XRP Whales Accumulate as Crypto Bear Market Nears End
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- CryptoQuant found that whales across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are adding supply as prices sit near or below average purchase cost, with head of research Julio Moreno writing the positioning "lowers downside pressure and is consistent with the final phase of the cycle's decline."
- XRP's largest cohorts are absorbing supply while price holds the $1.00–$1.20 band around a $66 billion market cap, with the 90-day taker cumulative volume delta drifting to neutral—a "calm accumulation phase" CryptoQuant characterizes as quiet absorption rather than capitulation.
- XRP's realized price sits near $0.75 versus a market price around $1.10, a gap CryptoQuant labels a "late-bear-market zone."
- XRP's daily chart shows a death cross (50-day EMA below 200-day) with price trading under both averages in the $1.30–$1.60 zone, RSI at 39.5 approaching oversold, ADX at 10.4 signaling no strong trend, and squeeze momentum off with negative readings.
- XRP was changing hands at $1.05 on Binance at press time, down 1.4% on the day, having fallen from roughly $2.20 in early 2026 into a flat basing range near $1.
- A daily close above the 200-day EMA at ~$1.12 would be the first real confirmation that accumulation is paying off; immediate support sits at $1.04, with resistance starting at the $1.1145 Fibonacci level and a bigger ceiling at $1.60.
Why it matters: For XRP holders and active traders, the on-chain accumulation signal is real but unconfirmed: whales absorbing below realized price suggests a floor, yet price remains below a death cross with no momentum trigger. A break and daily close above the 200-day EMA at ~$1.12 is the concrete level CryptoQuant and the chart both point to as the first signal accumulation is converting into a directional move.
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