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XRP Shows Surprising Strength Despite Its Weak Price Action

XRP Shows Surprising Strength Despite Its Weak Price Action

KriptoworldKriptoworld2025/11/18 16:00
By:by kriptoworld

In a market where crypto prices swing around like hyperactive acrobats, XRP is quietly telling a different story.

On the surface, the chart looks bleak — the 50-, 100-, and 200-day moving averages all point downward, painting the picture of a token stuck in a prolonged slump.

But beneath the surface, the fundamentals look nothing like a struggling project.

Real usage, real value — not speculation

While traders obsess over price candles, XRPScan paints a far more vibrant picture of the network.

Analysts say the chain is operating like a busy financial hub, handling close to one million money transfers per day.

And in November, transaction volume saw significant spikes — not because of speculative trading frenzies, but because real users were moving real value across the network.

One particularly notable moment: over two billion XRP moved on a single day.

But according to experts, this wasn’t panic selling or derivatives chaos — it was the network doing exactly what it was built to do.

Resilience in a rough macro environment

Despite bearish sentiment across the market, XRP continues to deliver one of the rarest achievements in crypto: maintaining — and even improving — utility during a downturn.

Across the past year:

  • XRP has processed 1.5–2 million successful transactions per day

  • Network reliability has stayed high

  • Activity has remained stable regardless of price cycles

Compared to many Layer-1 blockchains that buckle under low liquidity or low user engagement, XRP’s performance stands out as unusually strong.

A price disconnected from fundamentals

XRP’s price may not reflect its underlying robustness, but analysts believe this disconnect won’t last forever.

As macro uncertainty clears and liquidity returns to the broader market, traders could suddenly wake up to the network’s actual strength.

In other words, the current downward channel may be more of a temporary constraint than a permanent trend.

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Technical indicators hint at fading bearish pressure

Some technical metrics are beginning to support this view. Analysts point out that XRP’s RSI is low but steady, suggesting sellers are losing momentum rather than accelerating.

If XRP can:

  1. break above the upper boundary of its descending price channel

  2. and retest the 200-day moving average with conviction

it could spark a momentum shift — a potential turning point after months of muted performance.

A quiet giant waiting for the right moment

With network activity booming and fundamentals strengthening even during bearish conditions, XRP now stands as a quiet outlier in the crypto market.

Its price may be subdued, but its network tells a very different story — one of consistent usage, utility, and resilience.

When market conditions finally improve, the gap between price and reality may close faster than many expect.

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Written by András Mészáros
Cryptocurrency and Web3 expert, founder of Kriptoworld
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With years of experience covering the blockchain space, András delivers insightful reporting on DeFi, tokenization, altcoins, and crypto regulations shaping the digital economy.

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Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.

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