XRP Drops 13% In 7 Days: What Is Going On?

XRP XRP/USD is down 13% in a week but retail demand surging and active addresses hitting new highs may signal a reversal in the medium term.

Cryptocurrency	Price	Market Cap	24-Hour Trend	7-Day Trend
XRP XRP/USD	$2.03	$118.4 billion	-3.7%	-12.9%
Dogecoin DOGE/USD	$0.1602	$23.8 billion	-6.3%	-17.3%
Shiba Inu SHIB/USD	$0.00001210	$7.1 billion	-1.5%	-14.9%

Trader Notes: Ali Martinez says XRP is setting up for a rebound, pointing to the TD Sequential buy signal as a sign of a potential reversal.

$XRP could be setting up for a rebound! Holding above $2 while the TD Sequential flashes a buy signal! pic.twitter.com/LZBaQxvb2N
— Ali (@ali_charts) April 3, 2025

Statistics: Glassnode data noted that since the 2022 cycle low, XRP active addresses have spiked by 490%, compared to only 10% for Bitcoin addresses, signaling retail demand.

$XRP has emerged as a new retail favorite this cycle, diverging from #Bitcoin's more institutional-driven rally. Since the 2022 cycle low, $XRP active addresses are up +490%, while $BTC has only seen a +10% increase – a sharp signal of speculative retail demand. pic.twitter.com/mGRuktUVXK
— glassnode (@glassnode) April 3, 2025

Whale Alert data shows 500 million XRP, worth $1.02 billion, unlocked from an escrow account at Ripple. Meanwhile, two other unlocks were noted of 300 million and 200 million XRP at two unknown wallets.

Coinglass data shows XRP derivatives volume expanding by 63.7% in a single day, while open interest remains relatively flat at $3.6 billion.

Liquidations in the past 24 hours stands at $19.3 million with $12.8 million in long liquidations.

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