A 40% XRP Crash Couldn’t Shake Its Strongest Holders — Is $1.70 Still Possible?

XRP price has fallen nearly 40% since January 5, dropping from $2.35 to around $1.40. Moves of this size usually trigger panic selling and long-term damage to market structure. But this time, something very different happened. Instead of accelerating the decline, one holder group stayed calm, while another, less enterprising, group quietly left. At the same time, leverage remained balanced and institutional flows stayed positive. Together, these signals suggest XRP’s crash may have strengthened its founda ...