author
Ahmed Barakat
author
Share
Ripple CTO is the main man for XRP news this week. David Schwartz finds himself defending a seven-year-old position that a large segment of society insists is a promise at a price.
Timing is important, emotions are fragile, and… Conspiracy theories surrounding Ripple’s leadership Never calm down. It seems that what Schwartz said in 2017 and what XRP holders heard are two completely different things.
Controversy It reappeared On X after a user accused Schwartz of intentionally misleading XRP holders.
The discussion centered around a 2017 topic in which Schwartz participated Argue XRP cannot be “too cheap” if it handles large global transaction volumes, using a straightforward liquidity example: at $1 per XRP, moving $1 million requires 1 million tokens; At $1 million per XRP, a single token does the same job.
Schwartz was candid this week: This post He explained Market mechanicsnot the price target. He said deleting the topic would strip away useful context and deepen the confusion rather than resolve it.
This episode adds pressure to an asset that is already navigating volatile technicals, with 21 out of 28 tracking indicators flashing bearish as of late April 2026.
Whether the market cares about old forum posts is debatable, but XRP holders clearly do.
Could XRP price rise above $1.61 this week, or is the news preventing it from doing so?
XRP is stuck in a tight range around $1.43, and this low volatility usually means there is a move coming, but at the moment the setup is leaning a bit lower.
The short-term momentum is still holding, which is why the XRP price has not collapsed, but the larger trend is weakening, with longer-term indicators pointing to a decline.
The levels are clear.
Support is at $1.39, this is the line that connects everything together. Resistance is at $1.61, which is the first real barrier if buyers intervene.
If XRP can hold $1.43 and rise on trading volume, a move towards $1.61 is possible.
However, the price is likely to drift sideways around $1.41 to $1.43 as the market waits for a trend.
The risk is a breakout below $1.39, because once that happens, there won’t be much support directly below, and a downtrend could start quickly.
So this is a pressure phase with a slight downward slope, and the next move will likely be sharp rather than gradual.
LiquidChain (LIQUID): Is this the “XRP” of this course?
The price of XRP is set at $1.43 mainly in the short term, with limited upside unless a real catalyst emerges, which is the reality of the large market cap; The movements become smaller and slower.
This is why some traders look towards infrastructure at an early stage, where an uptrend is still forming, even if the risks are higher.
LiquidChain It targets this angle, focusing on cross-chain liquidity by connecting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana into a single execution layer. The idea is to reduce fragmentation so that developers and users can access multiple ecosystems without refactoring.
The pre-sale is still early, at around $0.01453 with just over $700k raised, meaning it’s not widely priced yet and is still in the backlog phase.
But this has not been proven either. Real-world implementation, adoption, and use are still unknown, which is a trade-off with early-stage projects.
So the contrast is simple, as XRP offers stability with limited upside, while something like LiquidChain offers higher potential, but with greater uncertainty.
