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XRP’s market behavior continues to shift as trading volume across major exchanges rises sharply while the price remains largely stagnant.
Market analyst DavidTheBuilder said XRP has started to “feel different again” as the altcoin hovers around $1.36, even though trading activity suggests a more active market than the price indicates.
Rather than appearing as a one-off spike tied to a single platform or region, the increase in XRP trading activity is described as broadly distributed across exchanges. Coinbase recorded trading volume of approximately $28 million, while Binance and Upbit reported $26 million and $23 million, respectively.
Despite this elevated activity, the XRP price is described as still “in slumber,” creating a divergence between volume and price. This pattern is typically associated with an accumulation phase, where larger participants absorb available supply without immediately pushing prices higher.
The article frames the current setup as a compression phase in which trading volume and price are moving out of sync. It suggests that when available supply thins out, the imbalance is often resolved through a sharp move in either direction.
Separately, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse added to bullish discussion around the XRP ecosystem after posting a cryptic “lock in” message on X, following a reaffirmation of XRP as the “North Star.” The article links this to a belief in XRP’s long-term prospects.
Technically, the article characterizes XRP’s current picture as one of quiet coordination around renewed ecosystem objectives, stable pricing, and rising volume. It concludes that the next direction for XRP in the short term will depend on how the compression phase resolves.
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