Bitcoin miners are kicking off February on shaky ground, with revenue slipping 
hard since mid-January and sitting well below July’s 12-month peak. On top of 
that, the U.S. winter storm has kept the hashrate stuck far beneath the lofty 
levels seen back in October. Bitcoin Miners Start February With Revenue 
Metrics Flashing Red Most people […]

Hashprice Near Yearly Lows Puts Bitcoin Miners Under Heavy Pressure

The XRP price was caught in the latest crypto market-wide selloff, falling to 
an intraday low of $1.57 within the past 24 hours. The sudden drop brings into 
focus XRP’s higher-timeframe structure, which is teasing a break below the 
33-month exponential moving average. According to a technical assessment 
shared on X by crypto analyst Egrag Crypto, the recent drop below the 33-month 
exponential moving average does not automatically signal the end of XRP’s 
cycle, but XRP must close above an exact level to avoid a macro bearish 
confirmation. Related Reading: Ethereum Boost: Vitalik Buterin Sets Aside $45M 
In ETH For Privacy And Open Tech The 33 EMA Breakdown Signal At the time of 
writing, XRP is back to trading around $1.65, stabilizing after a volatile few 
hours that forced many traders to reassess the broader structure. However, 
according to technical analysis by Egrag Crypto, the most recent crash saw XRP 
breaking a bit below the 33 EMA on the monthly candlestick timeframe chart. 
Egrag based the recent price action around one critical condition: a confirmed 
monthly close below $1.60 and the 33 EMA. According to the analyst, such a 
close would mark a macro bearish confirmation based on historical structure, 
not sentiment or opinion. The chart he shared highlights how XRP has respected 
the 33 EMA as a long-term trend reference across multiple cycles, with 
violations often preceding extended corrective phases. As shown in the chart 
below, the XRP price has been trading above the 33-EMA since early 2025, even 
during periods of corrections. However, XRP is now trading dangerously close 
to this EMA, and there is now a risk of a breakdown. XRP Price Chart. Source: 
@egragcrypto On X What This Means For XRP’s Price Structure There&#8217;s a risk 
that XRP can transition into a macro bear structure. At the same time, there&#8217;s 
enough reason to suggest an upside bounce for the cryptocurrency. A major 
point in Egrag&#8217;s analysis is historical performance that shows XRP’s strongest 
upside expansions did not require a clean bull-market environment. Therefore, 
there are two historical analogs of how XRP can play out from its current 
range around $1.60. The first is a repeat of the 2021-style move. This move, 
measured from similar structural conditions, would imply an upside expansion 
of roughly 340% with a price target around the $7 region. The second one is a 
repeat of the 2017 cycle. Comparison to the 2017 cycle projects a much larger 
structural expansion of about 1,600%, which would align with the $27 zone 
highlighted on the chart above. In both cases, the rallies originated from 
oversold conditions and compression ranges, not from a strong bullish macro 
confirmation like many would expect. Related Reading: Crypto Funds Bleed $1.80 
Billion As Metals Rally Heats Up According to the analysis, a breakdown below 
$1.60 could still lead to panic selling and reinforce fear narratives of a 
macro bear market, yet those same conditions have previously been the zones 
where late sellers exit just before volatility expands upward. Featured image 
from Unsplash, chart from TradingView

XRP Must Hold This Level To Avoid Transition To Macro Bear Structure

Based on dollar-weighted flows, aggregate returns for investors in BlackRock’s 
iShares Bitcoin Trust have turned negative following Bitcoin’s recent sell- 
off.

Bitcoin sell-off pushes IBIT investor returns into the red — asset manager

Over the past two weeks, the stablecoin economy trimmed $6.22 billion after 
topping out at an all-time high of $311.333 billion. Just this past week, the 
sector edged lower by 1.21%, shaving off another $3.748 billion. Stablecoin 
Sector Trims Billions The stablecoin, or fiat-pegged token economy, according 
to defillama.com stats, is in the red this […]

Stablecoin Market Cools After $311B Peak as $6.2B Slips Away in 2 Weeks

Stablecoins should be treated as governed, auditable money, so real-world 
adoption stops feeling far off and finally achieves the needed scale

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