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<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/if-you-invested-1000-in-xrp-at-its-2025-high-here-is-what-it-is-worth-today" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP is under</a> fresh pressure as on-chain data hints that some of its biggest holders are stepping back.
In an <a href="https://x.com/alicharts/status/2114304589113557222" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">X thread</a>, analyst Ali Charts warned that XRP could fall to $0.98 if whales keep selling, citing Santiment data.
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 &nbsp;“XRP will drop to $0.98 if whales keep selling,” he wrote.
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<h2 id="whales-step-back">Whales step back</h2>
Wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP have dropped from 351 to 339 over the past few weeks, Santiment data shows.
At the same time, XRP held on exchanges has risen from 11.003 billion to around 11.05 billion, and stayed elevated over the past week.
That is about 50 million more tokens on trading platforms. Ali Charts says that if large holders keep moving coins to exchanges, more supply could reach <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/xrp-could-rally-10-if-this-key-level-breaks-analyst-says" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the market</a>.
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 “If large holders continue moving tokens to exchanges, more supply could become available to sell,” the analyst wrote in the post.
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<h2 id="the-1-26-line">The $1.26 line</h2>
<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/xrp-etfs-pull-in-1-8-billion-since-launch-is-a-rally-next" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According to Ali Charts</a>, the level to watch is $1.26, the lower edge of a channel XRP has traced since August.&nbsp;
A break below that support could first send the price toward $1.11. The channel pattern ultimately points to $0.98, about 22% below $1.26.
US <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/xrp-could-explode-higher-if-this-critical-level-breaks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">spot XRP</a> ETFs have drawn a record $1.8 billion in cumulative inflows since launching in November 2025, but took in just $708,520 on Oct. 21 and recorded zero net flows on Oct. 9, 12 and 13, according to SoSoValue <a href="https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-xrp-spot" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">data</a>.
As of Oct. 13, the funds held about $1.56 billion in net assets, less than the money put in.
Earlier this month, Ali Charts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/xrp-could-crash-to-1-25-before-this-analyst-expects-a-major-rebound" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">projected</a> a bounce from $1.25 toward $1.60. Traders will be watching whether $1.26 holds.
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