XRP News: Breakdown Puts $1 Support on Structural Alert

In XRP news today, Ripple’s native token fell -2% during the early June 25 session, sliding from $1.11 to $1.075 and briefly touching an intraday low of $1.04 before a shallow recovery returned the price to the $1.07-$1.08 area, a bounce so weak it failed to challenge the $1.0850 level it surrendered earlier in the day.

The token now trades below its 20-, 50-, 100-, and 200-day EMAs, with the 50-day SMA near $1.28 and the 200-day SMA at approximately $1.53, both levels not approached by price since February and serving as medium-term overhead resistance. The crypto Fear & Greed Index registered 12 (Extreme Fear) during the same session, confirming risk-off conditions that are compressing the broader altcoin selloff.

The broader market offered no shelter: Bitcoin declined by -2% to $61,600, and Ethereum fell by -1.8% to $1,650. XRP’s week-over-week decline now stands at roughly -7%, extending a -70% drawdown from the July 2025 all-time high near $3.66.

The open question the market must now resolve is whether the $1.05–$1.07 support band holds as a credible base, or whether continued selling reopens the path to the psychological $1 support level that Ripple bulls have defended across multiple cycle bottoms.

XRP News: What the $1.0850 Breakdown and Fading Volume Actually Means

Context enhances raw figures significantly. The $1.0850 level was crucial as it marked the lower boundary of XRP’s June consolidation and had repeatedly served as support.

Its loss, occurring during a volume surge of 117.26 million XRP, is significant because it shifts demand to supply, placing sellers above this level and necessitating the absorption of new overhead for any recovery attempt.

The breakdown at $1.0850 triggered stop-loss liquidations, pushing prices to an intraday low of $1.0446. The subsequent bounce lacked sufficient buying volume to reclaim the breakdown zone, establishing $1.0850 as resistance and leading to a new lower high near $1.073–$1.075.

This continues the trend of lower highs since the 2025 peak, and according to analysis, Ripple’s escrow releases and the stalled CLARITY Act vote have removed bullish catalysts, leaving sentiment and macro factors to drive price action.

The 14-day RSI has recovered to the 37–42 range from a low of 29.22, but it remains below the neutral threshold of 50, indicating XRP is not yet oversold enough for a typical short-covering rally. Potential catalysts such as XRP ETF approval or a CLARITY Act resolution could change this outlook, but neither is currently on the horizon.

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Why $1.00 Carries Multi-Cycle Weight for XRP, and What a Break Below It Would Actually Mean

(SOURCE: TradingView)

In other XRP news, the $1 support level is significant, marking the breakout zone from its 2020–2021 accumulation phase and highlighting shifts in institutional positioning amid Ripple’s SEC legal battles. It aligns with a multi-year trend line and the 50-month EMA, both of which represent critical structural support.

With a circulating supply of around 62.06 billion tokens and a market cap near $67Bn, a sustained drop below $1.00 would damage the network’s top-10 ranking.

If XRP closes below $1.00, attention would shift to the $0.70–$0.92 support band, which includes the $0.78–$0.80 target and the $0.50–$0.60 institutional accumulation range.

Currently, XRP is down about 48–49% from $2.16, and a move to $0.80 would represent an over 60% drawdown. Additionally, on-chain data shows large transfers of XRP off exchanges, typically a sign of accumulation, but this hasn’t halted the price decline.

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