XRP to $0.98 or a ‘Face-Melting’ Rally? Analysts Clash on What Comes Next

XRP, Ripple’s cross-border token, dropped back under $1.30 in the past week after another failed move at $1.40, and analysts disagree about what follows. Ali Martinez warned it could reach its August low of $0.98 if bearish trends persist, citing a decline in wallets holding 10 million to 100 million tokens from 351 to 339 and a rise in exchange-held XRP from 11.003 billion to 11.05 billion. He called $1.26 the lower boundary of a channel formed since August; a break could first send it to $1.11, then $0.98. EGRAG CRYPTO instead said XRP may be forming a triple bottom, with the 44-week moving average as the key level and a weekly close above it potentially signaling a decisive move.