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Story: XRP Struggles Below $1.50 as 72% of Holders Face Losses Above $2

By Sakamoto Nashi

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Binance Flows Hit Six-Month High. On September 11, something moved on Binance. The exchange received 91.

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The Senate Vote That Could Change Everything. The bigger catalyst is probably legislative.

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XRP can't catch a break. The token is trading in the mid-$1.40 range, and a look at the on-chain data shows why that's a problem for a big chunk of holders.

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Nearly 75% of XRP's realized capitalization is locked up in coins that last moved somewhere between six months and two years ago. Those holders, on average, bought in above $2.

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That's a lot of people waiting to break even.

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The only cohort that's pretty much in the clear right now is the three-to-six-month group. Their average entry price is around $1.40 — basically where XRP is trading today.

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On September 11, something moved on Binance. The exchange received 91.23 million XRP while sending out 113.91 million XRP — the highest gross flows in six months.

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What does it mean? Honestly, unclear. Market observers are floating theories — internal wallet reshuffling, market-maker rebalancing — but none of it is confirmed.

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And that ambiguity is sort of the story right now. XRP is generating activity without generating conviction.

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More context: DOJ Targets $61 Million in Iranian Crypto Linked to Binance in Major Seizure

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The Senate's procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act was set for September 15.

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Why does this matter for XRP specifically? The SEC previously classified XRP as a digital commodity.

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The $2 level isn't arbitrary. It's where the bulk of the realized cap is anchored. Getting there would mean a lot of those underwater holders break even or better.

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But that's the optimistic read. The pessimistic one is that the procedural vote fails, legislative momentum stalls, and XRP stays range-bound while its largest cohorts remain…

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No details yet on how the vote is likely to go.

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