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How XRP may have crucially avoided a much bigger price drop this weekend
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Updated: Dec. 7, 2019 at 4:09 pm UTC
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Since 2017, the price of XRP has held up well above an important long-term support level at $0.19. However, earlier this week, the XRP price was at risk of breaking below this key support level for the second time this year.
When the previous strong support level at $0.30 was breached, the XRP price fell steeply, unable to recover above the area of interest for several months.
As the Bitcoin price rebounded from $6,700 to over $7,100 in the past 24 hours following an abrupt 16 percent drop in a span of three days, XRP avoided testing $0.19.
A retest could have led to a further pullback for an asset that is already down 93 percent from its record high in January 2018.
A relief rally is still not confirmed for XRP
Cryptocurrency trader and technical analyst DonAlt said that similar to $0.30, the $0.19 level is important for XRP and that the price action of the cryptocurrency has been quite technical. He said:
“$0.30 was quite important, let’s hope $0.19 will be as well. The price action on XRPUSD is uncannily technical.”
While Bitcoin seems to be oversold based on various technical indicators and has shown signs of a relief rally in the short term, if it tests lower supports as suggested by some traders in the $6,000 range, it is likely to heavily affect the altcoin market once again.
XRP has avoided a large pullback below $0.19 this weekend due to the swift recovery of Bitcoin, but if the BTC price fails to see an upside movement in oversold territory, XRP could still be vulnerable to a further fall.
Solid fundamentals will help
Throughout 2019, Ripple, a San Fransico-based company that builds the ecosystem around XRP, has secured high profile partnerships to bolster the usage of XRP.
Most of the partnerships have not had a significant effect on the short term price trend of XRP, but as said by Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the community anticipates that it would increase the liquidity of both XRP and RippleNet, creating a better ecosystem for growth.
Garlinghouse said:
“This year has been our strongest for Ripple yet. In 2019 we’ve seen continued momentum with customers, growth of RippleNet and adoption of On-Demand Liquidity. In just a year since we launched ODL, we are already making an impact on the bottom line for our customers. We’re excited to continue this momentum into next year and for the expansion of ODL into new markets.”
Whether the lack of a positive price action amidst the “strongest year for Ripple yet” as described by Garlinghouse could be a factor for the recovery of XRP in the medium term remains to be seen.
For now, traders are closely observing key support levels that have prevented a further pullback for XRP in recent months.
XRP Market Data
At the time of press 4:09 pm UTC on Dec. 7, 2019, XRP is ranked #3 by market cap and the price is down 0.18% over the past 24 hours. XRP has a market capitalization of $10 billion with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.46 billion. Learn more about XRP ›
Crypto Market Summary
At the time of press 4:09 pm UTC on Dec. 7, 2019, the total crypto market is valued at at $199.53 billion with a 24-hour volume of $72.69 billion. Bitcoin dominance is currently at 66.07%. Learn more about the crypto market ›
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