping XRP: Glassnode This creates a setup where both short-term and long-term behavior are leaning in the same direction: out of XRP. Capital Flow Shows Fading Demand If retail and long-term conviction…

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Filed under: News - @ December 27, 2025 9:06 pm