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The XRP price has been trending downward for several months now, falling from 
a yearly high above $3 in 2025 to under $1.4 at the time of writing. With the 
crypto market facing strong bearish headwinds, XRP’s next move remains 
uncertain. While some hope for a recovery, others project further downside. 
For her bearish forecast, crypto analyst CasiTrades suggests that XRP’s 
consolidation phase may not be over. She projects that the cryptocurrency 
could still crash further to $0.87 before the current bear market ends. XRP 
Price Faces $0.87 Crash CasiTrades has presented a fresh technical update on 
XRP’s price action, outlining a short-term bearish scenario which could see 
the cryptocurrency decline significantly to $0.87 before any meaningful 
recovery begins. Posting on X, she notes that XRP has now spent 34 days inside 
Wave 4 of an Elliott Wave structure. During this period, price movement has 
been unusually slow, and overall volatility across the pair has dropped 
considerably. Related Reading: XRP Negative Funding Continues, Crashes To 
Levels Not Seen Since 2022 According to the chart, XRP is currently trading 
around $1.39 and remains trapped within a corrective structure that has been 
moving sideways since early February. CasiTrades noted that this pattern was 
typical of Wave 4 behavior, often accompanied by a prolonged, muted 
consolidation that slowly exhausts market participants and frustrates both 
bulls and bears. CasiTrades has highlighted two key price levels that will 
likely determine XRP’s next move. The first is the $0.87 level, which aligns 
with the 0.854 Fibonacci retracement shown on the chart. If XRP crashes to 
this level, the analyst expects it to act as a strong support area where the 
cryptocurrency’s ongoing correction could complete, and a recovery could 
begin. The second level is the resistance around $1.65, which closely 
corresponds to the 0.618 Fibonacci extension. CasiTrades suggests that if XRP 
moves higher and breaks above this level, then holds it as support, it would 
invalidate the cryptocurrency’s bearish outlook and signal a potential shift 
back to bullish momentum. XRP Recovery Expected After Wave 4 Bottom If XRP 
follows the bearish scenario, CasiTrades chart suggests that once Wave 4 
completes near the $0.87 support zone, the market could transition into Wave 
5, a projected strong recovery phase. The green line on the chart illustrates 
this expected rebound, pointing significantly higher after XRP’s corrective 
phase ends. Related Reading: First Bullish Wick Appears On XRP Weekly Chart, 
And This Analyst Says It Will Send Price To $21.5 Following the projected 
trajectory of the green line, XRP is expected to rebound sharply from $0.87 
and move toward the next intermediate zone near the 0.786 Fibonacci 
Retracement around $1.085. From there, the price is projected to revisit its 
previous resistance area near $1.65, before potentially climbing to a second 
resistance level around $1.78. If the cryptocurrency breaks above this level 
with bullish momentum, the chart suggests a further surge that could propel 
XRP beyond $1.9. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com

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