XRP is trading in a razor-thin price band around $1.38 as the token absorbs every sell wave without cracking. After Goldman Sachs exited yesterday, XRP is doing surprisingly well.
Two macro catalysts are now converging. One is the CLARITY Act’s Senate Banking Committee timeline, and the other is a brewing weekly Ichimoku cloud breakout.
There is a near-term breakout odds at 60%, and 40% for a clean breakout, a split that explains the indecision: RSI sitting at the 50 level, a flat MACD histogram, and open interest down to $430 million as some smart money quietly trims exposure despite whales running 75% long. The buy/sell ratio of 0.87 confirms the tension. Something has to give.
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Can XRP Price Break $1.40 Resistance?
XRP currently trades at approximately $1.38, hugging the upper Bollinger Band that could start a sharp directional move. The 20-EMA sits at $1.41 as our prediction model projects a 24-hour range of $1.37–$1.39.
Resistance is stacked and tested. $1.40 is the immediate ceiling; $1.51 has been rejected three times and remains the line that matters most. Clear that, and $1.65 opens up on the medium-term chart. Support is thinner: $1.35 is the first defense, $1.32 is the line bulls cannot lose.
However, if the CLARITY Act advances through the committee before the month-end, it could spark a weekly close above $1.50.
Right now, net-sell taker flow dominates, and open interest has been dropping, further as price retests $1.38, which invalidates the near-term breakout thesis.
The CLARITY Act Senate markup deadline is the single biggest binary event on XRP’s calendar. Institutional interest via ETF structures adds another demand layer — but institutions wait for regulatory certainty before deploying size.
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