Are We Watching XRP’s Dramatic Fall? Spoiler: It’s Not Pretty!

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What to know:

XRP has tumbled decisively below the once-coveted $1.40 support, a level that now stands like a defiant teenager refusing to let you back in after a bad breakup.
This downward plunge resolves a months-long triangle pattern, as Bitcoin’s growing dominance casually swipes the attention-and capital-away from altcoins like XRP, leaving them to sulk in the corner.
As long as XRP lingers below that $1.40 line, the sellers are calling the shots, with the next levels of despair marked at $1.37 and $1.31, like checkpoints on a road to ruin.

XRP finally gave in at $1.40, and the manner of its fall is far more entertaining than the actual descent. This was not a gentle slide down a hill but rather a high-volume rush that swept away defenses buyers had held for weeks. When a support level gets smashed like this, it rarely bounces back quickly. It twists like a soap opera plot, and that’s the real challenge we face now.

News Background

• Bitcoin dominance is edging toward 60%, confirming a mass exodus from altcoins and leaving XRP in the dust, gasping for breath.

• The multi-month triangle structure that had been compressing prices finally resolved, but not in the glorious way dreams are made of; instead, it broke lower, leaving traders wondering what went wrong.

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