Fear is creeping back into the XRP market as the token trades under pressure, according to Barsan Aljara, founder of Black Swan Capitalist. The price has dipped below $2 and recently reached around $1.83 before rebounding slightly. Volatility has been sharp, forcing many traders to make quick exits.
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According to reports, XRP’s decline accelerated after a widespread market crash in early October related to tariff tensions between the US and China.
The disruption required billions of dollars in liquidations across exchanges. Different platforms temporarily showed completely different lows. Kraken hit $1.40, while TradingView’s Binance chart showed a flash low of $0.76.
Fear is back and will always scare those who don’t understand the point of owning XRP. Most companies will not survive the planned volatility ahead. This system weeds out the weak long before the actual evaluation begins.
— Black Swan Capitalist (@VersanAljarrah) November 23, 2025
These fluctuations have left liquidity gaps, including a zone around $1.98 to $1.99 that traders are watching closely.
Price trends are confusing, but not unidirectional. XRP is up about 1.8% in the past 24 hours, trading around $2.22, with another snapshot reporting it hovering around $2.24 amid a pullback. In the last 72 hours, the token has gained over 18%, showing how quickly sentiment can reverse.
Fear is back, Aljara said, and “those who don’t understand the meaning of owning XRP will always be scared.” The analyst said a significant number of people will fall before they “survive the engineered fluctuations to come.” He said the system “weeds out the weak” long before actual market valuations are determined.
history and psychology at work
Analysts and market observers point to XRP’s stop-and-go history as part of the problem. In 2017, the coin lasted for months before surging by about 70,000%, before falling as much as 95% in some quarters.
It traded quietly for most of the year before surging over 600% in 2024 near the end of the year. This pattern makes holding the token psychologically difficult for many people. Often people sell quickly, right before a big move.
Support levels are being closely monitored. The report lists the major buffers as $1.95, $1.75, and $1.60. On the upside, some analysts predict a recovery to $4 by 2026, with long-term targets of $13 and $27. These are predictions, not promises, and are subject to stable market conditions and continued interest.
meanwhile $XRP It soared 17% in the past 72 hours, with whales capitalizing on the move to book profits and sell over 180 million tokens. pic.twitter.com/t9aKQqTwQN
— Ali (@ali_charts) November 25, 2025
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Meanwhile, analyst Ali Martinez said large holders were taking profits during the rally. Whales reportedly holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP sold over 180 million tokens, reducing their balance to approximately 4.74 billion XRP. This kind of selling can add pressure even while prices are trying to recover.
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Institutional trends appear to be a counterweight. The Franklin Templeton and Grayscale XRP ETFs launched in the US yesterday and pulled in combined positive flows of $130 million in their first day, according to reports.
Net inflows into the U.S. XRP ETF on Monday totaled $164 million, a figure that helped absorb some of the selling and supported gains of more than 7% in more than 24 hours in some trading windows.
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