Ripple (XRP) Price Nosedives in Shocking 25% Plunge after 2019 High
By CCN: Ripple’s honeymoon in the cryptocurrency market may be over.
The XRP-to-dollar exchange rate on Friday established an intraday low towards $0.359 on BitStamp amidst a flash crash action. The pair attempted to bounce back, but the volume was not adequate to erase its latest drop. On the whole, it plunged up to 25-percent in just two days, implying that its previous bullish sentiment is close to fading.
RIPPLE (XRP) PLUNGED 25-PERCENT IN JUST TWO DAYS | SOURCE: TRADINGVIEW.COM, BITSTAMP
XRP’s market mirrored sentiment as that of other top cryptocurrencies. The last 24 hours witnessed bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, depreciating against the US dollar by 8-percent. Meanwhile, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, which had posted double-digit percentage gains last week, also corrected between 6- to 1o-percent.
Big Whales Dumping
The price correction in the XRP market followed shady actions noted on BitStamp. Youtuber Michael Gu said a whale single-handedly brought the crypto’s most dominant asset, bitcoin, down to $6,200 as of 0300 UTC today. An hour later, XRP fell to as low as $0.359. A similar price action followed in the other crypto asset markets, signifying that bitcoin’s drop might have triggered altcoin traders to exit their positions.
“This really goes to show how much power whales and big sell orders have on the cryptocurrency markets,” said Gu.
