Bitcoin News
By Steven Anderson
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XRP/BTC Pair Breaks Down After 15 Weeks. The XRP/BTC pair is now sitting near the lower end of its long-term range.
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Bitcoin at $77,000, Dominance Above 58%. Bitcoin is trading around $77,000, recovering from a recent dip that took it just above $74,000.
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XRP can't catch a break. While Bitcoin climbed from $60,000 to $80,000 over three months, XRP basically sat still — and the gap between the two keeps widening.
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Analyst ChartNerd has been watching the XRP/BTC pair closely, and the picture isn't pretty. The pair lost its 20-period exponential moving average, which is a key momentum signal…
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The XRP/BTC pair is now sitting near the lower end of its long-term range. Historically, that zone has been where XRP stages some of its biggest comebacks against Bitcoin — the…
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XRP is trading around $1.36, stuck in a tight band between $1.34 and $1.37. Key support sits at $1.30, and if that level breaks, things could get ugly fast.
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The sideways grind is frustrating for XRP holders who remember previous cycles where the token ripped hard against Bitcoin. Right now, there's no sign of that energy returning.
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Bitcoin's market dominance is above 58%. That's a big number. When dominance runs that high, capital basically piles into Bitcoin and doesn't flow out into altcoins.
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And that dominance isn't just a passive metric — it's an active headwind for XRP. Every dollar that goes into Bitcoin is a dollar that isn't going into XRP.
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ChartNerd's broader point is that XRP's underperformance isn't a new story. The analyst has been tracking this since 2017, and the pattern of XRP lagging during Bitcoin bull…
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The $1.30 support level is probably the number to watch most closely. ChartNerd called it a crucial point. If XRP loses $1.
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On the flip side, a move above $1.40 could signal something is changing. ChartNerd sees that level as tough resistance, but breaking it would at least suggest buyers are showing…
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Bitcoin's resilience makes the situation harder. Its recovery from $74,000 back toward $77,000 is the kind of move that reinforces investor confidence in Bitcoin specifically —…
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