XRP price continued its strong downward trend on Wednesday, falling below the important support level at $1.5 despite ongoing bullish catalysts. Ripple token was trading at $1.3770, down sharply from its all-time high of $3.6640. This retreat happened even after Ripple Labs announced a major deal with Aviva.
XRP price continued falling after Ripple Labs announced a major partnership with Aviva, a top British company with over $345 billion in assets under management (AUM).
This deal will see Aviva launch new tokenized assets on the XRP Ledger, creating more utility for the XRP token. It is a significant deal as it was the first one that Ripple has inked with a major European asset management company.
Aviva will benefit from XRP Ledger’s low fees and faster speeds. It will also benefit from other top services Ripple offers, including Ripple USD (RLUSD), a stablecoin.
The new partnership comes at a time when the XRP Ledger network is gaining market share in the Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization industry. Data shows that the network has over $303 million in distributed asset value (DAV) and over $1.45 billion in Represented Asset Value (RAV), a figure that has soared by 278% in the last 30 days.
A good example of top companies that are using Societe Generale, Circle, VERT Capital, and Guggenheim Partners. Societe Generale is a top European bank with over €1.5 trillion and $350 billion in assets under management (AUM).
Meanwhile, Ripple Labs’ RLUSD stablecoin continues to grow. Data compiled by Artemis shows that the coin has gained over $1.5 billion in assets, with over $424 million being in the XRP Ledger network. Its stablecoin holders have jumped by 3% in the last 30 days to over 35k.
This growth will lead to greater use of the XRP token and increased token burn. A token burn is the removal of a coin from circulation.
Ripple Labs has unveiled several network features aimed at boosting XRP’s utility. For example, the developers recently launched the XRPL Lending Protocol, a move that will boost institutional lending on the XRPL network by enabling single-asset vaults. The solution introduced unified fundraising and programmatic loan logic, along with a compliant hybrid model that includes KYC and AML features.
Meanwhile, Ripple Labs announced the upcoming launch of additional institutional DeFi features, including a Permissioned DEX. All transactions in the network will be handled using the XRP token, with the fees being burned.
Third-party data shows robust demand for the XRP token among retail and institutional investors. Data compiled by SoSoValue shows that the spot XRP ETFs added over $3.2 million in assets on Tuesday. Inflows have jumped by nearly $50 million, beating Ethereum and Bitcoin.
The weekly timeframe chart shows that the XRP price has been in a strong downward trend in the past few months. It has crashed from a high of $3.6640 in July to the current $1.3727.
It has moved below the 50-week and 200-week Exponential Moving Averages (EMA), while the MACD and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) have moved downwards.
The coin has moved below the 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement level at $1.5800. Also, the Average Directional Index (ADX) has jumped, a sign that the downtrend is gaining momentum.
XRP price chart |Source: TradingView
Therefore, the most likely scenario is that the Ripple price continues to fall, potentially to the psychological level of $1. A move below that level will point to more downside.
However, a move above the key resistance level at $1.9768, the 50% retracement level, will invalidate the bearish outlook and point to more gains in the coming weeks.
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