{"id":8842,"date":"2025-12-18T05:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/xrp-price-weakens-sharply-are-bulls-losing-the-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:11:04","slug":"xrp-price-weakens-sharply-are-bulls-losing-the-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/xrp-price-weakens-sharply-are-bulls-losing-the-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Weakens Sharply\u2014Are Bulls Losing the Fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>XRP price failed to gain pace above $1.950 and trimmed gains. The price is now struggling and faces resistance near the $1.90 level.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XRP price started a fresh decline below the $1.90 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is now trading below $1.880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<\/li>\n<li>There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.9350 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair (data source from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could continue to move down if it settles below $1.850.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>XRP Price Fails At Resistance<\/h2>\n<p>XRP price attempted a recovery wave above $1.920 but failed to continue higher, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price started a fresh decline below $1.90 and $1.880.<\/p>\n<p>There was a move below the $1.8650 support level. A low was formed at $1.8473, and the price is now showing bearish signs below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.9865 swing high to the $1.8437 low.<\/p>\n<p>The price is now trading below $1.90 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.9350 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $1.880 level. The first major resistance is near the $1.9150 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.9865 swing high to the $1.8437 low. A close above $1.9150 could send the price to $1.9350 and the trend line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-867869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP_Price_245745.png?resize=1024%2C488\" alt=\"XRP Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next hurdle sits at $1.950 and the trend line. A clear move above the $1.950 resistance might send the price toward the $2.00 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $2.020 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $2.080.<\/p>\n<h2>More Losses?<\/h2>\n<p>If XRP fails to clear the $1.9150 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.850 level. The next major support is near the $1.8320 level.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.8320 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.80. The next major support sits near the $1.7650 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.720.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD for XRP\/USD is now gaining pace in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for XRP\/USD is now below the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $1.850 and $1.8320.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $1.9150 and $1.9350.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP price failed to gain pace above $1.950 and trimmed gains. The price is now struggling and faces resistance near the $1.90 level. XRP price started a fresh decline below the $1.90 zone. The price is now trading below $1.880 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[151,150,152,153,154],"class_list":["post-8842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xrp","tag-ripple","tag-xrp","tag-xrpbtc","tag-xrpusd","tag-xrpusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}