XRP price started a downside correction from the $1.4550 zone. The price is 
now consolidating and might aim for another increase if it stays above the 
$1.40 zone. XRP price started a downside correction after it failed to clear 
the $1.4550 zone. The price is now trading near $1.4080 and the 100-hourly 
Simple Moving Average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at 
$1.4050 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The 
pair could start a fresh increase if it settles above $1.4220. XRP Price Dips 
Again XRP price started a decent upward move above $1.3850 and $1.4150, like 
Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price gained pace for a clear move above the $1.4220 
resistance. A high was formed at $1.4570, and the price started a downside 
correction. There was a move below $1.4320 and $1.420. The price dipped below 
the 38.2% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $1.3460 swing low 
to the $1.4570 high. The price is now trading near $1.4080 and the 100-hourly 
Simple Moving Average. There is also a bullish trend line forming with support 
at $1.4050 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. If there is a fresh upward 
move, the price might face resistance near the $1.420 level. The first major 
resistance is near the $1.4220 level, above which the price could rise and 
test $1.4350. A clear move above the $1.4350 resistance might send the price 
toward the $1.4550 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the 
$1.4620 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $1.4840. 
Another Drop? If XRP fails to clear the $1.4220 resistance zone, it could 
start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.3050 
level. The next major support is near the $1.40 level and the trend line or 
the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $1.3460 swing low to 
the $1.4570 high. If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.40 
level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.3820. The next major 
support sits near the $1.3620 zone, below which the price could continue lower 
toward $1.350. Any more losses might call for a test of $1.3320. Technical 
Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is now gaining pace in the 
bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is 
now below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $1.4050 and $1.4000. Major 
Resistance Levels – $1.4220 and $1.4550.

XRP Price Weakens Further, Sellers Tighten Grip On Trend

Data shows social media sentiment around Solana has been rising recently, but 
network utility has actually followed the opposite path. Solana Active 
Addresses Have Been On The Decline In a new post on X, analytics firm 
Santiment has talked about how a couple of key metrics related to Solana have 
changed recently. The indicators in question are the Positive/Negative 
Sentiment and Daily Active Addresses. Related Reading: Bitcoin Breaks $80,000, 
But On-Chain Activity Signals A Silent Warning First, the Positive/Negative 
Sentiment compares the bullish and bearish sentiments related to a given asset 
that are currently present on the major social media platforms. The indicator 
works by first separating positive and negative comments containing mentions 
of the asset using a machine-learning model and then taking the ratio of their 
counts. As the chart below shows, the Positive/Negative Sentiment has been 
going up for Solana recently, implying an improvement in investor mood around 
the cryptocurrency. Back in February, the indicator had plummeted for Solana 
as a consequence of the price crash. But even then, its value didn&#8217;t drop 
below the 1 level, meaning that sentiment never outright turned bearish, at 
least from the perspective of this metric. From the graph, it&#8217;s visible that 
the improvement in sentiment was gradual at first, but April saw an 
accelerated recovery. Today, the Positive/Negative Sentiment is sitting at 
about 3.2, which indicates that social media users are making more than three 
bullish posts for every bearish comment. &#8220;There is a growing narrative that 
the asset is primed for a breakout after trailing Bitcoin and other large 
caps, and regressing to the mean,&#8221; noted Santiment. While sentiment 
surrounding Solana has surged, the other indicator displayed in the chart, the 
Daily Active Addresses, has plummeted instead. This metric measures the total 
number of addresses taking part in some kind of transaction activity on the 
network every day. It would appear that user participation on the SOL 
blockchain shot up in January and reached a peak alongside the bottom in 
February. This trend wasn&#8217;t surprising, as volatile price action tends to 
attract trader attention. As the digital asset sector as a whole fell into a 
phase of consolidation following the February low, the Daily Active Addresses 
naturally declined as investors lost interest in the market. Recently, the 
metric has plunged to especially low levels, reflecting muted activity on the 
blockchain. More specifically, there have been just 2.89 million addresses 
that made transactions during the past week. For comparison, the indicator&#8217;s 
value was 5.01 million during the February high. Related Reading: Dogecoin 
Sees Big-Money Interest: Whales Load Up On 160M DOGE With the Daily Active 
Addresses sitting at a 4-month low right now, it remains to be seen whether 
the bullish outcome that the social media crowd is hoping for will follow for 
Solana. SOL Price At the time of writing, Solana is trading around $89, up 
more than 5% in the last 24 hours. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from 
TradingView.com

