XRP Sinks More Than 10% In A Week Despite Morgan Stanley’s ETF Exposure

Taken together, the filings show that several institutions maintained exposure to XRP-linked exchange-traded products even as the token’s market performance weakened sharply.

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ChartNerd XRP Outlook

The market picture remains less supportive. XRP’s Taker Buy/Sell Ratio has fallen to about 0.86, its lowest level since May, and has stayed below 1 for most of the recent period, indicating stronger selling pressure in derivatives.

Futures open interest stands at 435.1 million units, above the 403.6 million 30-day average, while a +1.20σ Z-score supports the assessment that “leverage is still stacked.” That leaves XRP vulnerable to a liquidation cascade if prices fall further.

ChartNerd identified $1.24 as the level XRP needs to reclaim to improve its structure. If that does not happen, the analyst pointed to the $0.90-$0.70 range as a possible accumulation zone and expects a retest of the three-month 40 EMA to help form a stronger base.

The pattern echoes setups ChartNerd highlighted in 2023 and 2024, when similar three-month 40 EMA retests preceded firmer price structures and stronger support. XRP’s latest weakness, however, comes after a decline of almost 70% in 2026, with the token still struggling to establish sustained demand around the $1 area.

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Alexey Bondarev is the Head of Content at Yellow.com, having reported on crypto for the last 10 years. He specializes in in-depth Research and Learn pieces, with a focus on analytical reporting, industry context, and the bigger forces shaping crypto, from the AI era and security technologies to fintech innovation. He believes that everything digital will imminently overcome everything analogue and is working hard to make that come true.