XRP has been trading sideways since early February, locked in a consolidation 
range that has tested the patience of bulls waiting for a decisive move. The 
price action is frustrating but not directionless — and a CryptoQuant report 
has just provided a behavioral framework that explains why the current market 
feels structurally different from the one that existed just two months ago. 
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Are Selling – Learn What That $700M Split Means The report tracks XRP&#8217;s 
leverage ratio on Binance — a measure of how aggressively traders are using 
borrowed capital to amplify their positions. In mid-March, that ratio surged 
toward 0.185, reflecting a market where confidence was building and traders 
were willing to take on significant risk in anticipation of quick gains. 
Leverage at those levels signals a specific market psychology: participants 
believe strongly enough in the direction to bet beyond their spot holdings. 
That confidence did not survive what came next. The sharp correction in late 
March sent the leverage ratio plummeting to approximately 0.13 — a level that 
reflects a fundamental reassessment of risk appetite rather than a routine 
deleveraging. The speed and severity of the drop were not merely a mechanical 
reduction in positions. According to the CryptoQuant analysis, it left a 
psychological mark on the participants who experienced it. The market that 
emerged from that correction is behaviorally different from the one that 
entered it. Understanding how is what the data now reveals. The Price Came 
Back. The Confidence Did Not The most telling detail in the CryptoQuant report 
is not the crash itself but what followed it. XRP&#8217;s price has recovered from 
the late March correction. The leverage ratio has not recovered with it. 
Rather than returning to the 0.185 levels that defined mid-March&#8217;s aggressive 
positioning, the ratio has settled into a range between 0.15 and 0.16. It 
briefly touched 0.175 in mid-April — a moment that looked like the beginning 
of a confidence recovery — before retreating back to the lower range. The 
ceiling was tested and rejected. Traders approached their previous boldness 
and pulled back. That gap between the recovering price and the subdued 
leverage is the structural shift the report identifies. The rally that has 
developed since the March correction is being built on different foundations 
than the one that preceded it. Less borrowed conviction. More measured 
positioning. The participants driving XRP higher right now are doing so with 
reduced exposure rather than amplified bets — a behavioral profile that 
reflects the memory of what happened the last time confidence ran ahead of the 
fundamentals. Related Reading: Chainlink Is Getting Cheaper And Whales Are Not 
Buying The Dip: Discount Or A Trap? XRP Compresses Below Resistance as Market 
Stabilizes The report frames this as a rebalancing phase — new positions being 
assembled gradually and deliberately rather than rushed into impulsively. That 
characterization carries a constructive implication. Markets that recover with 
subdued leverage tend to be less vulnerable to the cascade liquidations that 
ended the previous advance. The boldness may be gone, but so is the fragility 
that came with it. XRP remains locked in a tight consolidation range near 
$1.41, with price action compressing after the sharp February selloff that 
drove the market down from above $2.00. Since that capitulation event, 
structure has shifted from impulsive downside to horizontal stabilization, 
with the asset forming a series of higher lows since early April — a subtle 
but important change in short-term momentum. Related Reading: DeFi Just Lost 
$15 Billion in Three Days. Something Deeper Than a Hack Is Behind It The 
50-day moving average is beginning to flatten and sits just below current 
price, acting as dynamic support. However, XRP continues to trade below both 
the 100-day and 200-day moving averages, which are trending downward and 
positioned overhead near the $1.50–$1.80 region. This keeps the broader trend 
bearish despite the recent stabilization. Volume supports the idea of a market 
in equilibrium rather than expansion. The February spike marked forced 
selling, while the subsequent weeks show declining participation, consistent 
with a cooldown phase. The recent uptick in price has not yet been accompanied 
by a meaningful increase in volume, suggesting limited conviction behind the 
move. Key resistance remains near $1.50. A clean break above that level would 
signal a shift toward a recovery structure, potentially targeting $1.70. 
Failure to break higher keeps XRP range-bound, with $1.30 acting as the 
primary support level if momentum fades. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart 
from TradingView.com

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