Overview
- XRP rose above $3.20 after clearing the 100-hour simple moving average and key bearish trendline at $3.24.
- Immediate resistance lies at $3.30 and $3.3850, with a breach above $3.3850 setting a path toward the cycle high near $3.65.
- Elliott Wave analysis indicates completion of subwave 2 at the 0.854 Fibonacci retracement, pointing to a wave 3 target near $3.82.
- Open interest in XRP futures reached nearly $3.9 billion before dipping to $3.08 billion; long/short ratios near 0.96 signal growing bearish bets that could fuel a short squeeze.
- Ripple applied for a national banking license with the U.S. OCC and acquired prime brokerage firm Hidden Road to deepen institutional integration and bolster XRP demand.