The price of XRP has shown a sheer amount of resilience after a couple of red 
days for the general crypto market. The altcoin has managed to return to 
around $1.5 over the weekend, reflecting a nearly 25% jump since reaching its 
latest local low. However, this fresh burst of momentum seems to be just that, 
a short-lived moment of positivity that might not translate to the long-term 
trajectory. According to the latest on-chain data, the XRP price might still 
be tilting more towards the bearish side of the market. Low Funding Rate 
Signals Reduced Appetite In Derivatives Market In a recent Quicktake post on 
the CryptoQuant platform, Arab Chain revealed that belief might be 
increasingly exiting the XRP derivatives market. This on-chain observation is 
based on changes in the funding rates on Binance, the world&#8217;s largest 
cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Related Reading: Forget A Bitcoin 
Yearly Top, BTC Price Might Have Hit A 16-Year Cyclical Peak For context, the 
“funding rate” metric estimates the periodic fee exchanged between traders in 
the derivatives market of a particular cryptocurrency. A positive funding rate 
often signals that the long traders (investors with buy positions) are paying 
a fee to short traders (investors with sell positions) in the derivatives 
market, while a low funding rate metric implies that the payment is the other 
way round. As shown in the chart above, the XRP funding rate on Binance has 
been in a notable decline over the past few days, recently dropping to around 
-0.028, reflecting its lowest level since April 2025. According to Arab Chain, 
this shift signals a clear move toward defensive positioning and hedging 
against further downside. The on-chain analyst revealed that a deeply negative 
funding rate shows the level of pessimism in the market, as traders are more 
willing to pay a premium to hold short positions. This trend is even more 
damaging, considering the decline seen by the XRP price in the past few weeks. 
Arab Chain wrote in the Quicktake post: Historically, funding rates reaching 
extreme negative levels often coincide with advanced stages of downtrends, 
when a large portion of traders are already positioned short. While low 
funding rates have sometimes set the stage for temporary rebounds triggered by 
a return of speculative demand, they often reflect heightened caution and 
reduced risk appetite in the market. Nevertheless, this funding rate level 
also suggests that any uptick in sentiment could catalyse &#8220;faster-than- 
expected&#8221; price moves. XRP Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of 
XRP stands at around $1.44, reflecting an over 1% decline in the past 24 
hours. Related Reading: Breathe… XRP Is The ‘Oxygen’ Of The New Financial 
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