{"id":610105,"date":"2026-06-05T07:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Blockchain.News\/news\/20260605-price-prediction-xrp-dead-cat-bounce-to-135-before"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:11:15","slug":"xrp-price-prediction-dead-cat-bounce-to-1-35-before-0-85-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/xrp-price-prediction-dead-cat-bounce-to-1-35-before-0-85-breakdown\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Price Prediction: Dead Cat Bounce to $1.35 Before $0.85 Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"figure mt-2\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\/Profile\/Peter-Zhang\">Peter Zhang<\/a> <span class=\"publication-date ml-2\"> Jun 05, 2026 07:11<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">XRP&#8217;s brutal 31% drop below its 200-day moving average has triggered institutional capitulation, but whale positioning at 75% long signals a violent relief rally to $1.35 within two weeks before th&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/image.blockchain.news:443\/features\/BB5AE86CA131628CBF2A2A7728540E35F7C926EBBADA9F2996142EA7418B0CC2.jpg\" class=\"hero-image-link\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image.blockchain.news:443\/features\/BB5AE86CA131628CBF2A2A7728540E35F7C926EBBADA9F2996142EA7418B0CC2.jpg\" alt=\"XRP Price Prediction: Dead Cat Bounce to $1.35 Before $0.85 Breakdown\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"> <\/a> <\/figure>\n<h2>Market Context: Institutional Washout in Progress<\/h2>\n<p>XRP is experiencing textbook institutional capitulation at $1.11, down 6.1% as smart money abandons positions built during the ETF narrative peak. The silence from crypto influencers and lack of fresh catalysts confirms what trading desks already know &#8211; this rally cycle is over. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\">Blockchain.news<\/a> institutional flow data shows major holders liquidating positions systematically rather than defending support levels.<\/p>\n<p>Trading 31% below the 200-day moving average at $1.62 puts XRP in the same territory as previous major bear market bottoms. This isn&#8217;t retail selling &#8211; it&#8217;s algorithmic liquidation programs executing predetermined exit strategies.<\/p>\n<h2>Technical Carnage Creates Opportunity<\/h2>\n<p>The RSI crash to 19.63 represents maximum pessimism that historically produces explosive counter-trend moves. Combined with XRP trading 0.16 standard deviations below the Bollinger Band mean, the setup mirrors February 2023 conditions that generated 40% bounces within weeks. The MACD momentum death spiral is finally showing signs of deceleration at -0.0571, suggesting the selling exhaustion phase is beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Every meaningful moving average now acts as resistance, creating a gauntlet from $1.24 through $1.62 that will cap any recovery attempt. The technical damage runs deep enough that even a 25% bounce keeps XRP structurally bearish.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"card border-0 rounded-4 shadow-sm my-4 bg-body-tertiary news-inline-price-chart\" data-news-inline-chart=\"1\" data-binance-symbol=\"XRPUSDT\" aria-labelledby=\"news-inline-pc-h-20f233b8\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p class=\"small text-secondary mb-2\">Hourly candlesticks (about 96 bars), same endpoint as our cryptocurrency price pages. Numbers below refresh from 1-minute klines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small mb-0 mt-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\/price\/XRP\/USD\">Full XRP price, calculator &amp; analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Whale Positioning Reveals the Game<\/h2>\n<p>Top traders maintaining 75.2% long exposure while retail panic selling continues tells you everything about the next move. Institutional players don&#8217;t catch falling knives &#8211; they position for calculated bounces before final distribution. The 4.88% spike in open interest to $381 million during maximum fear confirms fresh positioning, not capitulation.<\/p>\n<p>Negative funding rates at -0.0082% mean shorts are paying longs hourly, creating mechanical pressure for a squeeze. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\">Blockchain.news<\/a> positioning analysis reveals similar setups historically produce 15-30% relief rallies before resuming primary downtrends.<\/p>\n<h2>The Trade Setup<\/h2>\n<p>XRP bounces violently to $1.35 within 10-14 days as short covering accelerates and RSI normalizes above 30. This represents a 22% move from current levels &#8211; enough to trap late bears and create FOMO among retail traders who missed the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>The bounce fails spectacularly at the 50-day moving average confluence around $1.35-$1.40, triggering the next leg down toward $0.85 where institutional accumulation programs historically activate. The moving average structure ensures any rally becomes a high-probability short opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Smart money fades strength above $1.30 while retail celebrates the &#8220;recovery.&#8221; The real move happens when XRP breaks $1.07 support and algorithmic selling accelerates toward the $0.85 value zone. That&#8217;s where the next cycle begins.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\">Blockchain.news Crypto Market<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Image source: Shutterstock<\/i><\/span> <!-- Divider --> <!-- Bookmark button -->  <!-- Bookmark button END --> <!-- Author info END --> <!-- Divider --> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Zhang Jun 05, 2026 07:11 XRP&#8217;s brutal 31% drop below its 200-day moving average has triggered institutional capitulation, but whale positioning at 75% long signals a violent relief rally to $1.35 within two weeks before th&#8230; Market Context: Institutional Washout in Progress XRP is experiencing textbook institutional capitulation at $1.11, down 6.1% as smart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[272,1279,7246],"class_list":{"0":"post-610105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-xrp-price-analysis","10":"tag-xrp-price-prediction"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}