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Story: XRP Traders Watch Falling Wedge as XLM Correlation Builds Breakout Case

By Evie Vavasseur

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The Falling Wedge on XRP/BTC. Separately, an analyst called CryptoVision has been watching the XRP/BTC chart closely.

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Why XLM and XRP Keep Moving Together. The XRP-XLM correlation is worth unpacking a bit more, because it's not just a coincidence traders…

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XRP is drawing serious attention right now. Analysts are pointing to a pair of converging signals — a historical price correlation with Stellar (XLM) and a falling wedge pattern…

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The XLM angle comes from an analyst known as Bird, who flagged that XRP has a track record of following XLM's price moves.

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For long-term XRP holders, that kind of move would mean more than just a number on a screen.

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Separately, an analyst called CryptoVision has been watching the XRP/BTC chart closely. What they see there is a falling wedge formation — a technical pattern that basically…

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CryptoVision thinks that something could be a breakout. If XRP clears the upper boundary of the wedge, it would signal a shift in how XRP is performing relative to Bitcoin — and…

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Breaking out of a falling wedge isn't guaranteed, though. The pattern can fail. Price can chop sideways for weeks before anything decisive happens.

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More context: XRP Drops $900M in Realized Losses After Traders Misread DTCC Collateral List

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That said, the correlation isn't perfect. There are stretches where XLM moves and XRP doesn't follow, or vice versa.

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What makes the current setup interesting is that both signals are pointing the same direction at roughly the same time.

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And the XRP ecosystem probably needs it. Participation across NFTs and AMMs on the ledger has been relatively quiet during the current correction.

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Read also: XRP Burn Rate Drops 35% as Network Slump Stalls Any Real Price Bounce

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The market is basically in a waiting mode right now. The technical setup is there. The correlation argument is there.

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CryptoVision puts the retest of resistance levels as the next key moment to watch.

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