XRP Price Has Plummeted

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The price of XRP has plummeted in the past few weeks, moving from the year-to-date high of $3.3950 to the current $2.40.

Ripple’s crash happened as the crypto fear and greed index moved to the fear zone and as Bitcoin moved to a bear market. The XRP coin has several catalysts ahead, but a head and shoulders pattern points to more downside.

Key XRP Price Catalysts

The XRP coin price has numerous catalysts that may push it higher in the longer term. First, there are signs that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will end the appeal it has with Ripple Labs. That’s because the agency has already withdrawn cases against companies such as Uniswap and Coinbase.

Second, there are rising odds that the agency will also agree to a spot Ripple ETF later this year. Such approval will likely lead to over $8 billion in inflows in the first year, according to JPMorgan analysts.

Further, the XRP Price will likely benefit from the ongoing Ripple adoption in Japan, where it is estimated that over 80% of local banks will embrace its technology in the coming months. Most of this growth will come from SBI Holdings, which has been using Ripple for money transfers. More Japanese banks will do the same.

Ripple has other catalysts such as the ongoing growth of the XRP Ledger network that has attracted developers like Sologenic and Coreum. The RLUSD stablecoin has grown such that it is handling over $238 million in daily transactions.

XRP Price Prediction: H&S Pattern Signals More Downside

The daily chart shows that the XRP Price has crashed in the past few weeks. It has dropped from $3.40 in January to $2.40 today and has moved below the 50-day and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMA).