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Crypto’s real trajectory is being missed by markets obsessed with volatility, 
as decentralized networks quietly position themselves to replace failing 
global institutions and reshape economics, governance, and coordination, 
according to Balaji Srinivasan. Why Balaji Srinivasan Says Crypto’s Future Is 
Bigger Than Price Charts Balaji Srinivasan shared on social media platform X 
on Feb. 5, 2026, […]

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XRP price extended losses and traded below $1.30. The price is now 
consolidating losses but faces hurdles near $1.30 and $1.350. XRP price 
started another decline and traded below the $1.30 zone. The price is now 
trading below $1.30 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a key 
bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.380 on the hourly chart of 
the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move 
down if it stays below $1.40. XRP Price Dips Over 15% XRP price failed to stay 
above $1.50 and extended its decline, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price 
declined below $1.450 and $1.40 to enter a short-term bearish zone. The price 
even extended losses below $1.250. A low was formed at $1.1356, and the price 
is now consolidating losses. There was a minor upward move above the 23.6% Fib 
retracement level of the downward move from the $1.6320 swing high to the 
$1.1350 low. The price is now trading below $1.30 and the 100-hourly Simple 
Moving Average. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at 
$1.380 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. If there is a fresh recovery 
move, the price might face resistance near the $1.30 level. The first major 
resistance is near the $1.320 level. A close above $1.320 could send the price 
to $1.380, the trend line, and the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward 
move from the $1.6320 swing high to the $1.1350 low. The next hurdle sits at 
$1.40. A clear move above the $1.40 resistance might send the price toward the 
$1.420 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $1.450 
resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $1.50. Another 
Drop? If XRP fails to clear the $1.320 resistance zone, it could start a fresh 
decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.240 level. The next 
major support is near the $1.2250 level. If there is a downside break and a 
close below the $1.2250 level, the price might continue to decline toward 
$1.20. The next major support sits near the $1.1650 zone, below which the 
price could continue lower toward $1.150. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – 
The MACD for XRP/USD is now losing pace in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI 
(Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is now below the 50 level. 
Major Support Levels – $1.220 and $1.20. Major Resistance Levels – $1.320 and 
$1.380.

XRP Price Snaps Back From $1.15 Collapse, Bulls Test The Waters

Data shows social media users are still optimistic about XRP even as sentiment 
around Bitcoin and Ethereum has declined alongside the market downturn. XRP 
Positive/Negative Sentiment Is Still At A Notable Level In a new post on X, 
analytics firm Santiment has talked about how social media sentiment has 
compared across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP during the latest market decline. 
The indicator of relevance here is the &#8220;Positive/Negative Sentiment,&#8221; which 
tells us about how positive comments related to a given asset stack up against 
the negative ones on the major social media platforms. Related Reading: Social 
Media Now Talking Sub-$60,000 Bitcoin Prices As Fear Rises The metric works by 
assembling posts/comments/messages containing mentions of the asset and 
feeding them into a machine-learning model to classify them as bearish or 
bullish. It then counts up the number of posts in each category and finds 
their ratio. When the value of this ratio is greater than 1, it means positive 
comments related to the cryptocurrency outweigh the negative ones. On the 
other hand, the indicator being under this threshold suggests the dominance of 
bearish sentiment. Now, here is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the 
trend in the Positive/Negative Sentiment for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP over 
the past month: As is visible in the above graph, the Positive/Negative 
Sentiment plunged across the three cryptocurrencies at the end of January as 
prices crashed. The indicator&#8217;s value slipped below 1 for each of them during 
this drop, indicating traders became bearish on the market as a whole. As 
prices have continued to slide down since then, however, a shift has occurred 
in the Positive/Negative Sentiment, with its value separating for the three. 
The chart shows that the metric&#8217;s latest value for XRP is nearly 2.2, 
indicating that social media users have become more optimistic about the coin. 
Meanwhile, the indicator continues to be inside the bearish zone for Bitcoin 
with a value of 0.79. Ethereum has seen some improvement in the metric to a 
neutral value of 1, but compared to the normal for January, this level could 
still be considered to reflect a bearish sentiment among the retail social 
media crowd. Related Reading: Bitcoin MVRV Z-Score Compresses To Levels Last 
Seen Near $29,000 Historically, digital asset markets have often tended to 
move in a direction contrary to the expectations of retail traders. This means 
that an extreme amount of fear can help prices rebound, while overhype can 
lead to tops. &#8220;There remains a strong argument for a short-term relief rally 
as long as the small trader crowd continues to show disbelief toward 
cryptocurrency as a whole,&#8221; explained the analytics firm. Given that trader 
sentiment has diverged for XRP recently, however, it only remains to be seen 
how the sector will develop in the near future. XRP Price At the time of 
writing, XRP is floating around $1.35, down more than 27% over the last seven 
days. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

XRP Social Sentiment Still Bullish While Bitcoin Mood Sours

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similar to past financial crises. In recent social media posts in early Feb. 
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