Solana Sees Rising Social Hype, Yet Network Activity Is Falling

Ethereum price started a fresh increase and remained stable above $2,380. ETH 
is now correcting gains and might decline if it trades below $2,300. Ethereum 
started a downside correction from the $2,420 zone. The price is trading below 
$2,350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a 
bullish trend line with support at $2,365 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data 
feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below the 
$2,365 zone. Ethereum Price Trims Gains Ethereum price managed to stay above 
the $2,320 support and started a fresh increase, like Bitcoin. ETH price 
gained pace for a move above $2,380 and $2,385. However, the bears were active 
near $2,420. The last swing high was formed at $2,423 before there was a 
downside correction. The price dipped below the $2,365 level. Besides, there 
was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,365 on the hourly 
chart of ETH/USD. The price even tested the 50% Fib retracement level of the 
upward move from the $2,220 swing low to the $2,423 high. Ethereum price is 
now trading below $2,360 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If the 
bulls remain in action above $2,300, the price could attempt another increase. 
Immediate resistance is seen near the $2,350 level. The first key resistance 
is near the $2,380 level. The next major resistance is near the $2,420 level. 
A clear move above the $2,420 resistance might send the price toward the 
$2,450 resistance. An upside break above the $2,450 region might call for more 
gains in the coming days. In the stated case, Ether could rise toward the 
$2,500 resistance zone or even $2,550 in the near term. Another Decline In 
ETH? If Ethereum fails to clear the $2,360 resistance, it could start a 
downside correction. Initial support on the downside is near the $2,320 level. 
The first major support sits near the $2,300 zone. A clear move below the 
$2,300 support might push the price toward the $2,265 support or the 76.4% Fib 
retracement level of the upward move from the $2,220 swing low to the $2,423 
high. Any more losses might send the price toward the $2,200 region. The main 
support could be $2,150. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for 
ETH/USD is losing momentum in the bullish zone. Hourly RSI &#8211; The RSI for 
ETH/USD is now below the 50 zone. Major Support Level – $2,300 Major 
Resistance Level – $2,360

Ethereum Price Struggles To Hold Strength, Downside Risks Build

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Aave entered April 2026 as DeFi&#8217;s most trusted lending protocol. It is ending 
the month navigating the most damaging crisis in its history — one that did 
not require a single line of its own code to be broken. Related Reading: 
Ethereum Withdrawals From Exchanges Just Hit An 8-Month Low: Find Out What 
Investors Are Waiting For The attack began at Kelp DAO, where an attacker 
exploited a vulnerability in the rsETH bridge to drain approximately $292 
million in stolen tokens. What followed was not an isolated protocol incident. 
The attacker deposited the stolen rsETH as collateral on Aave V3 and borrowed 
against it. Using fraudulent assets to extract real ones. Because Aave had 
accepted rsETH as legitimate collateral, the protocol had no mechanism to 
reject the deposits in real time. By the time the damage was visible, between 
$170 million and $230 million in bad debt had accumulated inside the system. 
The market&#8217;s response was immediate and severe. Users who had previously 
trusted Aave with their assets moved to withdraw. TVL fell by billions of 
dollars as confidence drained alongside the liquidity. The AAVE token, already 
under pressure from previous contributor departures, collapsed to $93.90. The 
protocol&#8217;s own smart contracts were never compromised. Its reputation, its 
liquidity, and its price were. In DeFi, where trust is the product, the 
distinction between a direct exploit and a collateral-triggered crisis offers 
less comfort than it might appear. Retail Is Selling. Whales Are Watching. The 
Bottom May Be Forming A CryptoQuant report tracking AAVE&#8217;s market structure on 
Binance reveals a picture that tells two different stories depending on which 
participants you are watching. The first story belongs to retail. Exchange 
reserves have surged sharply — a significant increase in AAVE being deposited 
onto Binance. Reflecting holders moving to the sell side at scale. The average 
spot order size has plunged to approximately $80 to $100, confirming that the 
selling activity is dominated by small participants reacting to the crisis 
rather than large holders making strategic decisions. When average order sizes 
collapse to that level, it reflects fear-driven liquidation rather than 
informed distribution. The second story is more nuanced. Amid the flood of 
small sell orders, big whale orders are appearing sporadically in the bottom 
zone — large, deliberate positions being tested at current price levels by 
participants whose behavior is the opposite of the retail panic surrounding 
them. These orders are not consistent or sustained enough to confirm a bottom. 
They are present enough to suggest that informed capital is beginning to 
evaluate the current level as an entry rather than an exit. Liquidity on 
Binance remains thin, which means selling pressure can move price more easily 
than it would in a deeper market. The conditions for a bottom are assembling 
gradually — retail exhaustion visible in the order size data, whale 
positioning visible in the sporadic large orders. Neither signal is definitive 
yet. Together, they describe a market in the early stages of transition from 
crisis to potential recovery. Related Reading: Bitmine Just Crossed $10 
Billion In Staked Ethereum – 88% of Everything It Owns Is Now Locked In AAVE 
Stabilizes After Capitulation, But Trend Remains Fragile AAVE is attempting to 
stabilize around the $90–$100 range following a sharp capitulation phase that 
reset price structure across the chart. The breakdown in February marked a 
decisive loss of trend, with price collapsing through multiple support levels 
and accelerating into a high-volume selloff. That move established the current 
range as a post-crisis consolidation zone rather than a confirmed bottom. 
Since then, price action has shifted into compression. AAVE is trading below 
all major moving averages, with the 50-day acting as immediate resistance and 
the 100-day and 200-day trending downward above it. This alignment reflects a 
market still structurally bearish despite the short-term stabilization. 
Related Reading: XRP Liquidity Just Hit A Five-Year Low: Discover What Happens 
When A Market Gets This Thin The recent bounce attempts have lacked follow- 
through. Sellers reject each push toward the $105–$110 region, keeping supply 
active on rallies. At the same time, buyers absorb the downside near the 
$85–$90 zone, stepping in more consistently. This creates a tightening range, 
typically a precursor to expansion. Volume behavior supports this 
interpretation. The capitulation spike has not been matched by equivalent 
buying pressure, indicating that accumulation, if present, is gradual and not 
aggressive. A break above $110 would be the first meaningful shift in 
structure. Until then, AAVE remains in a fragile equilibrium. Featured image 
from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com

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