Overview
- XRP, which hovered just above $1.40 Thursday, traded in one of its tightest ranges this year as realized volatility fell to 2026 lows.
- Traders are watching the $1.40 level, with a hold pointing to a rebound toward $1.43–$1.45 and a clean break opening room toward about $1.35 as volume confirms the move.
- Short‑term charts turned softer, with NewsBTC noting trades below the 100‑hour moving average and a broken support trend line that put $1.38 in focus.
- A January 2026 Coinbase and Ernst & Young survey found 25% of large institutions plan to add XRP, and Ripple joined Singapore’s BLOOM sandbox to test its RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger for cross‑border settlement.
- Derivatives and funds show growing activity as futures open interest rose to $2.42 billion on Wednesday and XRP exchange‑traded products took in $1.4 million on Tuesday.