Ripple’s Wild Ride: Will XRP Shoot Past $5 or Crash & Burn? 🔥🚀

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Okay, so XRP’s apparently got itself some fresh ambitions – chart geeks and sharky whales are all buzzing about a new wave about to crash onto the shores of the crypto universe. Chart patterns and fancy numbers are allegedly lining up, like a poorly scheduled Tinder date, for a possible upgrade to the moon. 🌝✨

Signs of the Wave That May Or May Not Show Up

Our good friend Dark Defender – and no, that’s not a superhero, just an analyst with maybe a little too much free time – says XRP has wrapped up its monthly “Wave 4 correction” based on Elliott theory. Basically, it’s had its little tantrum at $1.88, which lines up with a Fibonacci extension (fancy math stuff that traders love). Now, it’s eyeing a resistance line like it’s eyeing the last slice of pizza. If it can break that line and punch through $2.22, we might be flirting with Wave 5 – which, in crypto talk, means things could get really fun, really fast. According to Dark Defender,

XRP has finished its Monthly Wave 4. Now, it’s flexing signs of Wave 5, the excitement has just begun.

Break the yellow trend resistance, and we’re looking at a quick sprint past $3.01. Hold onto your hats! 🎩

Enjoy your weekend – may your bags be green!

– Dark Defender (@DefendDark) November 28, 2025

Basically, if XRP breaches a key retracement at about 70%, the target transforms from “meh” to “holy cow” – eyeing a potential $5.85. Yeah, that’s a lot of zeros if it all goes to plan, or chaos if it doesn’t.

Short-Term Hype: Patterns & Predictions

Meanwhile, on the four-hour chart – because who doesn’t love short-term drama – XRP buddy CryptosBatman sees it breakout from a bullish pennant. It recovered support at $2.15, which had previously been a Resistance Monster. If that holds up, we’re looking at a possible sprint to $2.30-$2.60. Because why not?

And for the pattern nerds, ChartNerd spotted a “rectangular bull flag,” which is basically a horizontal triangle that, if it bursts upward, could send XRP zooming up to $24. Yes, twenty-four bucks – but that’s based on the height of the flagpole, so don’t get too excited just yet.

The Whale Tales: Who’s Selling, Who’s Not

Meanwhile, on the messy side of things, whale wallets are shaking things up. According to Santiment and Steph Is Crypto, some big wallets (think: millionaires with more XRP than you’ll see in your lifetime) offloaded over 2.2 billion tokens just last month. Since March 2023, that’s the biggest dump we’ve seen – a true whale-sized tantrum. Over 460 million XRP went bye-bye in just four days, including 180 million earlier this week. Meanwhile, Binance’s reserves have dwindled to their lowest point in over a year, with about 300 million XRP leaving the platform. It’s like a giant game of Keep Away, but with digital tokens. 🤷‍♂️

Despite the chaos, XRP’s making small rebounds, but the whales – the heavy hitters – are clearly playing cautious. 🚢

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2025-11-28 22:45