XRP weakens after losing support, with $1.85 next in focus

Markets Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email XRP weakens after losing support, with $1.85 next in focus XRP's price action was characterized by high volume at resistance, suggesting larger players were selling into strength. By Shaurya Malwa , CD Analytics Updated Dec 24, 2025, 5:10 a.m. Published Dec 24, 2025, 5:10 a.m. (CoinDesk Data) What to know : XRP fell through short-term support levels, with sellers active near $1.90, pushing attention to the $1.85 area. The crypto market remains volatile as year-end liquidity thins, with traders focusing on short-term risk control. XRP's price action was characterized by high volume at resistance, suggesting larger players were selling into strength. XRP slid through short-term support Wednesday as sellers again showed up near $1.90, keeping the token pinned in a tightening range and pushing attention toward the $1.85 area. News background The move comes as crypto markets remain choppy into the year-end window, when liquidity often thins and positioning tends to dominate price action. Traders have leaned into short-term risk control rather than directional conviction, particularly after recent whipsaw moves across majors. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . XRP has also been trading against a backdrop of mixed signals from the analyst community. Some chart-watchers have flagged a rising wedge structure that could pressure price lower if support continues to erode, while others point to RSI divergence patterns that often appear near local exhaustion points. That split has kept conviction low and strengthened the market’s tendency to fade rallies near obvious resistance. Technical analysis XRP spent most of the session using the $1.8615–$1.8700 band as a working support zone, but late-session selling pushed price below that floor and into a lower distribution range. The key tell was volume concentration at resistance. Trading peaked around 75.3 million tokens during the rejection near $1.9061, nearly double the 24-hour average, suggesting larger players were active on the sell side into strength rather than stepping in to accumulate. On the intraday view, the break from roughly $1.878 down to the mid-$1.86s occurred with repeated volume spikes, including a 2.7 million burst during the $1.867–$1.865 slide, reinforcing that the breakdown was flow-driven, not just drift. Price action summary XRP fell from $1.8942 to $1.8635 over 24 hours Resistance held near $1.9061 on the highest volume of the session The $1.8615–$1.8700 support band cracked late, shifting price into a lower range Trading stayed contained overall, with a $0.0395 range (about 2.1%) What traders should know $1.87 has shifted from support to a near-term decision level. If XRP can reclaim that zone and hold it, the move is more consistent with a range reset and a potential push back toward $1.90–$1.91. If not, the next area traders will focus on is $1.860–$1.855, where buyers are expected to defend to avoid a deeper slide. For now, the pattern remains “sell rallies into $1.90, buy dips near $1.86,” and the next directional move likely depends on whether volume expands on a break — not on another low-liquidity probe inside the range. 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