{"id":32796,"date":"2025-06-20T07:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=32796"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:31:51","slug":"xrp-early-buyers-accelerate-profit-taking-as-regulatory-wins-bolster-xrp-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=32796","title":{"rendered":"XRP Early Buyers Accelerate Profit-Taking as Regulatory Wins Bolster XRP Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>XRP XRP has staged one of the strongest rallies among crypto majors this cycle, but early retail holders are heading for the exit under the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Now trading above $2 \u2014 more than thrice its pre-rally base from October 2024 \u2014 XRP has become one of the best-performing large-cap tokens over the past 8 months. Investors who bought below 60 cents are sitting on gains upward of 300%, prompting a sharp pickup in profit-taking.<\/p>\n<p>According to on-chain data from Glassnode, the 7-day simple moving average (SMA) of realized profits from XRP wallets hit $68.8 million earlier this month, the highest in over a year. That\u2019s a clear sign of distribution pressure, with early accumulators cashing out into strength as the token tests key resistance levels just below its 2021 peak.<\/p>\n<p>That profit-taking pressure may help explain XRP\u2019s failure to break above $2.20 in recent sessions, despite multiple bullish headlines and technical tailwinds. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/06\/18\/xrp-drops-5-as-high-volume-selling-pressure-dominates-market\"> XRP Drops 5% as High-Volume Selling Pressure Dominates Market<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the broader setup remains positive, supported by regulatory clarity in the U.S. and Ripple\u2019s growing push into tokenized asset infrastructure, the near-term price action reflects a supply overhang from long-term holders.<\/p>\n<p>A recent CryptoQuant analysis showed that the 1-year cumulative buy\/sell quote volume difference for altcoins (excluding BTC and ETH) \u2014 a proxy for net investor flows \u2014 currently stands at negative $36 billion. That\u2019s a sharp reversal from December 2024, when the metric briefly flipped positive, marking a local top for altcoins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/d73724e92620a542b2992ecc6d271096a017bdf4-1519x851.png?auto=format\" alt=\"(CryptoQuant)\" title=\"(CryptoQuant)\"><\/p>\n<p>Since then, it\u2019s been a one-way bleed, with \u201caltcoin investors MIA,\u201d CryptoQuant independent analyst Burak Kesmeci said in <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/insights\/quicktake\/6852ecc880de694ae62dcbd9-Still-Winter-for-Altcoins?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=sns&amp;utm_campaign=quicktake&amp;utm_content=burakkesmeci\">a Thursday post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite pockets of strength in XRP, SOL, and a few narrative tokens tied to real-world assets (RWAs), the broader altcoin ecosystem remains stuck in a bear market, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Unless risk appetite returns or capital flows back into Layer 1s, DeFi, and gaming, hopes of an \u201caltseason\u201d may continue to fade into the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/06\/17\/xrp-hits-12-year-milestone-with-over-2-700-whales-holding-over-1m-xrp-onchain-data-show\">XRP Hits 12-Year Milestone With Over 2,700 Whales, Holding Over 1M XRP, Onchain Data Show<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP XRP has staged one of the strongest rallies among crypto majors this cycle, but early retail holders are heading for the exit under the surface. Now trading above $2 \u2014 more than thrice its pre-rally base from October 2024 \u2014 XRP has become one of the best-performing large-cap tokens over the past 8 months. 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