Ripple’s XRP suffered a significant decline towards the end of last week as the crypto market experienced a violent 0 recovering some of the losses since then, one crucial factor signals that the asset might be on the verge of another incoming 1 Investors Abandon Their Posts The popular X user Ali Martinez revealed that whales (wallets holding between 100 million and one billion XRP each) have offloaded 2.23 billion coins since October 2 USD equivalent of the stash is approximately $5.5 billion, and these market participants now control 7.32 billion XRP, or around 12% of the circulating supply. 2.23 billion $XRP sold by whales since Friday! 3 — Ali (@ali_charts) October 14, 2025 There is a general belief in the crypto space that such big investors might have access to some inside information that could lead to a major crash or a sudden price explosion, which could explain their recent efforts.
A selling spree of that magnitude may trigger panic across smaller players and prompt them to dump their bags as 4 but not least, these actions increase the amount of XRP tokens on the market, which, combined with non-increasing demand, should lead to a price 5 for the Bulls Contrary to the whales’ exodus and the potential for a new decline, numerous analysts remain optimistic that XRP has much more fuel left to post fresh gains this cycle. X user CRYPTOWZRD argued that the recent market collapse has removed all panic sellers and “it couldn’t be more beautiful.” “The bull isn’t over, higher to go,” the analyst 6 veteran trader Peter Brandt also chipped 7 recently analyzed XRP’s price performance over the years and estimated that one can rarely see “a purer long-term chart.” It is worth noting that Brandt was once a vocal critic of Ripple’s cross-border token, going so far as to claim it could plummet to 8 the start of 2025, though, he softened his tone and offered a truce to the XRP Army: “An Olive Branch to XRP 9 it if you will, reject it if you must, but I offer it with good 10 the years, I have taken some hard shots at you and your XRP asset.
I admit my rudeness.”
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