The price of XRP fell approximately 9% during the week, yet it fell less than any other major token during the same period. The altcoin is trading near $1.16 after a difficult month.
This relative strength is not luck. Multiple signals across flows, positioning and accumulation explain how XRP has outperformed its peers, and what needs to happen for this move to scale.
The price of XRP is down, but less than everything around it
Start with the scoreboard. The price of XRP has fallen by approximately 9% over the past seven days, and this number means something on par with its peers.
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Bitcoin (BTC) fell by about 11% In the same window. Ethereum (ETH) lost about 16%, and Solana (SOL) fell nearly 17%. XRP was the least affected large coin.
Even BNB is weaker than XRP on the weekly time frame.
The entire market was risk averse. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs posted record outflows in early June, and capital was drained from the high-risk tokens.
XRP faced the same selling pressure but bowed less. This is relative strength, where one asset declines more slowly than the group, and often indicates where buyers return first. The first clue as to why XRP is flat lies in smart money data.
The first reason: Smart Money continued to buy the SIM card
Here is the first part of the answer. The Smart Money indicator, which tracks whether informed traders are buying or selling at key points in the session, moved in the opposite direction to the price.
Between February 6 and early June, the price of XRP trended lower. Over this precise stretch, the smart money index trended higher.
The price fell while the measure by which agents reported positioning rose. It is now heading towards its signal line, which is a sign that the pressure may be changing.
This informed purchase led to the relief of each leg. This explains part of why XRP returns less than BTC, ETH, or SOL. The second reason appears in where the coins have already gone.
Reason 2: Coins left the exchange with falling prices
Cumulative leaveSa footprint, andXRP is pointing in the same directionAs smart money reads.
XRP exchange flows deepened sharply. The net change in the exchange position, which tracks the movement of currencies on and off exchanges, fell from approximately negative 8 million XRP on June 3 to approximately negative 92 million by June 8. This represents a 1050% increase in net outflows.
Coins leaving exchanges while prices decline indicate holders moving into cold storage rather than selling. This behavior tightens the available supply.
This signal stacks up neatly above the smart money climb.
Together, these two forces explain the past. The third reason refers to what could happen next.
Shorts are stacking up to squeeze XRP prices
A setting that mitigated the decline can also enhance the rebound. In Bybit’s perpetual XRP market, leverage for 30-day short liquidation is approximately $134 million against approximately $80 million in long trades.
This imbalance means that an upward move may force short trades into covering, triggering a short squeeze as forced buying accelerates the rally.
the XRP price chart Trigger frames. Using the swing from the high of March 17 to the low of April 5 and the high of May 14, XRP price found a floor near $1.04, just above the 1,618 extension at $1.01.
The previous swing continued. Now, the first hurdle to the rally is $1.22, then $1.29. Reclaiming $1.34, the level it lost in late May, would confirm real strength. However, breaking above the $1.22 level alone could trigger a short squeeze setup, according to the liquidation map shared previously.
The warning is buying pressure. If demand fades before the price exceeds $1.22, the pressure runs out of fuel, and the price could retest $1.04. This is the bear issue. The $1.22 level separates a short squeeze fueled by smart money from another slide towards the $1.04 floor.
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