In XRP news today, the token dropped below $1.40 on May 8 and is heading into this weekend, trading between $1.36 and $1.43.
Volume was average throughout Friday’s session, consistent with orderly selling rather than a liquidation event, likely a combination of profit-taking after last week’s run and broader risk-off flows hitting crypto markets as BTC and ETH also pulled back.
The 200-day moving average now sits overhead at $1.4238. What was support is now resistance. That structural flip is what makes next week’s price action worth watching closely.
(SOURCE: TradingView)
XRP News: Can XRP USD Price Recover Above $1.44 This Week?
The technical picture is straightforward, if uncomfortable for holders. CoinGecko data shows XRP down 9.10% over the past seven days, with 24-hour trading volume spiking +86.80% to $5.9Bn on Friday. Elevated volume during a decline typically signals distribution, not accumulation.
The 200-day MA at $1.4238 is now the line every bounce has to fight through. XRP spent most of last week trading around that level; today’s session pushed it back underneath.
That means any recovery rally faces overhead supply the moment the price approaches $1.42. Above that, the 50-day EMA converges with a seller cost-basis cluster near $1.45, a daily close above that level would meaningfully change the short-term outlook.
Three scenarios are in play heading into next week:
Bull case: A 4-hour close above $1.42 reclaims the 200-day MA and opens a path toward $1.45. A daily close above $1.45 flips the structure back to bullish.
Base case: XRP consolidates between $1.375 and $1.42, digesting the week’s losses before a directional move. Buyers cautiously probe support; sellers defend resistance.
Bear case: A break and daily close below $1.35 — the level analysts have flagged as the critical May floor — opens the path toward $1.20, the next meaningful support on the weekly chart. That scenario puts the entire recovery from February lows in question.
The whale accumulation patterns observed earlier this month suggest institutional interest hasn’t entirely evaporated. But interest and conviction are different things. Right now, the chart is asking for proof.
LiquidChain Targets Early-Mover Upside as XRP Tests Key Levels
With the XRP news of the stumble below $1.40, it is a reminder that even established large caps aren’t immune to structural pressure (and at a $85Bn market cap, the upside math gets harder regardless of how this resolves). Investors watching XRP grind lower are increasingly eyeing earlier-stage infrastructure plays where the entry price still has room to move.
LiquidChain (LIQUID) is one project generating genuine attention in that context. It positions itself as a Layer 3 cross-chain liquidity layer, essentially fusing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana liquidity into a single execution environment, so developers deploy once and access all three ecosystems simultaneously.
The architecture centers on a Unified Liquidity Layer with single-step execution and verifiable settlement, targeting the fragmentation problem that has quietly cost DeFi billions in inefficiency.
The presale is currently priced at $0.01457, with over $737,000 raised to date. Those are exact figures, no rounding. LiquidChain has been accelerating toward the $750,000 milestone, and early presale stages historically offer the widest margin before exchange listings reprice the asset.
