8/10/2025 – XRP Shows Weak Momentum Amid Bitcoin Rally, Raising Risk of Sharp Pullback

XRP’s recent price action points to growing vulnerability, with technical patterns suggesting potential for heightened downside volatility.

While alternative cryptocurrencies often follow Bitcoin’s price movements, the intensity of their swings can differ significantly. XRP, the payments-focused token, provides a clear example. Since July, each Bitcoin upswing has prompted rallies in XRP, yet the token has consistently produced lower highs—peaks that are lower than previous ones—indicating weakening buying pressure.

This pattern, forming alongside Bitcoin’s new highs, reflects waning momentum and reduced conviction among XRP buyers. As a result, XRP may be more susceptible to steep declines during Bitcoin corrections.

In late September, Bitcoin surged past $126,000, setting a new high. XRP also attracted buying interest, but its rally topped at $3.10, below the September peak of $3.19. A similar lower high appeared in mid-August when Bitcoin reached $124,000, reinforcing the trend.

Since July, XRP’s repeated lower highs against the horizontal support zone of $2.65–$2.70 indicate that buyer strength is eroding. This trend raises the risk that XRP could break below this support, potentially triggering a deeper decline toward $2.00.

For the bearish setup to be invalidated, XRP would need to surpass its latest lower high of $3.10 with strong trading volume.

Technical indicators reinforce this cautionary outlook. The weekly MACD histogram crossed below zero last month and continues to produce progressively deeper bars, signaling increasing downward momentum and strengthening the case for a potential pullback.