Altcoins News
By Bruce Buterin
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The $1.55 Wall That Won't Move. XRP has run into a hard ceiling between $1.40 and $1.45 and can't seem to push through it.
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What Could Go Wrong. Gemini's model isn't blind to downside. If the broader crypto market hits a rough patch — macro…
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LiquidChain Enters the Frame. Alongside the XRP discussion, Gemini's analysis also flagged LiquidChain as a project drawing…
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XRP sits at $1.37 right now. Google's Gemini AI thinks it could hit somewhere between $1.80 and $2.50 before the end of June 2026. That's a pretty big call.
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The forecast leans on two things happening at once. First, a U.S. Executive Order is pushing the Federal Reserve to speed up payment account reviews for digital asset non-banks —…
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The current price of $1.3718 tells a story on its own. XRP hit $3.70 at some point before sliding hard. It dipped to $1.
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So the setup is basically binary. Either XRP breaks $1.55 with volume behind it, or it probably drifts back toward the $1.20 to $1.30 support zone.
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Gemini's model isn't blind to downside. If the broader crypto market hits a rough patch — macro headwinds, risk-off sentiment, whatever — XRP would likely feel it.
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Related: Zcash Jumps 90% in One Month While Ethereum, Solana, and XRP All Slide
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The bear case isn't wild or unlikely. It's kind of the default if nothing breaks right.
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Gemini's analysis does make clear that trading volume matters here. A breakout without volume probably won't hold. The $1.
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The broader narrative around XRP is shifting, though, even if the price hasn't caught up yet.
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That number — $700,000 — is modest by crypto standards. It's not a nine-figure raise. But it's enough to show there's interest, and the presale price gives early participants a…
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See also: CME XRP Futures Hit $63 Billion in Year One as Institutional Demand Surges
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The interest in something like LiquidChain probably says something about where money is looking right now.
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