Ripple whales added 60 million XRP to their holdings in May, digesting developments in lawsuit
- Ripple whales, holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP, continued accumulating in May.
- XRP holders digested the developments in the SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit and await court rulings.
- XRP is likely to extend gains to $0.60, testing resistance at $0.51 on Thursday.
Ripple (XRP) is being accumulated by large wallet investors as XRP holders await a court ruling in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against the firm. The altcoin’s accumulation by whales is a positive sign for XRPLedger’s native token.
XRP price sustained above $0.51 on Thursday, likely to extend gains to the psychologically important resistance level of $0.60.
Daily Digest Market Movers: Ripple Whales buy 60 million XRP in May
- Ripple whales holding between 1 million and 10 million XRP have added 60 million tokens to their holdings in May, as seen on crypto intelligence tracker Santiment.
- Typically, whale accumulation is considered bullish for an asset, XRP price could rally in response to the rising buying pressure from market participants.
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XRP price vs. XRP holdings of wallets that own 1 million to 10 million coins
- Santiment data shows that XRP holders have realized losses on their holdings in the past week.
- XRP traders have realized nearly $30 million in losses between May 7 and 15, which could be considered a sign of capitulation and a precursor to a recovery in the altcoin’s price. The Network Realized Profit/Loss metric helps identify the net profit/loss of all coins moved on a particular day on-chain.
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XRP Network Realized Profit/Loss
- The two indicators point towards gains in XRP price.
- XRP holders are awaiting a ruling in the SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit after the two sides completed filing of their briefs, replies and opposition in the remedies-phase.
Technical analysis: XRP could test resistance at $0.60
On the 4-hour and 1-day timeframes, the XRP/USDT chart shows signs of recovery in the altcoin. Ripple has sustained above $0.51 on Thursday and is likely to test resistance at the psychologically important $0.60 level.
XRP faces resistance at $0.5310 and $0.5951, the 50% and 78.6% Fibonacci retracement levels of the decline from the April 9 top of $0.6431 to the April 13 bottom of $0.4188.
The green bars above the neutral line on the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator support XRP gains. RSI, a momentum indicator, reads 48.47, inching closer to the neutral zone at 50, signaling an increasing balance between bullish and bearish positions.
XRP/USDT 1-day chart
If the XRP price fails to break past resistance at $0.53, the altcoin could sweep liquidity at $0.4665, a support level respected on the weekly XRP/USDT chart.
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