{"id":9234,"date":"2026-01-06T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/xrp-price-rips-higher-by-15-shifting-short-term-market-structure\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:00:22","slug":"xrp-price-rips-higher-by-15-shifting-short-term-market-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/xrp-price-rips-higher-by-15-shifting-short-term-market-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Rips Higher by 15%, Shifting Short-Term Market Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>XRP price started a strong increase above $2.20. The price is now consolidating gains and might aim for more gains above the $2.40 zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XRP price started a fresh increase above the $2.20 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is now trading above $2.350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average.<\/li>\n<li>There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $2.1650 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair (data source from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could continue to move up if it settles above $2.40.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>XRP Price Rallies Significantly<\/h2>\n<p>XRP price started a major upward move above $2.120 and $2.20, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price gained pace for a clear move above the $2.250 resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The bulls even pumped the price above the $2.350 zone. A high was formed at $2.416 and the price started a consolidation phase above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $2.11 swing low to the $2.416 high.<\/p>\n<p>The price is now trading above $2.350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. Besides, there is a bullish trend line forming with support at $2.1650 on the hourly chart of the XRP\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-872445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XRP_Price_07a2d8.png?resize=1024%2C488\" alt=\"XRP Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $2.40 level. The first major resistance is near the $2.420 level, above which the price could rise and test $2.450. A clear move above the $2.450 resistance might send the price toward the $2.50 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $2.550 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $2.650.<\/p>\n<h2>Downside Correction?<\/h2>\n<p>If XRP fails to clear the $2.420 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $2.350 level. The next major support is near the $2.260 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $2.11 swing low to the $2.416 high.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a downside break and a close below the $2.260 level, the price might continue to decline toward $2.20. The next major support sits near the $2.1650 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $2.020.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Indicators<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD for XRP\/USD is now gaining pace in the bullish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for XRP\/USD is now above the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $2.350 and $2.260.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $2.420 and $2.450.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XRP price started a strong increase above $2.20. The price is now consolidating gains and might aim for more gains above the $2.40 zone. XRP price started a fresh increase above the $2.20 zone. The price is now trading above $2.350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bullish trend line forming with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[149,148,150,151,152],"class_list":["post-9234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xrp","tag-ripple","tag-xrp","tag-xrpbtc","tag-xrpusd","tag-xrpusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}