XRP Crashes Below Crucial Support as Ripple Whales Keep Selling

TL;DR Ripple whales continue to dispose of portions of the asset, according to recent data shared by popular crypto analyst Ali ￰0￱ expected, the native token’s price has felt the consequences by dropping below $3 for the first time in four ￰1￱ Back to Selling Recall that Ripple whales began to sell noticeable amounts of the asset last week, as they dumped 40 million XRP in the span of just 24 ￰2￱ the time, this stash equaled over $120 million worth of the cryptocurrency. However, the asset’s price remained largely unaffected and remained above the crucial support at $3. Moreover, it kept climbing in the following few days and peaked on Saturday morning at $3.19.

This became its highest price tag in a ￰3￱ seems that whales used this price surge opportunity to secure even more ￰4￱ data from Martinez shows that these large market participants had disposed of 160 million XRP in the last two weeks ￰5￱ terms of USD, this amount is worth nearly $500 million. 160 million $XRP sold by whales in the last two weeks! ￰6￱ — Ali (@ali_charts) September 15, 2025 XRP Feels the Consequences Now Although XRP’s price was unfazed at first, the overall selling pressure and the broader market’s retracement in the past few hours have pushed it south as well. Ripple’s cross-border payments token dipped below the aforementioned support at $3 earlier today and still struggles below it as of press ￰7￱ has lost 3.5% daily and more than 6.5% since the Saturday peak.

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